My anxiety levels are much worse in the morning, i wake up with heart palpitations, fidgety, restless, shaky hands and general worry about the day ahead. Once i'm up, my heart races, and i gag, but nothing comes out because my stomachs empty, where i'm not eating. I also suffer depression.
Is this a normal feeling?
I have some of those symptoms and morning is always worse, I think it's because we wake up and scan ourselves almost looking for anxiety. I am shaky and gagging and not eating are my worst symptoms, it's scare but does get better. Speak to your doctor, because of my history I get supplement drinks when needed and they provide me with a multi vitamin when eating is difficult, I'm actually going through a bout now. It's dire but will get better. Stay positive!
Thanks for the positive reply! It is absolutely awful, i'm competely sick about eveything.
Hi Sam and Celt me to got it bad today,I wake up with it every day and my tinnitus is so high today but I think menopause can be lot to do with some of the daily anxiety as I have IBS and Gyne probs go hand in hand with menopause hence all this anxiety.How old are you ladies.Its the only explanation I have to it all . Don't go to bed till around 2 am sleep okay if tinnitus lets me,get up at 10am somedays I walk or pace till it goes down a bit.as I get further into the day it can ease off bit more if I'm lucky.Dont take meds gave up on them,so I've just this week gone on to Valerian give that a go,they say that takes up to 4 weeks,meds the same time frame or longer. So it goes on day in day out no let up .tend to stay in due to anxiety,never use to before this all began.None of us can fathom all this out that's for sure.xx
Hi Marlene, i'm actually male, but i'm 19 years old. So no explanation for me.
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Hi Sam didn't realise it was you.Hey Sam we've all got hormones even fellas get highs and lows.Your young wait till the male menopause comes along lot of my generation will say males have bad days later on in life.Mid life crisis men get not the dreaded women's menopause.Glad your staying on site did you sleep last night any better Hope you've got a night out with your mates lined up for later xx
I get lots of highs, and lows. I did sleep better last night, but like i say its when i wake up, i dread the half hour, of getting ready. Nothing planned for tonight, at the moment i prefer to stay in where i know is familiar, and where i know i won't see my ex, which would send me into crazy anxiety panic.
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Know where your coming from Sam ,your be out and about soon,keep in touch with those mates how about a boys night in,gives you chance to chat about this and that how about the cinema with a mate.So easy Sam to stay in do that myself a lot, but I push myself to go out Sam no matter what .ive had this for fair while Sam I know how hard it is ,just got to read others on site all tell similar story.Set yourself a goal and aim towards it . X
I honestly don't really enjoy going out with mates. I'm quite insecure, and enjoy that special one that i can share, and spend every moment with. Knowing i have someone there puts my anxiety at ease.
I hope all is well with you at the moment.
Sam x
No chance getting back with the ex Sam.your who you are end of the day. I'm totally the opposite that's why I'm ticked off with this anxiety merry go round.Everyone gets unsettled being on their own whilst they have it ,it's an alien feeling to have,same for the seriously ill out there thinking I shouldn't have this. Illness of any sort is scary Sam that's what makes us who we are some deal with it better than others .Sooner or later all on here will turn that corner you will to just not our day today on site hey and now it's raining here take care x
Like my councillor said, is it that i miss the personality, or the fact that someones there? If i was to get back with her, i know it would all end again. I think my anxiety is based around being on my own, and alienated.
The suns out here, but not for long i'm sure.
Sam x
Hi All,
I came across this discussion this morning, and wondering how you are all doing now? I've been feeling very weak lately, depressed, anxious and stressed. I feel like it's never going to end.
I cannot eat anything and I'm crying all the time. It seems to be worse in the morning. I can't concentrate at work and im thinking irrational thoughts, which in turn make me overthink everything. I live alone and not in my home country. I do have friends but I dont want to bother them with my stuff and when they do ask me out i say no because i want to sit at home with my thoughts. I think of all the bad things i have ever done in my life and sit and feel guilty.
I'm so miserable and I fear i will never get out of this
Hi, I've been through the highs and the lows and currently also in quite a low point. In the morning it's awful but I get through it by trying to concentrate on something like exercise. Although alcohol and cigarettes seem to often sneak their way in. I can say from experience that it definitely does come and go even though it feels like it's never going to end.
Yeah i usually dream about feeling horrible with my anxiety and depression which causes me to hate sleeping plus feeling worse in the mornings also.
i think that's definitely part of it. it's one of those things where you just lay there and try to figure out why you feel like that. when i wake up in the morning if i have no commitments that day my anxiety isn't that bad, but if i have to get up for work or need to make an early phonecall lm a lot more anxious but it does improve when im more awake. so i think when i wake and remember i need to do something i scan my feelings and for some reason they feel worse when youre not quite awake yet. do you guys think it's a learnt behavoir that we get anxiety worse in the morning.
Check your cortisol levels. See an endocrinologist.
Hi sam are you still on here
Me too, I very morning since I had brain surgery two years ago. But at begin nothing but it built up slowly now worst. I really hate the feelings. Driving me crazy. Dr thinks it is a nerves disorder. I don't think so but maybe right.but, is there cure for it, I want it stop. I don't drink and smoke. I have no cells like white and red cells in my blood , is it cause my aniexty? Really hate nerves disorder whatever it is called . Oh pls make it stop. Feels horrible.
Do u think he isn't alive or ignore us or dead, or don't know how to answer our question and who is he? why he ever bother set this post ?
I realise this is an old post and probably not followed, but thought I'd throw in my two cents worth anyway. I used to be like you when I was little. I'd throw up every morning and would feel like someone was choking me. I couldn't even wear turtle necks in the winter because I felt like I was being strangled. In those days you were just called "a nervous child" and that was that.
As I've gotten older, I still dealt with anxiety, but not to the extent it is now. I'm an overthinker as well. I was diagnosed as OCD because of my constant worrying thoughts and such. I also have generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety, major depressive disorder with suicidal ideation, and probably (but not diagnosed) PTSD.
I've gotten to the point that just leaving the house makes me a nervous wreck. Before I lost my job, I would have complete meltdowns in the morning begging to let me stay home. Even if I have a slow and gradual start, it's still hard. And lately, I've been waking with horrible anxiety that lasts through the day.
I'm not working anymore and it's just my husband working. Money is tight and we live paycheck to paycheck. This morning he got all mad at me because I'm not working. I can't find a job. I've been looking. I did back out of some job interviews a while ago because I just couldn't do it. I'm no slouch. I've always worked. I have an occupational degree as a medical assistant and I have a slew of college credits. I'm intelligent and a hard worker. I just can't handle a stressful job. I can't deal with even the tiniest amount of stress. It sends me into a panic.
My unemployment benefits run out in a few weeks. I've filed for disability but that takes upwards of 2 years before it's even looked at. So that just adds to my anxiety.
I feel so alone sometimes. I get angry over my life and lately I keep wishing I were dead because I just can't cope anymore. I don't have any friends, except the ones on Facebook. And they're not really "friends" per se. Just people that are aquaintences. I wish my life would just go away.