http://www.anxietytribe.comAnxietyTribe.com http://www.anxietytribe.com/rss.php?header=blogs&id=29440 http://www.anxietytribe.com/rss.php?header=blogs&id=29440 I have noticed that most of my anxiety comes on at night. Many times I wake up in the middle of the night and my mind is racing with random irrelevant thoughts that I just can't seem to control. Most of the time I need to get out of bed go to the living room to watch T.V. read or go on computer and i just stay awake until I can't keep my eyes open any longer and I fall asleep on the couch. This leaves me exhausted pretty much all day. Do any of you have any suggestions or techniques you use to have a more sound sleep that does not involve medication?? Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:06:38 -0500 http://www.anxietytribe.com/rss.php?header=blogs&id=29365 http://www.anxietytribe.com/rss.php?header=blogs&id=29365 I decided to join today because I am at my wits end trying to figure out and analyze all these new symptoms I have acquired, and seriously need help because Im starting to feel helpless. I can't say that I'm new to anxiety as Ive suffered my first panic attack after I had my second seizure in 2001. From that point on certain triggers including driving alone in crowded areas and my overwhelming school and work schedule began the viscous cycle of my anxiety.. Somehow though, for the most part i was always able to just move forward and keep it together with the exception of a period of 6 months that I took Effexor to take the edge off back in 2005. Fast forward 5 years later and I pretty much still held it together until my world came crashing down on December 16th 2010, when I lost my son at 23 1/2 weeks. This was a major setback for me emotionally but I still tried to keep it together and tried to ease the pain by praying relentlessly and joing a baby loss support group.. It seemed to help a lot but I decided to get pregnant right away and the preganancy was definetly far from easy. I stayed home from work on disability and stayed praying relentlessly that I would be able to take home my son this time in my arms.. On January 9th 2012 God answered my prayers and my baby boy Anthony Gerard was born. I was absolutley elated and felt nothing in the world could bring me down, until...... Febuaury 17th when my hand went numb I lost my speech and to make a long story short found out I somehow had aquired a subdural hematoma on my brain.. Well talk about PANICKKK I cried every single day in the hospital, even though I knew it would be resolved something still rattled me inside and I asked God why? after all I had been through with the baby.. so after the hematoma resolved I seemed fine until about last month when I started getting these crazy symptoms out of nowhere!! These pinching, burning sensations all over my body, heaches tingling ect. After my history i thought for sure I had MS a pinched nerve or soming horrible but my Dr. is summing this all up to anxiety!! ANXIETY?? I really dont understand how anxiety can cause these sensations because Im thinking that my anxiety is a result from the symptoms but he said its the opposite!!! So here I am confused and looking for support because now I really dont know what to make of all this.. The symptoms feel so real and in my mind there is no way that I can be doing this to myself, but I guess I hav to face the facts and get the help I need. I Thank God I am not alone! Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:06:00 -0500