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Heart Palpitations when trying to sleep - Anxiety

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Dan911
Dan911

I'm 28 yr old male and have had a 4 year history with anxiety specifically GAD. Past 3 months has been hard, my mum passed away 3rd December and my dog had to be put down 5th December due to long term illness.

Recently since start of March I've been having problems sleeping and been getting heart palpitations when laying down. That being said, I've had lot of poor night sleeps, but I don't feel tired when I get hardly any sleep. My body feels tired, but my mind doesn't. I felt like I was controlling my anxiety well, but I've never had this problem before. It's new in terms of trying to get some sleep.

I've tried thinking what's on my mind, is it my mum, my dog, I do feel lost sometimes and maybe depressed. I don't feel stressed though, unless you can still but not know it. I'm currently taking Kalms 1 tab before bed and Magnesium half tab too before bed.

I don't think it's working though unless I need higher dosage, I have doctors appointment 17th and I got week off work from this Monday coming. Maybe it's stressed related to work, I just don't know.

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  • lily65668
    lily65668 Dan911

    Posted

    So sorry to hear about this double blow. I fully understand that the loss of a beloved pet can be almost as bad as losing a parent, especially coming so soon after.

    I'm afraid this is going to be a matter of time. When my mum died it took seven months before I even started coming out of the immediate grieving process. You need to be patient with yourself at this stage, and accept that there is light at the end of the tunnel, even though you can't see it yet. All your stress symptoms are perfectly normal in the circumstances. We all go through something similar after a bereavement.

    You don't mention the dose of magnesium you're taking, or what form it's in. The recommended daily dose is normally up to 400mg. However, different formulations have different effects. Taking 400mg of the oxide form in one go could result in diarrhoea, whereas 400mg of chelated magnesium glycinate would be a better option - though more expensive.

    I'd advise against taking any kind of sleeping pills or tranquillisers (e.g. Valium, Xanax), especially as you say your poor nights aren't making you feel mentally tired. You can develop tolerance to both groups very quickly. This means they stop working, but will also have disrupted your existing sleep patterns, so you end up unable to sleep with or without them. These boards are full of people who've fallen into the trap of taking them regularly and now find that none of them work. The benzo tranquillisers mentioned above are even worse, causing addiction with very real withdrawal symptoms. If you do want to try pills, I'd urge you to take them just on the occasional night, when you really need to sleep well.

    I really feel for you, having been through the same thing myself. But you will come out of this. I know it's a tired old platitude, but time really is a great healer.

    • Dan911
      Dan911 lily65668

      Posted

      Thanks for the reply and sorry to hear about your mum too. And agree 100% that time is needed, maybe I'm rushing into things of how I want everything to be normal again. And regards of what Magnesium I'm taking, I'm glad you asked because I had to stop them as I ordered the wrong ones without realising. It was Magnesium Citrate 400mg tabs, but I was only taking half a tab daily.

      I hear so much good things what Magnesium offers and I was intended to try the Calcium, Mag, + Zinc as I was reading what a health professional was saying about the product as using 1 substance partially works without the other.

      I'll stick with kalms till I go to my GP this Tuesday and tell them the problems I've been having and what would they recommend. But as you stated with grieving process, I just gotta give myself time.

    • will08432
      will08432 Dan911

      Posted

      I'm not sure about GP prescribing, but you might want to ask about Melatonin (Circadin®). It's a natural hormone that is released by your body when it starts to get dark before bed. A lot of people find the supplements helpful for sleep in the US, but it's prescription-only in the UK, so it must be prescribed. It has no tolerance or dependency like sleeping pills (e.g. Zopiclone) and I've been taking it for about 10 years with no issues.

      Would highly recommend. If not, good sleep techniques can help to stimulate the natural release of Melatonin, so I would try that

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