This happens every morning to me. As soon as I wake up and I know I have to get up to go to work or just get up to face the day, I immediately feel startled which then turns into a mini panic attak that last a few hours and then it slowly turns into just chronic anxiety that last until 6 or 7pm. If I'm lucky I could see some relief by 3pm. I've been like this for 5 years now. I have tried different medications and currently I'm building my dose of Setraline. I'm on 175mg for the last 8 days. I know that my anxiety can get worse before it gets better on this med but I really think my problem is also this learned reaction in the morning to panic. My breathing increases, extreme anxiety, nervousness and I just feel horrible.
Any suggestions on what I can do to wake up and not panic?
I am not going to be much help to you, but you are the only person I have come across on this site who has the same as me. I wake every morning feeling startled into the day, i moan and cry for a bit then try to pull myself together. Some mornings i feel sick, others just terrible. I feel i need something to calm me down but also deal with depressed feeling. This has been going on for three years. Eventually i pull myself together as much as i can and try to get on with the day. Have tried several anti deps, all make me very over anxious or nauseous but no betterment. I didnt get past 50 sertraline.
I keep telling dr my life has changed so much with all this but all they seem to do is give out anti Deps. I also have 5mg diazapam at night and seem to need it more now in daytime, about 3mg. I currently take mirtazapine, dr wants me tomincrease dose but when i do it gets worse so low dose isnt doing much for me.
i wonder if you feel like me that you would like to waken normally and just come to as younused to do? Im just not sure the meds are going to work, thats been my experience so far. Cbt hasnt worked either. Its as if my brain has something physical wrong which needs checking.
Is your normal life affected by all this? Mine is, i am doing less and seeing fewer people as I'm embarrassed i am not well enough.
I wake up feeling like this daily. It's a struggle I just recently resigned from job because I couldn't function a lot. I take meds do have good days but most of them are full of anxiety and fear. I so wish you happiness and good health
Its so helpful to find someone with the same type of problem. I can understand why you cannot work. I had to give up too. I just cant believe that i have turned into this anxious, fearful individual and seem to have little success with medication. Do you mind me asking what they gave you? I hope you are on your way to contentment, a word that i cannot reach at the moment. Do you cry and moan some mornings? There must be a cure out there, surely cannot live life like this forever?