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 …
When anxiety clouds my head
While I was taking my shower this morning, I was thinking about the fact that I am missing my therapy appointment this week since my therapist will be away. I feel fine about that since right now I have no outstanding issues that I feel frantic about. Then I began to think about that franticness, and how it affects my thinking.
When I am worried (as in becoming panicky) about something, it can be hard to have an appropriate reaction to that “thing”. Appropriate is a loose term, I know, but I think you realize that I mean a “not off the …