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Feelings of doom in mornings

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Netminder1976
Netminder1976

I've been having anxiety and panic attacks for the last 4 months but it seems morning is always my worst. It's really a tough feeling to describe. It starts about a minute after waking up. I toss and turn when I wake up and just lay there in a panic until it's time to get up. Everything seems so scary when I get up and feel sort of lightheaded or just really foggy brained and like I don't want to face anyone. I feel like I am about to be attacked or something terrible is fixing to happen. This feeling just makes me panic and think about the rest of the day and why I feel like this. As the day progresses it seems to subside around 2 or 3 in the afternoon and evening even more so and then by night I mostly feel normal. It makes me not even want to go to bed because I know it's all going to start over in the morning. Does anyone else feel this way and have any idea why? It's like I'm not even me for the first half or more of the day.

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  • livvy_smiles
    livvy_smiles Netminder1976

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    Yes! i do struggle with this sometimes.. as soon as we wake up we instantly remember the anxieties we were feeling prior to going to sleep, i think its because we forget for a while and then it just hits us, it also could be that it is intensified as our heart rate gets a bit faster as we wake so it shocks us in some way. we just need to try and find ways to feel relaxed whilst we try to sleep, maybe listen to some relaxing sleep meditation music as it will distract your mind from thoughts and we can focus on the sounds instead, ive also found being in a clean and comfortable invironment promotes good relaxation for this as well. I hope you can find some ease, i know how hard it is xxx
  • jen_43754
    jen_43754 Netminder1976

    Posted

    Yes to everything you said especially now that I started taking sertaline the side effects plus waking up feeling like that is the worst
    • Netminder1976
      Netminder1976 jen_43754

      Posted

      How long have you been taking the settling? I've been taking fluoxetine for 2 months now . Started 1 month on 10mg and now 1 month on 20mg. At first it was awful then I had great evenings and then upped dose to 20 and started off bad again. Now it's just like I'm in a rut and feels likeits giving me depression sometimes. Probably just feel depressed because always anxious.
    • Netminder1976
      Netminder1976

      Posted

      That's supposed to say sertaline not settling.
    • jen_43754
      jen_43754 Netminder1976

      Posted

      Yesterday made it 5 days I have no energy I'm nauseaous, stomach cramps and worst Of all dizzy

      Which has always been an issue for me

    • Netminder1976
      Netminder1976 jen_43754

      Posted

      Same here basically. The energy comes and goes though and so does the nausea. I never get an appetite until late afternoon or evening anymore. And it's like I'm dizzy but not really spinning like dizzy, kinda like I'm drunk or stoned but I don't do either of them so it's not that.
    • Netminder1976
      Netminder1976 jen_43754

      Posted

      Annoying and I think it fuels my panic even more. Then all I do is start wondering why I feel like that and is it from the meds or something serious.
    • jen_43754
      jen_43754 Netminder1976

      Posted

      We're on the same page I get discouraged wondering if I'll ever get better it's so frustrating
  • lisalisa67
    lisalisa67 Netminder1976

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    Heres a trick. Eat a banana or avacado or some highly nutritious whole food before bed. Even take a magnessium glycinate pill. See if that helos. Many people who have morning bad anxiety its because its made worse by low blood sugar. So the food plus the magnessium glcinate will calm it. It worked for me. I also am menapausal so hormone issues were invoved im sure but still fixed it and it was simplier then i thought. I had read this on pinterest and tried it.worked fast.
  • jen_43754
    jen_43754 Netminder1976

    Posted

    I ordered magnesium oil spray I hope it works
    • Netminder1976
      Netminder1976 jen_43754

      Posted

      I tried some magnesium tablets that my sister gave me but not sure what kind because they weren't in their bottle. It seemed to help and I took a Super B Complex and felt a little better for a couple days but then I went back to bad and stopped taking thinking it was them even though I'm sure it wasn't.
    • jen_43754
      jen_43754 Netminder1976

      Posted

      I've read magnesium defincey causes anxiety, depression, insomnia, dizziness and a lot of other things. Since its supplement I don't think it will interact with your Meds but ask your doctor first of course.
    • Netminder1976
      Netminder1976 jen_43754

      Posted

      I did, and the pharmacist.. they both said it was fine. My anxious and health anxiety mind just makes me think something like my liver or kidneys aren't processing it out and I'm getting too much in my system. I know it's weird, especially when I just had blood and urine tests 2 months ago and all numbers were normal. Think I will start them again this evening.
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