advise pls.

Hope you all feeling well..
I would like to get your kind support for what Iam experiencing.
since like 8 years iam taking cipralex 10 mg and things was under control from the anxiety/ stress except from the physical symptoms i was having.
since like 1 year a new anxiety challenge popped up as "it was not discovered by me b4" and this new challenge is the one I have to worry about .. i started to have anxiety and panic the time i put my head on the pillow what if I couldn't fall asleep early or stayed all night worrying!!and if I had a small panic attack this will keep me alert now for 1 hour...
Most of the nights I calm myself and I fall asleep after like 10 min to 30 min of closing my eyes but some nights iam more anxious and I have to take xanax to sleep.
the same challenge keeps repeating like every night.. and thinking about this in the day,..
What do you suggest shall I resort to more meds and hide these feelings?
or try to get used to it till I become familiar and conquer it like other phobias i had in the past? but this challenge is the more difficult i had..
your personal advise is welcomed sure the doc. will raise the med. and I don't have access to CBT at the current.
thanks alot

Hi Baso!

I suffered from insomnia while in high school and found that a medication called Trazodone helped a lot with my anxiety near bedtime. The only thing I didn't like about it was the fact that I felt drowsy in the morning, but it felt great to get a good night's rest.

I recently began having panic attacks in the evenings and found myself getting into a cycle of worrying about worrying. It is hard to break the habit, but if you change your routine, it should help to gain a new perspective.

May I ask what techniques you use to calm yourself?

I have added an evening yoga routine and found that it helped me a lot to relax.

Hope you are able to relax and find something that works for you.

WorryWart87

great advice above esp dont relay on xanax for sleep. trazodone and the other script sleep aids work wonders -esp ambien . give herbals a try too. my mix of 6mg melantonin and 600mg valerian root is most times very effective in putting me to sleep. a new otc called alteril is very effective too. some herbal sleep aids cant be taken with a ssri or snri. check first before taking