i am so sorry you are being plagued by the insomnia caused by anxiety and panic.i can relate.A lack of sleep just intensifies everything doesn't it?
i hope you will find some peace soon and get some good restorative rest.You have all my empathy.

I'm so sorry anxiety has you up at night. I too can relate, it's 4:32am right as I have a similar experience. you're in my thoughts and prayers. I hope you can get some rest soon

Yes it is 5:15 here and I have yet to sleep I have actually been driving around but that is not helping either

It is very bad lately

Hello Beautif. Welcome to DS.

Writing out those anxieties and sharing them within a safe and supportive environment helps me settle those night jitters. Day jitters, too. This is one of the safe and supportive environments I use for that very task. Hope you feel safe to do so, as well.

Welcome aboard. Hope you find stabilizing companionship here.

Thank you. I was thinking about starting to journal. Hoping if I can get all the feelings out of me and put on a piece of paper maybe it would help. I am just at a loss at this point. I mean it just keeps getting worse. My anxiety started around 10pm and it’s still going now at 7:30am. I haven’t slept and I am so very tired but my mind won’t let my body sleep.

Welcome to the anxiety board at DS.

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

Best wishes as you find your better balance.

A journal is definitely worth a try. Journaling is my single most important therapy tool. Getting those rampant thoughts ordered enough to put on paper vents allot of stress gas and helps me get a handle on the essentials.

Sharing the summary of those thoughts within my therapy support network is my second most important. A post such as this one will get that job done.

Me too...I can absolutely relate. Pm me if you’d like to chat.

Have you tried relaxing music to listen to when you go to bed?
Exercising not long before bedtime. Along with writing down your feelings.

I hate anxiety and all the sleepless nights is causes! I’ve not had more than 2-3 hours of sleep at night in the last week.

I sometimes cannot sleep. Then I get up at 3 or 4 in the morning, do some job related duties, research, get out my week, usually get a lot done, have a big breakfast and then usually fall asleep for a nice nap for a couple of hours around 9 A.M.

I feel like I've dealt constructively with my anxiety. I think there's two steps.

1. Address the triggers. For example, I was disorganized, which caused problems, stress, and perception things would go wrong. I worked very, very hard to get better and am now around average which is a big accomplishment for me.

2. Recognize that worrying and anxiety are not constructive. Behind the anxiety is sometimes a belief that your worry is helpful or important because you are recognizing a problem. I think two books about poker by women are good, Kornikova The Biggest Bluff, and Anne Dukes Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts Both deal with decisions, and the idea is just work on improving decisions and the decisional process. So you focus on making good decision not stressing over what could happen or even the result.

That doesn't mean things will always go right or that you won't make mistakes. It means that you will blame yourself less, if you worked to make a good decision even if things did not work out that well. Personally, when things go wrong, I have a suggestion list, note what I did wrong, and what could have been done better, and I find that improves my performance and reduces anxiety.

Part of this is hereditary and my mom is dealing with some challenges in life, and having tremendous anxiety, so I think part of this is physiological. So you work on doing better within the constraints of your body.