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Maybe I do have anxiety...

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Fire User Patrick

PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:53 pm


So, I'm having trouble sleeping.

I've had trouble sleeping since High School, except for a six month period when I had mono. Now that I'm twenty-three I wear out a lot faster than I used to. But every time before that I've been to a doctor they just prescribed pills for anxiety or depression, which caused me to not sleep.

So...think I should attempt a doctor one more time?
PostPosted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:12 am


I wouldn't, unlesss you want more pills, which I personally recommend avoiding like the plague. I take it they have done tests for physical causes? If you go in, say "I'm tired, I can't sleep" and they just throw a pill at you, you aren't getting treated...

Maybe you are like me, you have a natural and inbuilt wake/sleep cycle that's out of sync with the modern world. I never fully wake up until about ten in the morning, even if I've been up for hours, had lots of coffee, and have been at work already. Hell, I had this problem since I started school at age 6, and had to get up before I was ready to, and now I'm 50 and I still can't break my body's inbuilt program. Sucks to be me I know (but try finding a job where you can wake at ten... ^_^ ).

Finally, you may indeed be having some sort of an anxiety problem that is making you stay awake. The pills usually don't help, or so I've observed over the years. You need to find the cause and deal with it. I realise that isn't so easy to do.

It is also possible the problem is already resolved, but not before you learned to stay awake.

If you think you are anxious you might be better seeing a councilor or someone you can talk to. What used to be called "The Talking Cure" still has it's merits. But a doctor won't help you there, they aren't trained, or paid, to listen these days. At best, a good one might be able to help you get a councillor that your insurance can pay for...

And councillors are like doctors, some are good, some are bad, and some are in between...

Saapento No Naga

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