My anxiety is always at its worst in the morning. Like you, I wake up with my chest already pounding along with mass amounts of cold chills and sweat.

I don't know why but I usually feel better, to almost normal, in the evening until I go to bed.

One exercise I have been trying is to begin each day and end each night with five deep/conscientious breaths. You start by breathing through the nose and exhale by blowing out through the mouth. Supposedly the science behind it says that it sends extra oxygen to the brain.

I feel the same way, except it's not only when I wake up but all the time. Sometimes I don't eat because I know it will make me sick from all the anxiety. I feel like my heart is in overdrive 24/7. It beats so fast even when I'm just sitting there completely still. Speaking of sitting there, I can't sit still comfortably so people tell me I have adhd or mistake me for being hyper but I really think it's my anxiety that won't let me sit still. The only time I don't feel anxious is when I sleep and when I wake up my chest hurts. I'm guessing from not taking deep breaths, and when I don't do this I feel like the anxiety is crushing me from the inside out. Just from their being so much anxiety in my body....

Theres a kind of a baseline that you can reach with this kind of anxiety. Its not a cure but its more of like... say the landing area in a long flight of stairs, that flat portion whos purpose is to provide a stopping point incase someone goes tumbling down. I know what its like to have your heart thumbing till 3 in the morning or having to sleep with the fan on high in the dead of winter cos the sound of your own breathing makes you want to hyperventilate. When you give in or are overcome totally and have no fight or space in you left to fear what may come the next moment theres a space that opens up for you to observe. It wont be pretty but if you find the intent or the fatigue to let go and give into you anxiety youl find first of all that it wont kill you. At least not in the short term lol. And that even if it did kill you... Well i hate to say it but eh... Yeh... You gotta die someday! Sorry lol. But... But what if something happens and by some weird circumstances of bizzar event i get strung up and lynched in the street, or maybe run over by a truck but just below the ribs do im still alive and unable to breathe while i try to make sense of the lower half of.... Ok sorry ima stop now. What im saying is I know exactly what chronic and acute anxiety feels like in uts full spectrum and ive come to realize its just not that bad. Thats the first step, not blowing it out of proportion. The second is cnfronting it in every meticulous way you can over a long period of time and in action, not thought. You will find that this confrontational or willing to face it fully attitude, in action, will stir a kind of Immediate resilience or immunity in you. Its really quite simple you see it take the demon out of your fertile mind and places him in the gaurd concrete world and you get a good look at him and see what a puny liitle gremmlin he is. Action does that, even though it often can cause problems, make you look like a crazy idiot and so on, its worth it i find.

This is part of what I've been dealing with this past few months, too, as my anxiety has gotten so much worse than it has ever been. It's like just a constant set of butterflies and my stomach is set off by any little thing; I vomit in the morning 5 or 6 days a week. I just wake up immediately stressed out without any specific stressor (I mean, I can think of a dozen, but it's not one particular worry).

I don't know how to fix this. Wish I had some advice.

I've already accepted it and have come to live with it, doing this does not bring me any kind of immunity. For the peopole who have not accepted anxiety, are forced to accept ithe one way or another. Unfortunately this does not make the anxiety go away. My anxiety doesn't prevent me from doing anything except being calm. I feel like I'll never get to experience the actual feeling of being "chill". It does have me think of things that I wouldn't normally think of or care about. So I'm constantly battling with two different sides of me. If you're still in that paraniod anxiety stage of not going anywhere because of it, you will be forced to accept it sooner than later but it that doesn't mean it eases the feeling.

That is the same way I feel except nothing triggers it, it's just there all the time. I constantly feel sick but have gotten used to the feeling to where I can tolerate it; and act like I'm perfectly normal in front of people and they can't tell my anxiety is going through the roof or that I'm freaking out in the inside. People without anxiety will never understand this feeling. They will always wonder why we literally can't stop feeling anxious for no dam reason and it sucks. We have eachother and that's what counts people on here will always actually understand what we are going through. If any of you ever need to talk add me as a friend. I'm here to listen, understand, relate, and help as much as I possibly can.

I've been having a tough time this week. So much has happened this year, but I have handled it. Recently my boyfriend and I broke up. Anyway, this Saturday I was to start a new med (went to a psychiatrist). I started Buspar, but have been afraid to start it. Started it Saturday. Was nervous Saturday morning when I woke up...then took buspar in the afternoon. I have felt very anxious and depressed since Saturday. May be because of the boyfriend..I don't know. We've been broken up for over a month. Anyway, Sunday, I had a panic attack before going to bed. I was afraid because of the way I was feeling that I was not going to be able to sleep. So I didn't..the whole night. I obsess about sleep....so I was sick Monday and anxious. Today is Thursday. Last night, couldn't sleep. Like this is all that I Have thought about all week. I am afraid I will never sleep again. I forgot how to fall asleep. I know that really what you need to do is just not worry about it. I've been doing that for years. But now I can't help it. So I am on this buspar. Small dose. I am on klonopin..which seemed to be working for a while...but now that is not even working when I go to bed. I have been on paxil for 21 years. I guess I will talk to the doc tonight about increasing the paxil. I was actually going to try to get off of it and use something else, but I am not stable enough right now. Like I am really not good.

That must be so frustrating and scary. It really sounds like you should see a doctor so that maybe some type of anxiety medication can help you through this. When you feel anxious when you are out somewhere, what do you usually do to calm yourself?

Mornings are difficult for me as I struggled first with the anxiety of how bad I would feel the next day. I got tired of that negative mindset and wanted to change my way of thinking. I give myself a pep talk in my head That I need to change that negative outloook to positivity. I got this advice from someone else and at first I was like that's easier said than done when you have so much to worry about. But remember that you have inner strength. Your inner being wants you to be happy. Try saying okay tomorrow is a new day- a new day of good things and no matter what I'm okay. Wake up and take deep breaths and listen to positive music -meditation music and relaxation music helps me. You are not alone, stay strong!