Sleeping at the wrong time due to anxiety disorder and excessive worrying.
My anxiety is now under control most of the time thanks to my anti-anxiety medications - Paxil CR and Neurontin. (Read the post The Results of my visit to the psychiatrist and Your anxiety might be caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain. ) When the anxiety was free to enjoy itself in my brain, I often had trouble sleeping. When I would try to fall asleep my over active mind refused to stop its thinking. The anxiety disorder which caused me to think too much and worry about every little thing would render me sleepless.
During the day, I still could not stop my mind from thinking and worrying too much. This anxiety was paralyzing. I was unable to focus on things I had to do. I was exhausted from minimal sleep. I became depressed about my situation. So then I would retreat to the bed to avoid the day. And I would sleep instead of function.
Anxiety disorder made me sleep when I should have been awake and vice verse. This was not an easy thing to deal with. There is only so much of this pattern that a body can take before it falls apart. If this sounds like your life, I hope you will seek help for your anxiety disorder.
Tags: anxiety disorder, anti-anxiety medication, anti-depressant medication, paxil CR, neurontin, psychiatrist, sleepless, over-thinking, worrying too much, excessive worrying
- Posted in : generalized anxiety disorder
- Author : freebird
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very interesting Blog — thanks…… I will look at it in more detail on a day or two — RodESmith.wordpress.com (family therapist with many anxious clients)