Anxiety and sleep

[Myrkhoos]

Hello,

 

You people who suffered , suffer from anxiety. Did your sleep suffer because of it? Nightmares, insomnia, lack of restful sleep, etc. All stuff.

 

     My thing is highly intense dreams ( not necessarily nightmares) and lack of restful sleep.

[LostinParis]

For me, sleep is elusive. I’ve tried everything, including an overnight sleep study to investigate a possible physical cause, sleep restriction therapy, and a sleep psychologist to investigate an emotional cause. Diagnosis: I have psychosomatic insomnia. And the stress of being a single mum of three, running a business. Add peri-menopause for some extra fun.

 

Insomnia is common amongst us creative types. Intense dreams stem from rich imaginations. Let me know if you find an “off” switch.

[♦ Fuego ♦]

Some meds interfere with sleep. I had cut out sleep aid tablets, sudafed, and benedryl because they were causing crushing anxiety. It took a while to switch my body off of the sleep aid stuff to which I'd been dependent. Then I found anxiety would still rise up some days. I've only recently found a microdose treatment that works for me. But sleep some nights is still weird. One night is great, and another I'm awake at 2am until I get up and go to work. Not anxiety based, I can even be totally relaxed but awake. Often I get sleepy around the time I have to get up. Stupid brain. Last night I think it was way too much salt and some alcohol at dinnertime. Woke up hot and dehydrated, took 4 hours to get back to sleep. 

 

[alreadyGone]

Anyone drink chamomile tea?

I find it very helpful.