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Thank you Scott
I will start recognizing intrusive thoughts as you suggested and ignore them.
Last night I decided to go to bed at 10 am instead of midnight because I was tired so I didn’t take any sleep aids and slept until 1 am when l got up to go to bathroom and returned but couldn’t get back to sleep so l took a half of a antihistamine and went back to sleep until 4 am.
This is the most sleep I’ve had in months.
I know the sleep restriction is going to work eventually.
I have to learn to accept intrusive thoughts and anxiety. I have anxiety this morning but feel rested.
PhilHello Scott
I do have constant ruminating thoughts and the counting backwards or forwards I am just trying to stop the thoughts
I have not had any success with this or any other thing I have tried.
It’s like my mind and body are so tired by 10 or 11 pm I can’t keep my eyes open and go to bed and sleep but it’s when l wake up and return to bed it’s like l’m wide awake and anxious thoughts start coming in.,
I was so sleepy today I had to take a short nap like 20 minutes to revive myself.
This is a struggle but I am committed to break this cycle.
Thank you for your support and advice for l am grateful.
Any advice would be appreciated.
PhilHello Scott
Doing sleep restriction for 2 weeks now. I have not experienced any changes yet. I understand it may take several weeks or months to see a change.
My mind and the intrusive thoughts start coming back and I try counting backwards or repeating down think about it or other things to distract from thinking.
Wish the sleep feeling would come back naturally.
I haven’t gotten the courage yet l guess to stop any sleep aid and just tough it out until the exhaustion takes over and start again to get better sleep. I do get out of bed and go lay down on couch and watch podcasts or just relax until the antihistamine kicks in and I get sleepy again and go back to bed.
Thank you for responding.My anxiety from lack of sleep has me to the point of asking doctor for sleep meds. I’m not getting enough sleep at 4 to 4.5 hours and waking up with anxiety as nothing has changed.
I just need some sleep for a while as l am desperate.Scott
I do the breathing exercises and keep repeating in my mind “don’t think” and try to stop all thoughts.
My waking up at around 2 am and feeling anxiety is because my cortisol levels are high is the only thing I can think of.
I got out of bed last night at 3:20 am went to kitchen and ate a bowl of cereal with almond milk hoping the carbs would help with gut feeling anxiety but it didn’t help as l sat on the couch in the dark doing breathing exercises until daylight.
I can’t break the cycle of this every night.
