I'm up right now having pretty much the exact same problem. Just watching tv hoping it will ease up soon so I can get soem sleep.

let me know if you figure out how to get relief. I'll do the same.

Well my stomach acid from anxiety is mainly what's keeping me up. I'm drinking a 7up and that's really helping. I hope you start to feel better. I know how miserable this can be.

Thank-you. I hope your stomach acid gets better, that's got to suck. I guess what triggered my current panic attack which I'm trying to ignore, is how come my panic is still going on even after taking an ativan? I thought it was supposed to help better than this? It always has in the past, but right now I feel like my anxiety/panic is just as bad as before I took it. :( That freaks me out.

Been there. One of the ways I get past my anxiety attacks is to watch the clock. If one lasts and hour then when I have the next one I watch the clock so I can know when it will end. I usually works but whenever it goes over the time I start to panic more. It makes me feel like I have no control which then of course causes more anxiety. It's a vicious cycle I guess.

Watching the clock is a good idea. But I think it might make me more anxious if it went over as well. Part of the problem too is I'm just so tired. My body and mind act funny anyway when I don't get enough sleep, so that doesn't help. Watching Hell's Kitchen on DVR, lol. Come on Chef Ramsey, be my anxiety hero! lol

Same here. I hardly got any sleep last night and now I'm so dead tired and that's causing all my anxiety symptoms to get worse. I'm just watching Family Guy hoping some laughs will help me out tonight.

That's what I try to do sometimes too. Watch something light and funny. Family guy is actually a good choice I think. The show is funny and has an air of confidence behind it. Really, tv is a great distraction. It's when I get back upstairs and lay down, will I be able to fall asleep or will the cycle continue? Going to try to think positive and hope I get some rest soon. Not quite ready to head up yet though.

It helps me to sleep with the tv on. I actually can't sleep without it for some reason. I think it helps me not feel alone. I'm sure I'll be up for another few hours.

My sister falls asleep to the tv too. She sets the timer every night and falls asleep with a movie running. Maybe I could do that, but I might end up listening the whole time and staying awake to watch it rather than sleep, lol. Sigh, I just had a glass of milk. Hope this helps as well. I was thinking of having a banana for the magnesium in hopes it would help the anxiety too, but I also worry it would keep me up.

Don't you just hate worrying all the time? I sure do. I would drink some milk but I'm too worried about throwing it up. I just took a pill for acid relief and I'm worrying about that now too. I sure do hate it.

Yes, I really do hate worrying all the time. It annoys everyone around me. It's like they think I do it to be funny or to get the attention on myself, but it's completely opposite. I tell them I cannot stand worrying so much and just wish I could focus on other things and be happy. They don't get it.

I was actually going to suggest you drinking a glass of milk for your acid, but if you think it might make you throw up maybe you shouldn't. I just know when I have acid at night, I drink a glass of milk along with a Tums, and it helps take the edge off a bit. Sorry you're having so much pain. :(

I'm always worrying that I have some serious disease and I'm always asking my family if they think I might have stomach cancer or an ulcer or something. I know that I don't but still I worry constantly. I gotta stop googling all my symptoms. Are you feeling any better?

You sound exactly like me. My main bodily worry though is my heart and brain. I'm always worried about having a heart attack or having a brain aneurism. I have many others too, but these are my biggies. I ask my family too and they kind of laugh it off. But again, I'm not laughing, they don't get how serious I am.

Yah, I'm not feeling as panicky now, thanks to you. :) I'm worried about going back to bed b/c I'm afraid the symptoms might happen again, but I'm thinking if they do, I might put some spongebob on in there (we dont have cable in our room, just dvd lol). And try to fall asleep to it playing real quiet. Sometimes if the rooms too quiet, that makes me panic too. It's like I hear all the buzzings and ringings of anything in our room, and that sets me into panic mode and makes me feel like my brains going to explode. It's just one thing after another. But I'm going to try to be positive, plus I'm plain exhausted, and hope to be able to fall asleep. I think I'll head up in a few. Are you feeling better? Thanks for chatting with me by the way, you really have helped me.

I'm actually having a hard time catching my breath. I might wake my Mom up and see if she will sit with me for a bit. That usually helps. My anxiety is always worse at night because I feel alone. It's like the whole world gets to sleep except for me because I'm too nervous. I'm glad you're feeling better. I wish I could offer some advice but I'm kinda new to this. I've had anxiety for years but it's only been these past few months that it's gotten to the point of having attacks.