Hello Healing. Welcome to DS.

I posilutely relate to elevated morning anxiety. Mine even extends to hyper-vigilant awakenings where I jump out of bed in full combat mode before my eyes are even open.

I haven't learned how to stop it, but I have learned how to channel it into my daily mental health check, exercises, etc. With practice, those morning anxiety attacks are getting calmer. Some days are still easier than others.

Gentle support while you find what works for you. Welcome aboard.

I too know the "joys" of morning anxiety. I can wake up from a deep sleep and my mind immediately starts spinning on a thousand different things.

A couple things I've been trying lately:
- breathing exercises... I lay there and focus on breathing. Breath in to a count of 4 and out to a count of 8, and just repeat. Giving my mind something to focus on, along with the benefits of the deep breathing, sometimes helps
- getting up and doing things... the other thing I do sometimes is get up and just start my morning routine... kind of try and ignore the feelings of anxiety. Getting moving and doing things can help give my mind real things to focus on rather than spinning on the anxious thoughts.

Hope you are able to find something that works for you. Keep reaching out, people are here to listen.

Adrenaline is what wakes us up, so waking up with anxiety or panic is very common. I find that I need to get up right away and start my day, otherwise my mind keeps wandering

Welcome to the anxiety board at DS.

You've taken the important first step in writing it out.

Take a moment to breathe, relax, and pause before jumping up to begin the day.

I wake up a little better when I take a large dose of magnesium the night before. It helps with sleep too.

I always have anxiety in am especially in morning. I feel horrible like a weight on my shoulders tingling on my shoulders. Then I feel isolated and sad. When I get up and take a a shower I can feel a bit better. Still have anxiety but not like in the morning where I feel horrible

While my main struggle is at night, getting to sleep. I've found that my early awakenings, with all my tasks for the day churning in my mind, seem to go with periods of extra stress. Usually stress at work, but not always just there. Walks, journalling and videogames have been my most potent stress relievers. Journalling in the AM seems to be the quickest, best way to dump the anxiety from my mind tho I wouldn't say I get complete relief from doing that.
God speed.