Morning anxiety anyone?!

Hello everyone

I just wanted to share in hopes that I am not the only one who is dealing with this awful morning time anxiety thing.

I have been on Celexa (very low dose around 3 mg) for close to two months now, and it has been working WONDERS for my panic disorder. I used to get several attacks per day, and I am now down to about 3 per week! Yay! I haven't needed to use my prn xanax in over 2 weeks now. So I am definitely getting there… BUT I have been thrown into this crazy morning anxiety spiral. It seems that every time I wake up, I wake with crazy butterflies in my stomach as if I am nervous or anxious for something (even if I have nothing going on or just work to go to.) I know we wake up with a shot of cortisol from our lovely hormone producing bodies, and I have been trying to wake up and do some deep breathing, I drink water and try to eat something small right away.

I don't have a full out panic attack usually, it's more like a generalized anxiety feeling… typically it passes within 2 hours or so from waking up.. mainly just the butterflies feeling, nervousness, "edgy-ness", and anxiety feelings..

Does anyone else get this? I have yet to talk to my psychiatrist about this the next time I see him. Just want to make sure I am not going crazy here, because other than that I have been making good progress for myself. Any tips on how to control these funny feelings?

AG.,

Yes! I also struggled with this for a long time! You are right about the Cortisol connection. Those of us with anxiety either produce an excess of it, or are sensitive to its effects...but either way...this result is the same.:(

Doing your coping skills first thing is a must...so good job on doing those when you wake up, and before you start the day!

As you progress, you will find the a.m. anxiety phasing out. One day along in my journey I just realized that I wasn't waking up with a jolt of panic everyday...

...and a while after that, I no longer had the issue at all! (save the occasional bad morning)

Keep up the good work and posting...this will get better;)

S.C.

I've posted about this as well. In fact, if you do a "search" for it, you'll be so amazed at how very many of us have drawn this same correlation!

I often times will wake up from a sound sleep in full-tilt panic mode!

I've never been a morning person, to say the least, but this sure doesn't help.

As the others have said, you're not alone! :)









M.

I get it some mornings. It stinks. You think this morning will different but no! But there are mornings that are good. Soon the good ones will be more numerous than the bad. Just keep up with the coping skills. They work.

Yup, morning panic. What is it like to wake without it? I've forgotten!

Hi, i had that this morning. It happens at random times, not a full attack but i feel my heart beating faster so i put my headphones on and started listening to my hypnosis app and did lots of breathing which eventually helped and fell back to sleep. Its such an awful way to wake up. I wish i knew why.