Hi, i was wondering if you guys have any tips for falling back asleep after being woken up by panic and anxiety... this has happened to me for the past three days and i go to sleep and then wake up feeling extreme panic. Whenever i try to go back to sleep i start to drift off and then all my symptoms come back... im exhausted please help.
Ah yes, sleeping is often so hard for me. Mornings and nights are the worst. I usually take some Melatonin tablets (natural sleep aid) or drink some relaxing non-caffeine tea. You could also try listening to some relaxing background noise, either rain sounds or music or even relaxing voices. There are some videos on the internet I use just to sleep because the voices and sounds relax me. Good luck and sleep better!
Peace & dreams xxx
Magnessium glycinate is heloful before you go to sleep initially. Or magnessium flake foot soakes. Same principal absords the magnessium.
When you are awoken you end uo going to the restroom anyway so wash your face a few times to calm all the anxiety. Then when you return to bed you can go to utube and play a meditatiin or sleep relaxation music to help soothe you. I use podcasts or an audiobook with self calming techniques.you need to hear heloful anxiety calming stuff at times during these anxiety attacks because you can focus on the techniques while you feel anxious and its heloful.mindful exercises are really helpful. All over utube and the web and an app.
THank you so much! I appreciate your kind words xxx
Thanks for the advice, will try all that tonight xxx
I am dealing with that as well. I wake to panic and hot flashes (old lady). Last night I woke at 3:00, took some deep breaths and realised the conversation in my head would not shut up. I live alone so I can do this. I take lots of deep breathes over and over again and I hum, a monitone hum, not up and down like a song, but one note. I hum and say to myself "thinking thinking thinking". when the thinking is stopped I rest in the quiet. if a start to think again I repete hmmm, "breathe,thinkng thinking thinking hmmm" etc. i was asleep in less then an hour.