Tired Monster

[drgnfl2078]

I'm not sure if it is the meds or the relative emotional quiet (or less stress) of my life right now but I have such a hard time waking up in the morning and staying awake at work! Does anyone else have a hard time staying awake? I know sugar and caffine are not the answer...and I get plenty of sleep so that's not it...but what is a healthy way of fighting the tired monster?

 

[Gamereign555]

Tough call. I tend to go though periods of insomnia followed by periods ( a week or so ) of fatigue and tiredness. Some days I can sleep for 16 hours if I wanted to. I blame the meds I am on, they are made to combat my insomnia but they tend to effect me for days at a time sometimes. Also I blame my activity level is not always so high. You might try exercise.
Or,
If you are in a stage where you are hurting a lot from anxiety, you might have anxiety breathing issues which is causing the fatigue. I had this for many months, it would hit me all day long as the anxiety persisted but was more noticeable when I would sit down, I would almost fall asleep in the chair and would have a hard time filling out the paperwork. It would cause a lot of dissociation also, causing me to space out. But as long as I kept moving and walking around I was 'okay'.

 

[Kb3]

I am currently being triggered by old stressors and am having problems with very shallow uncomfortable breathing. It's jerky and ends up high in my chest. I forgot how creepy this is and how it feeds my anxious state.

I suppose the good thing is that I am now finally aware of how I am doing this and can make the conscious decision to take some deep breaths. It helps, but then I unconsciously drift back into shallow breathing again.

It will probably be like this until I can leave the situation that I am in and spend some time regaining my equilibrium by breathing normally again.

It would be really nice to breathe correctly all the time!