Girls help me here..tell me I'm trying to check out if I still got Anxiety I can't sleep when I'm reading to drift off I get this feeling inside that keeps me awake, im dreading going to bed I worry about how I feel and if I would sleep, it changes because last week I feel like I thump as I drift off please let me know this Hormones Anxiety.
I know exactly what you are talking about. I was stuck on awake and could not feel the drowsy, sleepy feeling at all. I was absolutely exhausted but not drowsy. At some point I did begin to experience a slight drowsiness feeling come on and just as I would begin to sink into unconsciousness - ZAP!! This zap sound in my head like a synthesizer would bring me right up out of it back to full consciousness. I read that is a reaction by the brain to keep you alert when you have chronic anxiety. It's basically over protective and reading your drowsiness as danger so it gives you an instant energy boost. Frigging sympathetic nervous system doing it all wrong!! I ended up having to get on sleeping medication. Restoril. Nothing else was working. Nothing. I was only getting 2-3 hours of broken sleep for about 4 months when I began trying over the counter medicine. Tylenol PM worked somewhat but after 6 months of daily intake of acetaminophen I switched to benadryl. Made me feel poisoned with only a bit of help with sleep. I would be just too ill the next day. Like a terrible drug withdrawal. Natural formulas like melatonin and other supplements did absolutely nothing. May as well have eaten celery for sleep. I had to finally surrender to pharmaceutical to get sleep. I am getting about 6 now on average with the Restoril. Been on it since early December 2017. I am just days away from getting onto bioidentical hormone replacement. The plan is to begin reducing the Restoril a couple of weeks after beginning the hormones. Life sucks when all you focus on is your health. I am just sick of it!! I feel so sorry for what's happening with you. I have learned, though that any symptoms we experience eventually reduce while others appear. Hugs xxx
Seriously get into mindfulness and meditation. There are great Apps and you lie in bed with headphones on and the guided sessions help a ton.