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Anxiety and sleep deprivation

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Sparkly40
Sparkly40

Can I ask is anyone one else's anxiety worse when they have had little or no sleep.

I have a 5 month old baby and he is up twice a night and last night he was awake for nearly 3 hours only got back to sleep at 5am and then it's time to get up an hr later with my other children

I'm so so tired this morning and my anxiety is normally bad in the morning but today I could just cry I am on medication for the last 5 weeks and they are definitely working but no sleep

Is dibiltating

Please advise

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  • XxaimxX
    XxaimxX Sparkly40

    Posted

    Certainly!!! I have a 9 month old, she's sleeping through now but when she wasn't I just didn't feel myself! Now I have this anxiety and it's got better but it's still there!

    Do you have a partner that could help with the night feeds?

    My LO is a right pain all day but I'm thankful she sleeps through the night because even when I have 9 hours I feel like I need more.

    I really feel for you and hope you get better soon!

  • eric50547
    eric50547 Sparkly40

    Posted

    Hi Sparky Just wanted to tell you that you are not alone trust me. Most of us who suffer from anxiety or in my case Stridor and anxiety which is the double whammy of breathing sickness. I go 1-2 weeks without sleeping no kidding then I will crash maybe about 2 days with out waking up. The disorder we have keeps your pulse yrate really high so no woder you cant sleep . Sleeping pills etc... are not the answer I am not sure what is really just wanted to tell you  your not alone ok Eric K.
  • lattifa7777
    lattifa7777 Sparkly40

    Posted

    Can I ask what meds you ar we on? It definitely doesn't help, with no sleep, hardly get any either!! I'm also getting advice on here about it as feel not so good this morning , had only 3 hours sleep, with lots of dreaming. Are you able to get to sleep if you hqd nothing to wake you?

    Lattifa x

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