Night Anxiety – Signs, Symptoms and Top Methods to Prevent Anxiety at Night

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Night Anxiety

• Signs, Symptoms and Top Methods to Prevent
  Anxiety at Night

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• If you suffer from night anxiety, you are
  definitely not alone. 50 -70 of anxiety and
  panic disorder sufferers have reported having
  night anxiety attacks as well. You would think
  that anxiety and stress could at least give you a
  break at night - but no. Maybe you are worried
  about losing your job. You go to bed, but toss
  and turn for an hour. Finally you get out of bed
  at 2 A.M with full blown anxiety or panic
  attack.

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How You Become Afraid of the Night

• Your anxiety quickly spreads to other areas a
  nine o'clock doctor's appointment, the urgent
  tasks you didn't get to accomplish today, and the
  presentation you're going to blow if you don't
  get some sleep. Awful thoughts fill your
  head..."I'm going to be a wreck tomorrow", "This
  thing will drive me crazy"..."Am I going to die
  tonight?"
• After a few nights of these repeated thoughts,
  you start being afraid of the night starting with
  early evening. It is a hopeless situation.

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My Little Story

• I used to be sure that I am going to die. With
  what was racing in my mind, there was no way to
  drift back to sleep if I could go to sleep at
  all. The quiet of the night, the isolation and
  "night sounds" were daily triggers to my night
  anxiety. I couldn't sit still, but I didn't have
  much energy to move. I could pace around for
  hours thinking how I am going to lose my mind. I
  didn't have a spouse or anyone else to lean on.

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The Best Methods to Fight Night Anxiety

• 1. Avoiding prescription drugs - I have tried
  that out - and it gave me a little relief - but
  the goal is to get through night anxiety without
  creating another problem - chemical dependency.
  Besides, these drugs will never cure the
  condition, only temporarily relieve symptoms.

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• 2. Avoiding Caffeine, nicotine or wine in the
  evening- these only made the problem worse. I
  actually tried living with or without them and
  witnessed the difference. These can actually make
  your attacks worse and caffeine can actually give
  you insomnia, thus you can't sleep at all.

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• 3. Drinking valerian or St.John's wart tea -
  actually helped me (sometimes) prevent night
  anxiety.
• 4. Avoiding bad night habits - Don't look at the
  clock! Ever!

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• Turn the clock around to face the wall, or hide
  it in a drawer or under the bed. I was constantly
  checking the time and that reinforced my thought
  that I'll never get back to sleep.
• Don't stay in bed more than 15 minutes. I used to
  do this to remind my brain that the bed is the
  place to sleep - not the place for stressing,
  worrying and obsessing. Night anxiety should not
  happen in bed.

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• Don't go back to bed too soon. I only went back
  to bed when I felt I could fall asleep right
  away. I watched, on purpose, a boring TV show or
  read a boring book.
• Before going to sleep, try to watch something
  funny on TV. Never an action film or sad drama.
  Something light, funny and even stupid. Give your
  brain a break and a chance to escape from
  everyday worries.

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The Happy End How Did I Put Night Anxiety behind
Me

• Anxiety did not "attack me" only in the middle of
  the night. It was happening all the time, out of
  nowhere and without apparent reason. I finally
  acknowledged that I suffer from anxiety and panic
  disorder and while these methods were very good,
  I wanted to go to the core and cure the condition
  - not just the symptoms. That was the first day
  of the rest of my life.

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• Although there are pharmaceutical drugs that are
  used to control anxiety disorders, not all are
  successful, and many produce unwanted side
  effects, including neurological damage,
  impotence, major weaknesses and addiction. There
  are things you can do to reduce anxiety in a much
  safer manner. To find out more go to
  http//no-more-panic-today.com - Right now!