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Nightime Anxiety
Also called: Nocturnal Anxiety, Sleep Anxiety, and more
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Definition: Nighttime Anxiety, also known as Nocturnal Anxiety, is a type of anxiety that occurs during nighttime hours. It is characterized by feelings of fear, worry, and unease that may interfere with a person's ability to fall asleep or stay asleep.
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(term coined: N/A) (flag made: 08/04/2023)
#Disorder#anxiety#anxiety disorder#disability#nighttime anxiety#Nocturnal Anxiety#Sleep Anxiety#neurodivergent#disability flag#disorder flag#pride flag#medically unrecognized disorder#mad pride#tags for reach →#mogai#mogai blog#mogai community#liom#mogai pride
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Just wanna let my panic disorder and somnophobia folks know that it’s okay if you’re a grown ass adult and still need to hop in bed with your mum/dad/parent.
For me personally, I cannot sleep alone. Luckily I’ve found a way around it: weighted blanket, electric blanket, body pillow, background ambience of people, audiobook. This works for me, but it might not work for you.
Before I figured this out, I’m literally over 20 and my brother (6 years younger than me) would laugh at me because every night between 1 and 3AM I would run into my mother’s bedroom and get into bed with her because my panic attacks convince me that something is seriously medically wrong with me, that I’ll die painfully in the middle of the night or stop breathing in my sleep and that nobody will be around to help me.
He stopped laughing about it when he came into my room when I was already asleep (moments before a panic attack woke me up - he came in at 1AM roughly because he wanted his water bottle and I’d nicked it) and saw that I was thrashing around and making sounds of extreme distress.
The only way to calm me down would be to wake my mother up, get her to check my pulse/temperature, reassure me that my symptoms are just a panic attack and then have her hold me until I would fall asleep.
It’s a fucking nightmare and it’s embarrassing as hell, but you have to do whatever helps, and if that means being a grown man who still needs to be cuddled to sleep by his mother then so be it.
#mental health#panic attack#panic attack tips#panic disorder#somnophobia#sleep anxiety#medical anxiety#this is a source of shame for me so please be gentle#it’s okay to wake someone else up if you physically cannot handle the panic attack#I feel horrifically guilty whenever I need to wake my mum up#but at the end of the day she’s fine with being woken up if it means I’m not suffering#don’t let yourself feel like a burden#you’re not a burden
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lol. i think ive reached my limit.
#i just cannot take this torture anymore#ive been at the mercy of this horrible disease for over half my life now#imagine living knowing that roughly every 3.5 weeks youre going to experience the most excruciating pain of your life#along with crushing. usually suicidal depression. and such extreme fatigue and exhaustion that you easily sleep for 14+ hours a DAY#AND ITS ALL FOR FUCKING *NOTHING*#there is literally ZERO benefit or reason for me to be experiencing this#it is 100% extraneous#and even if you go to a dr and try to get treatment their only recommendation is 1) pain killers and/or 2) birth control#which both come with their own fucking share of unpleasant side effects#not to mention theyre not even 100% effective at stopping the problem in the first FUCKING place#and imagine even tho you have this DEBILITATING DISORDER society at large has decided it straight up DOESNT EXIST#to the point where REAL ACTUAL MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS will dismiss your symptoms#not to mention people in your life who dont understand or just straight up dont believe your disorder is real#good luck keeping a job or any other major commitments#considering you'll either be out of commission for like. 1 out of ever 4 weeks#or youll have to work/whatever WHILE experiencing said excruciating pain/crushing depression/debilitating exhaustion#not to mention the GI issues and the migraines and the brain fog and the fucking. full body aches#wanna go to a concert? or plan a vacation? or just. fucking. RELAX? you better hope its not during Hell Week or youre outta luck#and youve got roughly 30-40 YEARS of this to look forward to#maybe less IF YOURE LUCKY#im fucking over it#i cant take it anymore#im making an appt to see a dr and i WILL NOT LEAVE THEIR OFFICE until they have referred me to whoever i have to talk to to make this stop#my fucking fury at having to live like this has officially outweighed my fear of invasive procedures/recovery time/side effects#let along the torture that is navigating the medical care system as an AFAB#i just. i cant do this anymore.#i want to fucking LIVE#fuck
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Sessions with the brain-fixer and solutions
So, my nightmares from medical trauma have not been fun. I know this is my brain's way of trying to process everything that's happened, but the sleep disturbance is hard to deal with. I'll have a run of good sleep, and then nightmares busting out of the cracks. My shrink tells me it's more common than anyone imagines. She's a good shrink, very to the point, and constantly tells me that the things I am going through - as much as they suck - are normal.
It's comforting not to be the only one.
The last round of nightmares edged into night terrors with a side of waking paralysis. Spiders, claustrophobia, missing cats, then in the dream I watched black tumors erupting from my body and knew I was dying. I couldn't use lucid dreaming, the terror was too overwhelming for thought, I just managed to wake myself up. I was awake for hours, even switching from bed to couch didn't send me back to sleep. I didn't want to take a Ramelteon (works on serotonin receptors and is non-addictive) or an Ativan (asked Onco to order me a couple for my MRI because of claustrophobia and now have a bottle of 120), so I was up from 2:00AM onwards.
Nightmares can't find me during the day. Naps are great. :)
So, she wants me to try neurofeedback - a kind of biofeedback. Biofeedback has always struck me as the wooiest woo, but I am old and now it's an evidence-based treatment. I'll give it a shot, but in the meantime my gabapentin dose gets a bump.
I can't believe that in these times, people want to censor talk about mortality, death, dying, and the process of disease, treatment, and so on. Skip the next paragraph if you're that extra.
I talked with her about The End. I said it was kind of comforting to have a general idea of what would kill me. I am okay with the concept of my mortality. It's not the end, but getting there that's the Big Scary. I've seen that part of the trip. I've prepared for it was much as possible, but in the end... well... we find out, don't we? Only 15 percent of people diagnosed with my type and stage of cancer come out the other end of chemo and radiation. Twenty people walk into a room and three will walk back out. I am deeply grateful to have had two-plus years of life when I wasn't sure that I would see my 56th birthday. It's been a lovely surprise.
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guys. on top of the narcolepsy, i apparently now have mild rem-onset SLEEP APNEA. the universe was like, "you're (SOMEHOW) not sleepy enough already" and gave me TWO SLEEP DISORDERS. what kind of curse is this.
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When your anxiety, social anxiety, depression, adhd, autism, past eating disorders, lack of sleep, INFJ straits, and forgetfulness towards taking medication come together and you're just like:
#social anxiety#anxiety#depression#adhd#adhd problems#autism#neurodivergent#past eating disorders#infj thoughts#infj#lack of sleep#I forgot to take my medication#memes
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ahghdsfjhdsfa sorry guys i forgot i had an anxiety disorder and have been doing nothing to manage it for a week 👍will probably have more energy after i remember how to deal with this
#was wondering why i was waking up into a panic attack and then feeling tired all day after for a week straight#straight up forgot an entire anxiety disorder#regular art/horseposting will resume shortly 🙇♂️#*doesn't sleep* *in a constant state of fight/flight* *dealing with medical/academic/financial stress* man why am i tired. must be lazy.
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i think my coworkers and friends think its a little excessive that Im so militant about my sleep schedule but its hard to describe the extent to which the terrors fucking get me if my circadian rhythm is even a little fucked up
#see. if i fall asleep by 10:45 or so usually the RLS doesnt start up#but if i drink a coffee too late. or im out late. or stressed. or dont get much sleep the night before#it puts me at precipitous risk of getting fucking got#and then its genuinely some of the worst suffering i ever experience... crying pacing self medicating panicking etc etc etc#would take food poisoning over a bad RLS night easy. at least inbetween the vomiting you can sometimes get some rest#rn trialing a med that totally zonks me during the day but its worth it as a PRN cause otherwise ill be zonked ND a bitch if i dont sleep#to delete#resident good#my coworker like.... you wont even go out to dinner before a work day? not if its after 9PM bro otherwise theres a chance i Will Not Sleep#and not only that I WILL suffer the whole time#man Im frustrated too! I wish I wasnt like this but thats the bitch of living with a poorly understood movement disorder!
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I want so badly for adults to understand me. Very deeply. I hope there's a day I walk into a new pharmacy and they look at me with my tattoos and my black lipstick and not see someone who abuses these medications I've taken since adolescence. I hope so deeply I do not need to convince any new doctor of my ailments. I crave so completely to have the whole world explained to me in diligent detail so I can understand.
I am 25 years old. And I do not see myself as an adult. I feel like a nervous child who, in tears, begs to be understood, and to understand. To have them see no malice in my mistakes.
I want everyone I come across to accept the olive branches I am carrying by the bundle.
I feel lost at sea. Starving, exhausted, sleep deprived, and in pain. Watching the boats turn their noses up at my decaying being, and pass me by.
#personal#disabilities#disability#medication#mental health medication#pharmacy#sleep deprived#mental health#mental instability#mental illness#mentally ill#chronic pain#agoraphobia#PTSD#bad parenting#bad parents#discrimination#goth problems#agoraphobic#borderline personality disorder#bpd#bpd vent#disability vent#vent post#venting#vent
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Yea I didn’t rly acknowledge it continuing off that post you need to be normal about people who do drugs recreationally as well as addicts especially if you’re a self proclaimed leftist
#charlie talks#I was gonna quit smoking a little while ago bc I was stressed and dependent on it#what I really needed to do was dump my ex but I digress I hadn’t done it yet and was scared to#but I was clean for a month before breaking my sobriety#and I had two friends I told in the car and one was like oh charlie :(#and the other was like THATS SO BAD. CHARLIE OH MY GOD. NO THATS SO BAD WHY DID U DO THAT#PSA! don’t do that#and like what kinda question is that. I smoke when I’m stressed and I was stressed#well I used to now I’m chillin with it#obviously it would only be a positive if I quit but like again I’m chillin I’m otherwise healthy#it helps my appetite (I have history with eating disorders as well as food ocd and probably autism)#it helps me sleep (insomnia and chronic nightmares) and it do help me chill (I have crazy bad anxiety)#so hey it may not be the best fix for those things but I’m in control#pot especially is only mentally addictive#trust me I’ve had withdrawal from several medications before#also if your friend is struggling with anything harder than pot like you need to be calm and patient#otherwise they’re gonna go home and have another hit you dumbass!
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thing that sucks about fibromyalgia is that it really only started to be taken seriously by doctors the last couple of years so there isn't much information about what treatments are effective and what aren't
so a lot of people lean into like. pseudo science bc they think it will fix their pain
which is frustrating because it's like. i want to know what is actually helping people. not some anti-vax person covering themselves in arnica montana (which is a poison at best and absolutely nothing at worse, which is the case of homeopathy) and guzzling laxatives (i shouldn't have to explain why is this an issue)
the scary thing too is seeing ppl on reddit say "no yeah my doctor just mixes me a special lotion with opiods and ketamine and gabapentin" or people saying they're taking all of these medications orally. ARE YOU INSANE.
other people are like "ya my routine is simple!" and then lists no less than 10 very expensive supplements
like. okay. i do take some supplements. i am intending on trying another. but like..... can we get some actual medical professionals running trials on fibro that don't rely on extremely addictive drugs? y'know, during a fucking opioid crisis. and stop having doctors shrug at their patients and say "idk maybe go for a swim? get stabbed with needles?"
#obligatory: i do not judge heavy drug users period#i especially do not judge ones with chronic pain disorders. it's hell.#i'm mad at doctors. i'm mad at profit over care. i'm mad at the stigma of people dependent on drugs#that they're just dumped by medical staff after getting hooked on things#makes me so fucking mad. esp since my gab withdrawal#nothing will radicalize you more than 4 days of sleep deprivation and convulsions#we need safer drugs. we need drugs that actually help people.#we need them to be affordable. we need them to be accessible#we need real solutions for conditions like fibro and other pain disorders
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Y’all what sleeping meds actually work and can be prescribed to people labeled as addicts and don’t make you disgustingly hungry right before you fall asleep and don’t give you horrible nightmares? Please tell me about your experiences with sleeping meds, I know everyone is different and reacts to medication differently but I want to know what the options look like (if any) becaus I really think I need to switch up completely bc the benefits aren’t outweighing the negative side effects anymore. I wish I could just get ambien or something but that isn’t possible. Not to abuse, I have no interest in that. I just want to be able to sleep with as few side effects as possible and that’s it.
please respond to this or hmu if you know of anything that might help or is used off label for insomnia or sedates you but isn’t a narcotic ugh I don’t know what to do I can’t just not take it because then I will not sleep and bed things happen when I don’t get my sleep
#idk if it can even be called hunger it isn’t hunger it’s just an unavoidable urge to eat as much as possible and it’s awful#it feels like being a bottomless pit and literally eating in your sleep subconsciously#if you’ve been on seroquel you know what I’m talking about#btw I’ve already been on trazadone I was for multiple years and it had a lot of the same negatives so I don’t want to go back on that.#ugh#medications#sleeping medications#sleep#sleeping#insomnia#sleep disorder#but please reply to this if you have any accurate knowledge on this kind of thing
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#poems#poetry#poetry community#poems on tumblr#rx#medication#medicated#mentally drained#mental illness#mental disorder#mental disorders#mental health#bipolar#adhd#insomia#bipolar disorder#mood disorder#anxious#manic#depression#sleep disorder#general anxiety disorder#body dysmorphic disorder#panic disorder#borderline personality disorder#mentally stable#mentally ill#mentally unstable
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Well, it's official, I'm a unicorn. According to my very baffled sleep doctor, I am a sighted person with Non 24 Hour Sleep-Wake Disorder.
Anyone else in this very small house? 😭
(Non 24 affects only 0.03% of the world and the vast majority of those people are blind)
#sleep disorder#non 24 hour sleep wake disorder#non 24#Non24#N24SWD#circadian rhythm#Circadian sleep disorder#Medical#rare disorder
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woke up early and cant fall asleep again and even though yesterday WAS GOOD my brain (the anxiety) is being evil and twisting it and i would like it to stop doing that before i start crying
#and i'm /srs#i am slightly nauseous as a result already#like please be normal please be normal please be normal stop overthinking things the day was fine it was FUN even! no one suddenly hates you#i actually cannot be sitting with this much anxiety after an objectively good overall day#what the fuck is wrong with me (the disorders)#why have i – SINCE LAST NIGHT – been mourning friendships i STILL HAVE#like ! my friends care me ! i care them !#i would like the anxiety to stop and fuck off i think that would be awfully nice#switched my brain off (figuratively) last night by listening to music to sleep but it is not working anymore i am just overwhelmed#by ruminations (negative)#oh god i feel more nauseous i might take medication it should help#ra yaps
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Well, I have learned that the recommended dose of melatonin gummies only works for ONE night, maybe two.
After 3 nights of the recommended dose, I have developed a general lack of physical emotional responses, loss of interest in everything I enjoy, and I am drifting in and out of drowsiness like a zombie. It feels like I’m back on Zoloft like I was as a kid. NOT FUN!
Anyway, I didn’t take any last night and breathed a sigh of relief when my nightmares came back. Hopefully, the creative juices aren’t far behind.
CLOSING MY EYES AND THEN WAKING UP WITH NOTHING IN BETWEEN WAS SO SCARY!
Most people: Melatonin heightens my dreams and emotions!
Me: The rollercoaster is a flatline and night dreaming AND daydreaming are impossible.
I am going to let myself re-adjust and then only take it when I’m REALLY struggling to sleep, never for multiple days in a row. One gummy instead of two.
The pains of being AuDHD when literally every recommended dose is an overdose on you because of how your body reacts.
It’s probably going to take until Saturday to feel completely me again, but I hope I feel back to usual tomorrow.
#melatonin#audhd#actually autistic#actually audhd#adhd#gummies#sleeping#nightmares#emotional blunting#rollercoaster is flatlined#zombie#oops#also apparently you aren’t supposed to take it multiple days in a row if you take a medication for an autoimmune disorder#DOUBLE OOPS#lack of energy#drowsy#constantly tired
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