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And how do you manage it?
I have been having a lot of nightmares and also lately when I try to go to sleep just as I am about to drift off I will hear a sound in the house...maybe just a random creak or squeak or thump and it will jolt me into a state of hyperalertness and my heart pounds and I am laying there straining to hear what it might be but terrified to move and reveal my location to whover might be there (but there is no one). I will finally relax again and the whole thing will repeat itself several times before I am finally able to go to sleep. Sometimes I can even 'feel' the bed go down like someone has sat down behind me and my skin just crawls as I lay there afraid to breathe for a bit.
Usually my strategy is to not even try to go to bed until I am positively EXHAUSTED...sometimes it will be 2 or 3 in the morning before that happens. And then I am all drawn out the next day...and sleep too late and then feel guilty and ashamed of that. I haven't tried any sleep medication.....I do have anxiety medicine to take as needed but am not sure if that would be appropriate.
Does this sound familiar to anyone else?
What works for you?
I have been having a lot of nightmares and also lately when I try to go to sleep just as I am about to drift off I will hear a sound in the house...maybe just a random creak or squeak or thump and it will jolt me into a state of hyperalertness and my heart pounds and I am laying there straining to hear what it might be but terrified to move and reveal my location to whover might be there (but there is no one). I will finally relax again and the whole thing will repeat itself several times before I am finally able to go to sleep. Sometimes I can even 'feel' the bed go down like someone has sat down behind me and my skin just crawls as I lay there afraid to breathe for a bit.
Usually my strategy is to not even try to go to bed until I am positively EXHAUSTED...sometimes it will be 2 or 3 in the morning before that happens. And then I am all drawn out the next day...and sleep too late and then feel guilty and ashamed of that. I haven't tried any sleep medication.....I do have anxiety medicine to take as needed but am not sure if that would be appropriate.
Does this sound familiar to anyone else?
What works for you?