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Morning Anxiety

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magnets123
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Does anyone wake up with instant Anxiety?

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  • luke08690
    luke08690 magnets123

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    Yeah I wake up in the morning and my first thoughts are "can I feel my physical Symtoms" "Am I feeling ok today" it's my first thought as soon as I wake up I know I shouldn't think like that but hey it's hard when you have constant anxiety I've been left with all this ever since my first panic attacks year they have nocked me sideways.

    Hope things improve for you!

    • magnets123
      magnets123 luke08690

      Posted

      Yes Luke this stuff is like a bad case of poison ivy that just won't go away lol. I think that we freak ourselves out and make things much worse. I am thinking that maybe I should exercise more in the morning

  • lisalisa67
    lisalisa67 magnets123

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    Yes. its truely annoying when this occurs. I usually eat a banana on these morning as they have tood nutrimts for this and if it intertwines with sugar levels it seems to fix that too. The mind doesnt actually sleep the way the body does.
    • lisalisa67
      lisalisa67

      Posted

      Too many typos but hooefully this made sense.
    • magnets123
      magnets123 lisalisa67

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      Yes it makes perfect sense. I use to wake up with a cup of coffee and a cigarette but my chest tightness and dryness from the heat overnight has me freaking out. I had bronchitis and pneumonia earlier this month and would wake up freaking out. Well it has since gone away but I still have tightness and a nagging cough that gets so bad I want to vomit at times. My anxiety kicks in and I make it worse. Doctor said I am stressed out and I have allergies. I am always thinking that it could be asthma or something. I had a chest X-ray for pneumonia a month ago but the doctors never said anything about anything else. I am using Zyrtec every night now but I still freak every morning. Have you had this happen?
  • linda83143l
    linda83143l magnets123

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    I am exactly like you but mine is due to stress and external problems that I can not control.

    I have a lot of health issues too. Emphysema, crushed vertebra on my back.

    I am dragged from sleep panicking, can not breathe with fight or flee..

    I am trying to sort the situation but can not even stay at my home due to a neighbour. I am having to live on a hotel.

    You,are not alone honeest x

  • vanilla27
    vanilla27 magnets123

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    Yes, every day! I took Paxil for about three weeks a month ago and that when it started happening to me but I've been off it for a month and I still have it. I wake up shaking, anxious and nauseous. Most of the time it goes away in about an hour but sometimes I have to take klonopin to get relief. I got to the point where I couldnt sleep normally so my dr gave me Trazodone and that helped get me though the night but I still feel like hell when I wake up. My dr thinks I had a bad reaction to the Paxil  and it will go away, but I'm just not sure! I know how much you're suffering and I hope you can find a solution! Good Luck!

  • magnets123
    magnets123

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    This really does suck guys! I have a lot of life stressors like fiancée with 3 kids of hers, my own small business on top of a full time job, trying to buy a house and so on. I was able to manage all of these things for over a year now but ever since I got shortness of breath every morning from being sick, it just won't go away. I am 40 years old and seem to be in decent health. I have acid reflux I know for sure, smoker, and don't always eat right lol. I went to the hospital, the first time since I was a teenager, last month with a full blown panic attack. This of course was when I was sick. Now I still have small panic attacks only in the morning. I am trying to figure out how to stop them. This is making my fiancée and kids to be cautious around me because they never know what kind of mood I will be in. I cut back on caffeine, cigarettes and exercise more. I was stressing the other day and just went nuts with exercise. About an hour later my anxiety and stress were completely gone for the rest of the night. The next morning it was back to the same thing. UGH!!!

  • magnets123
    magnets123

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    My doctor put me on St Johns Wort to take for 2 weeks and see if there is a change. I will update if it works for me. I am taking Zyrtec every night to stop my post nasal drip that I get almost every night now. This seems to help a little bit. I will have a coughing fit every morning for a small amount of time and chest tightness. A friend told me it could be asthma but I can exercise without shortness of breath. A couple hours after awaking the tightness goes away. The anxiety doesn't always though. Wouldn't the doctors have seen asthma on an X-ray? Maybe it's just allergies and I am freaking over nothing. Anyone? Lol

  • Mandoza
    Mandoza magnets123

    Posted

    Ooooh yeaaaah , the morning anxiety almost my girlfriend. If one morning i wake up without anxiety i start wandering whats wrong.

    • magnets123
      magnets123 Mandoza

      Posted

      I have never had this before so it's damn frustrating. How long have you had it?

    • Mandoza
      Mandoza magnets123

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      I had it for 3 years before then i started medication and i was good. I relapsed last year in june. It was gradually. Started with morning anxiety and at that point i knew i am going to relapse so tried to fight it. The anxiety kept getting stronger in the morning and i knew it because i had it for 3 years before until i completely become agoraphobic again in Dec ( a month ago ) and i started the med again and hoping will get better soon.

      My morning anxiety now are so sever to the point I detach from the world. Ahhh what to do? I have to go along with it until i recover

    • magnets123
      magnets123 Mandoza

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      Wow I am sorry to hear about this. I am wondering if the St Johns Wort doesn't help then I may need medication. I can't help but think that lifestyle changes could lessen stress for me. Some days I will stress all day with different breathing patterns, butterflies in the stomach, not hungry, shaky, and chest tightness. I have since stopped my side business and focused more on my full time job. I still have the other stressors though.

    • Mandoza
      Mandoza magnets123

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      Well, St Johns might help you. You wont know it until you try it.

      See, that is the problem when it comes to anxiety and depression, you need to try the treatment for some time and see.

      Your symptoms are really anxiety symptoms and that is clear , mine also anxiety and we both know it but still we are scared and that what makes the life harder.

      I hope you get better and i hope that you dont need the med.

    • magnets123
      magnets123 Mandoza

      Posted

      I hope that you start feeling better as well. I appreciate your information in regards to this stress. I do have one last question. Do you ever cough when stressed out? Wondering if this cough is anxiety related or something else
    • Mandoza
      Mandoza magnets123

      Posted

      Thank you !

      Yes, in anxiety we tend to cough because of our breathing. We assume we dont have enough air and we cough but that is just a reaction due to the anxiety ao it is normal and our air is normal but we just anxious.

    • magnets123
      magnets123 Mandoza

      Posted

      Thank you very much for that information lol. I was starting to feel like I am alone in this. I am obviously assuming the worse. I am thinking that I have asthma or something else. It's driving my fiancée crazy!!! If you google anything now a days it tells you that your going to die hahaha. If I had asthma I would think that I would know just by exercising. I don't have shortness of breath when I exercise so......

    • Mandoza
      Mandoza magnets123

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      hahahahah do not google anything.

      Asthma is not what you read. I have asthma my whole life and i had it years before anxiety and i know it very well.

      What you describe is definitely not an asthma. So be cool it is just an anxiety.

    • magnets123
      magnets123 Mandoza

      Posted

      Thanks I appreciate your input. Wish that I could help you out with something haha. If you want to chat about anything I am here.
    • Mandoza
      Mandoza magnets123

      Posted

      Thank you !!

      I am on my way to over come my anxiety in the middle of the side effect of my med. I hope i will be normal soon.

    • magnets123
      magnets123 Mandoza

      Posted

      We both know how it feels to be normal. We just need to get out of our heads for a bit. Whenever I am active or really engaged with something, my anxiety seems to disappear. Whenever I finish or have idle time I begin the stinkin thinkin lol
    • Mandoza
      Mandoza magnets123

      Posted

      Yeah , in my case i am 24/7 anxious and thats why i am house bound now. Ahhh sometimes i dont know what normal feels like loool.
    • magnets123
      magnets123 Mandoza

      Posted

      Well like I said I am here to chat if you want. There has to be a way
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