Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
I'm 22. I have a lot of problems, but I will talk about those in different sections.
I have pretty bad anxiety and don't take my anxiety medication unless absolutely necessary. Today is was definitely necessary because I was having suicidal thoughts.
Anyway, I would just love to know if anyone is super tired through out the day, then, you get into bed and you dread going to sleep? Your mind rave races, your body can't get still, you can't fall asleep or don't want to fall asleep, and then you toss and turn all night? I do this quite frequently. Even when I am miserably tired, I still do not want to go to sleep.
Some people call this bi polar disorder, some
People call it anxiety...I'm not really sure which one it can possibly be.
What would you recommend for medication? Currently I take Klonopin 0.5 - 1mg. Xanax did not work for me. I want something that will basically sedate me so I can go to sleep.
I have pretty bad anxiety and don't take my anxiety medication unless absolutely necessary. Today is was definitely necessary because I was having suicidal thoughts.
Anyway, I would just love to know if anyone is super tired through out the day, then, you get into bed and you dread going to sleep? Your mind rave races, your body can't get still, you can't fall asleep or don't want to fall asleep, and then you toss and turn all night? I do this quite frequently. Even when I am miserably tired, I still do not want to go to sleep.
Some people call this bi polar disorder, some
People call it anxiety...I'm not really sure which one it can possibly be.
What would you recommend for medication? Currently I take Klonopin 0.5 - 1mg. Xanax did not work for me. I want something that will basically sedate me so I can go to sleep.
A lot of those things help you sleep. Citalopram helps you sleep. Mirtazepine helps you sleep. Reading a book will help you sleep, and banning anything electronic from your bedroom will make a huge difference too. Forcing yourself to do some strenuous exercise during the day will help you sleep. Having all the racing thoughts go away is mainly what helps you sleep.
I think bipolar is what they used to call manic depression, because people would have periods of mania, paint huge paintings, write novels, etc - intense concentration, intense activity and no sleep at all for days or weeks while they have this incredible output - followed by depression, inactivity, exhaustion, despair; burnout. These cycles would last days or weeks and kind of self perpetuate themselves. So if you have that, you'd probably know. What you might just have is not enough stimulation/activity during the day, causing overstimulation/mind racing at night.
If you can find a way to get a physical job, eg delivering the mail, or gardening, it might give you enough stimulation and reality during the day that you're not so vulnerable to the unreality at night. There won't be any point taking a sedative at night if you are not active enough during the day because there's only so much rest you can force your body to take.