Anxiety when waking

[LucyLou]

So, overall I'm still doing pretty ok but I Remember a while ago I made a post about waking suddenly from sleep to my heart racing. That settled for a while but has recently started again but it only happens when I stay at my friends house. I stayed last sat and it happened then and again last night and I even felt anxious just getting ready for sleep and I don't know if it's related to the whole spiking incident because that was at her house....or if it's something else because it had happened before that too? I know this is probably a therapy thing but I don't really want to bring all that up. I might briefly mention it to her, just to see what she things. Maybe an anxiety thing?

 

[thursday]

Nearly a decade ago I got feelings of anxiety, while there was no reason. The whole day it was there, every day. It sat there in my stomach. I don't know how much your friend knows why you're in therapy. It's up to you to tell her, when you're ready. For outsiders its hard to understand what going on even if they know what's behind it. But your perception/reaction of a situation can be irrational at times. ( so is mine) perhaps that's where the anxiety pops up?

 

[Freddyt]

I might briefly mention it to her, just to see what she things. Maybe an anxiety thing?

Yup. An anxiety thing. First thing is look listen for a physical trigger or sound. Maybe a neighbour getting up and leaving for work slamming a door or an odour of cooking or a pet moving around the house.

I'm a 4:30 am guy - wide wide awake suddenly at 4:30 am no matter when I get to sleep, sometimes back to sleep - sometimes not, but its tied to trauma for sure for me.

Things that happen when you are asleep can tie to trauma stuff, or just be a noise you are not used to that wakes you.

 

[user27357]

anxiety is maybe my biggest symptom and the hardest to shake. Nightmares are often no more than the waking with a high level of anxiety, panic attack really, much more than a remembered dream should have caused if I even remember the dream.
It comes from getting late night response calls where the adrenaline pumps from the second your feet hit the ground to the moment the helicopter lifts off with the victim on board or the ambulance crew or coroner take the scene from you. Or from knowing the horrible secrets about how close we are all to horrible ugly death every time we get in cars and hurl ourselves around with all the other near death drivers out there. If we were all engaging in gun play, taking shots at each other daily, we would be foolish not to be scared for our lives. But we arent, it's considered to be relatively safe to drive, so the equally horrible fear I feel is defined as anxiety.
A warning, the drugs work. Actually the drugs aimed at anxiety work better than anything else I have done, they flat work. But at a cost, and looking back I paid that price the first time I decided I needed the drugs to function and every time I used them after that. A year clean, I am better every day, wish I had realised I was abusing long before I did.

 

[parrotthepolly]

The spiking incident could have definitely increased the anxiety.

Staying at a new place with other people also causes restless sleep and waking up from shock (without nightmares) in my experience. Even with people you trust, it's the fact the brain is subconsciously alerting you no one can be trusted even if you're not aware.

 

[lisa67]

So, overall I'm still doing pretty ok but I Remember a while ago I made a post about waking suddenly from sleep to my heart racing. That settled for a while but has recently started again but it only happens when I stay at my friends house. I stayed last sat and it happened then and again last night and I even felt anxious just getting ready for sleep and I don't know if it's related to the whole spiking incident because that was at her house....or if it's something else because it had happened before that too? I know this is probably a therapy thing but I don't really want to bring all that up. I might briefly mention it to her, just to see what she things. Maybe an anxiety thing?

I get this. I've a coroners inquest coming up for my sons sudden death and I've been waking suddenly at night with a rising panic feeling along with feeling like i can't get a deep breath. It doesn't usually happen during waking hrs but having said that, it's spilling over in to daytime now and a feeling of having a very heavy weight on my chest is getting me down

 

[Anita]

I have anxiety really bad all my life, severe dysfunction of a family growing up, I feel hopeless at times and wonder if I could have done much better than my circumstances now, I would of done things differently than this rat hole of a life, I was sheltered too extreme so I do not think I would have realized and done something different, it’s a trap in my mind, no real life experience growing up, no challlenges, now I am paying the price.
Finally found a great psych who knows ptsd and gave me Zoloft with no questions asked, no guessing games, she really knows her stuff.

 

[CinnaGirl94]

This

I have anxiety really bad all my life, severe dysfunction of a family growing up, I feel hopeless at times and wonder if I could have done much better than my circumstances now, I would of done things differently than this rat hole of a life, I was sheltered too extreme so I do not think I would have realized and done something different, it’s a trap in my mind, no real life experience growing up, no challlenges, now I am paying the price.
Finally found a great psych who knows ptsd and gave me Zoloft with no questions asked, no guessing games, she really knows her stuff.

This reads like what I'd have said of my experience with how grew up and I'm on zoloft as well but it makes me feel depressive some reason. And I have cycled ssri's for so long that I can't seem to stop taking them.

 

[Anita]

This

This reads like what I'd have said of my experience with how grew up and I'm on zoloft as well but it makes me feel depressive some reason. And I have cycled ssri's for so long that I can't seem to stop taking them.

I feel depressed as well still with Zoloft but I also feel numb, no anxiety, flashbacks, cleaning my place up more, it’s working in good ways but not my depressive state yet.

 

[anthony]

Exercise. Seriously... the best remedy for depression is exercise. Walk, bare minimum, for an hour a day. Think of it as, your one hour daily life saver.

 

[mamachick]

My anxiety is my worst symptom. Some trauma related and also general. I had it managed pretty well until Easter. I had an accident and really bad ankle breaks. Emergency surgery (very deformed) where I have to hop on one foot with a walker because I have an external fixator that will come off next monday. Stuck on 2nd floor so I can have shower so have not been outside and quite isolated. Beginning sunday evening, I got a low grade fever, was gone in morning. Every evening since this I have this low grade fever now, and has me worried about infection. If having this ball and chain is not bad enough, getting a fever is very scary. Have been making the best of it other than that. After surgery and I return home, I will be staying on the first floor even though I have no shower. At least I can get outside and into the kitchen. Also think I will have a wheelchair. Its also very scary being so dependent on my husband to care for me. I have serious issues with being able to care for my self and this aging is not for the faint of heart.

 

[anthony]

My anxiety is my worst symptom.

Same here. Depression pops in every now and then, but I keep that fairly well in check with daily exercise, but anxiety... that thing is like another marriage.