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 …
Generalized Anxiety Disorder makes me think too much.
Right now I am obsessing about something that is bothering me. I just can’t shut off my brain. I just can’t stop thinking about this particular issue, which is something involving my family that I have absolutely no control over. Yet my overactive brain refuses to let go of this. My mind continues to torture me mercilessly by making me think and rethink and worry and dwell on this issue. What a waste of time and energy. What a shame. Here I am, completely aware of what my brain is doing to me, and yet unable to get a grip …