Hello! so i have been dealing with anxiety since i was little. After i had a child it sparked so bad i thought i was insane. I was prescribed buspar and my panic attacks were so bad they gave me a very high script of as needed hydroxyzine. they helped for my social anxiety. in those times i was very bad. I stopped taking them because they made me so sleepy. My brain has since adjusted to the buspar and effexor combo im on and i now have a bag full of old hydroxyzines scripts that i dont need. My experience with anxiety is that being anxious about being anxious is the most nauseating and uncomfortable feeling. Maybe in the morning your anticipating your anxiety and it starts a never ending circle. Excitement and anxiety are the same chemical reaction in the brain. its the mindset that determines the way we react. I hope that helps a little....

But mind you... I know how hard it is. The only thing that i think helped me not need the hydroxyzine is finding the right combo of medications. But also knowledge is key! I read a few books and watched lots of youtube video and remained open. I really hope you can find a morning routine that sets you up to be calm. music. candle. shower. I hope you can find relief soon!

Thanks AuthenticallyMe,
It was worse this morning as I didn’t have to get ready for work. Just spent the day at home.

Be it from the pill or from your unique psyche, it all remains in your head. Your head is a right handy storage container for the most powerful organ in your body. My brain is small enough to fit in my big toe, but it gets kinda stuffy inside my shoes.

I'm clueless by design on the med angle, but I know my anxiety is worse in the morning. I work that fact to my advantage by using the first hour or so of my day for my daily psych inventory. By the time I finish my daily inventory, my anxieties of the day are focused enough that I can slip them into my mindfulness basket and work with what is available to me on any given day.

It's not about being perfect or all-knowing. It's about working it out, one day at a time.

Thanks Arfie, you always have so much good to say!
I know you are to accept anxiety but I continually trying to fight it.

Some days, it is moment by moment.

Here's to finding your better balance.

There are days that my anxiety is worse in the morning especially if I didn't sleep well.
I hope you feel better and find some relief in your mornings.
Anxiety is something that we all have to live with the rest of our lives. So just try to make the best of it.
One day at a time.
Here's to better mornings Mattie.

I'm a natural born fighter whose instincts were over-developed on some of the meanest streets in North America.

The fatal flaw I found in fighting my anxiety is that **I** was the one who kept ending up with all the black eyes. Like it or knot, anxiety is as much a part of me as love and joy.

Do you eat in the morning when you take your first pill? An empty stomach can cause the meds to hit harder which could potentially have an adverse effect.

Just curious

Hi, I drink carnation instant breakfast in the morning. My dr took me off the hydroxyzine and I am better being off of it.

Oh that's good news!