3am anxiety again!!??

[nelag40]

Here it is 3am and im having a panic attack again! Feels like my heart is racing, and beating hard, my mind is going crazy! As soon as I woke up with my heart racing I thought about dieing in my sleep! I woke up at exactly 2:58 (as always around 3am) and waited for it to calm down but its still there.. I just took a half of ativan so hopefully that will start to calm me down. I hate taking pills thats why I only took a half. They scare me also.. This is scary and makes me so irritated. Why Why Why does this happen?

[BluCrystal]

So happy it worked for you!  Have you ever tried Creamery milk?  It would come in a glass bottle you get at your grocery store.  The reglar 'red-cap' ones are like beauty in your mouth, sweet, creamy, and simply wonderful.  I give Creamery milk a 10, while milk in plastic or cardboard would rate a 6!  No, cardboard gets a 4, lol.  You can also use the totally natural melatonin for sleep.  It comes in pill form in your local pharmacy.  Get the ones that are 2 mg, and take one before bed or when you have time to sleep several hours.  Higher dosages of this don't work any better, and could easily give you nightmares.

[nelag40]

Tried it and it worked! But I didn't have a phone book so I used a cook book Lol.. But thanks it did work! I'm not a big fan of milk unless its in cereal but I did drink a small glass and it did relax me. Luckily for me my anxiety attacks @3am haven't been that big lately.

[BluCrystal]

When you go to sleep at night, your brain goes through a series of phases from deep dream states, to near-wakefulness, and back again.  I would bet that 3 am is the time when you are closest to a wakeful stage, and you wake up instead of remaining restful and sinking back into sleep.  I have had this happen.  I get up, use the bathroom, get a tall glass of milk and read the telephone book - seriously.  The milk has a sleep chemical in it, and the telephone book bores me to death, so I'm ready to go back to bed in 10-20 min.  Give it a go, can't hurt and might help. :)

[nelag40]

A small amount of stress yes. The ativan called me down alot and i feel better now but feels like the ativan gave me a headache. Is that possible?

[pamelausa]

I think the night time is when the subconscious takes over.   I was having this at night and had to get anti depressants.  I'm possibly suffering from a nervous breakdown.   Are u under stress?