Dealing with Nighttime Anxiety

my anxiety medication helps me with insomnia, but not a lot, so I do breathing exercises and I also use sleep lotion. The brand is called Dr. Teal's and it's a lavender lotion. Burning lavender incenses have been helpful to me as well. If I start to panic at night, I listen to something calm before sleeping or drink chamomile tea. I hope this helps

Mine has been causing insomnia in the middle of the night. I finally asked for a mild sleeping med. it helps but it’s still present to some degree at night when I wake up from pain and then my mind takes over.

Exercising can be really helpful, if I’m so worn out I can’t think then I just pass out. Weed can also help but I try not to use it for that because I get dependent on it. Mugwort tea is awesome and calms me down but you gotta research any possible drug interactions beforehand. It’s also not good if you’re pregnant or breastfeeding. Deep breathing and mediation before bed can help you get to a calm state. The biggest thing for me personally was getting on Prozac, it changed my entire sleeping life. Insomnia is now something I deal with only when my anxiety is really bad, it’s not a nightly occurrence anymore

it sounds like your an overthinker and so am i. i got on medication for it and it def calmed me down but i still tend to overfeel and think past experiences so these things seem to take time.

I haven't found anything that helps me tbh. Sometimes I just cry myself to sleep. But I can go to sleep easy during the day.

Melatonin, benzodiazepines, and Atarax have significantly helped with my transient insomnia. Hope this helps ❤️❤️

lavender essential oil, my weighted blanket, stuffed animals, and my sleep playlist help me! i know a lot of ppl who have had success with melatonin tablets, but if u take any prescription meds make sure to check drugs.com for possible interactions. lmk if u want my sleep playlist on spotify, i can dm u the link! 💕💕

I use to get very bad anxiety where it was hard to fall asleep, and when I got to sleep I would have anxious dreams and wake up not even an hour later, and repeated that process. I went to a doctor and she prescribed anti-anxiety meds,, for a couple weeks it got way worse and I was anxious throughout 24h instead of at night and in the mornings. (Most people give up on the meds because of this) but I stuck with it and I can finally sleep and im not as anxious🙏🏼

I know one day that time will.come and it’s scary

Dialectical Behavior Therapy helped me a lot, because it gave me a lot of mental tools to help me when I'm anxious. Something I learned early on was to go to bed earlier. The later I chose to go to bed/sleep, the more disordered my thoughts would be. Make sure not to go to bed too early, then you're laying there not tired and thinking. With that in mind, instead of going to bed at 3am, I would go to bed at 11pm. Calming music or even just ear plugs would help too. Also stuffed animals. Try to just generally make your bed feel like a safe space by putting a lot of comfort stuff there.

I like to use melatonin which is usually a dissolvable tablet. I also like to listen to beach waves you can find one on YouTube. If you’re interested I’ve been using this app called Calm and it offers different soundscapes as well as guided meditations. I believe it has a membership charge.

I've never really had trouble sleeping but have been lately, even with my meds. Thinking for a while that they need to be adjusted. But some things that I like are calming nature sounds, lavender oil, and my weighted blanket.

Breathing exercises help me a lot.

I tried sleeping meds but they didn’t help, especially since u have to eat with most of them and my eating disorder doesn’t like that