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Senior anxiety: How do you manage new on-set anxiety as you age?

Mental Health | Last Active: Jun 17 10:42am | Replies (103)
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@carolynmcn

I suffer from the same extreme morning anxiety. I wake around 3:30 and feel the cortisol pumping into my chest and stomach area. It started about 2 years ago, after my dad died and family issues were stirred up. I am desperate for help with this, I do take sleeping medication, but it doesn’t help with these early awakening and dread. I am very physically active, practice yoga, meditate several times daily and push myself into socializing with others. I would appreciate any help with this. I might add that our bedroom is cool and dark at night.

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pvctom2021 | @pvctom2021 | Feb 7 10:52am

@carolynmcn ,

Hello and I can say I have the same feelings…I have read about the Cortisol Awakening Response (CAR)
with seniors and it’s something that a lot of us have.. mentioned this to my PCM at my visit on the 26th Jan…I can say that I feel some help just coming here and posting a comment or responding to another’s comments or reactions…I feel that this helps me…it’s a group of people sharing on a forum with mentors and people who give feedback…I am a worrier especially now at my age…I am 77 and I honestly don’t know where the last 5 or 10 years have gone…I want them back or at least slow time down…I would say to you that coming here and posting your concerns is a very good way to help yourself and others…please keep sharing your feelings and there is a discussion group on journaling that a nice mentor put me onto…. I also have a general Anxiety Disorder…(GAD)…but this is a good place to come to.. I find it safe and I get a good feeling when I have posted or responded to someone or a problem that is nagging me…Morning Anxiety is a problem for me … I also sometimes get up and walk up and down my corridors….our home is a shotgun type of house with plenty of corridor…and last night it was chilly…good luck and keep posting 🙏
pvctom

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