Morning anxiety

I was on Buspar a couple years ago and it helped a little. Then the doctor put me on a couple other medications and I had a reaction that put me in the hospital. I weaned off all medications. My cardiologist (no issues) has me taking Propanolol for anxiety. It helps with the physical part of anxiety but not the mind part if that makes any sense. I take a very little dose 10mg twice a day. That's it. I'm trying to work through this with therapy.

I am weaning off effexor, which is harming my liver, so I am reducing much faster than I would like. The withdrawals are awful, and anxiety is literally out of control.

Has the anxiety impacted your sleep at all,.e.g. waking up in the night, or super early, or not being able to fall asleep? Or is the sleep ok?

I have both anxiety and depression, Effexor for depression and Hydoxyzine for anxiety. Both these medications taken together or separately makes me feel groggy and yet I still feel like basket case as the day wears on. I try and stay busy to take mind off of my illness. Which does help, but mornings and just before bedtime are difficult. There is a Calming app that does help me sleep but to use during the day would not be beneficial to me. I need to keep going. Talking to a therapist it is hard to explain my feelings and how it effects my physical wellbeing. How do you calm someone with a ticking bomb inside? I feel trapped, isolated and helpless.

Sleep is ok but I do wake up around 5:00 or 6:00 and can't fall back to sleep and starting the thinking then in turn it turns into some anxiety (GAD) I might turn the news on or watch something on my iPad but maybe I just need to get up but that's really very early.

I know the feeling. I have tried Buspirone before for anxiety and Wellbutrin but I weaned off all that in 2023. I am going to a therapist because of grief from the loss of my husband in 2022. My cardiologist ( no issues) has me taking Propanolol for anxiety. It helps people with the physical signs of anxiety but not the racing anxiety thoughts. I have been feeling strange for a while after I take it recently when before it did calm me down a bit. I'm going to speak to the cardiologist about why do I feel so weird and groggy after I take it all of a sudden. I know keeping busy does help but when you feel like you just don't want to do much. I know that anxiety and depression kind of go hand in hand. It's awful at times.

Sorry for loss of husband. Were you married long? My wife is very supportive. it must be very difficult for you. The challenges we face are better shared. As we/I try and understand the implications of what’s in my future, it is hard to motivate yourself to do more when you are feeling less than perfect mentally.

MSH466....Thank you for saying that. Yes we were married for a long time. When he got cancer and then pneumonia with Covid that's when all this anxiety started with me and now a little depression. I'm just trying to talk over things with a therapist and staying away from the prescription medications at this time. Being around your loved ones help but this feeling of the anxiety really has me down. It is just a really uneasy feeling that's hard for people to understand. It's so good your wife is supportive....I know this can be very helpful. I know we all try and turn those negative feelings into positive ones but it's hard sometimes when you feel so lousy. What are your symptoms of anxiety? Do you have Generalized Anxiety Disorder? Mine comes in waves and it's very uncomfortable and strange feelings but it's the morning anxiety that is what I am struggling with. 🙁

So sorry to hear. I have personally found that having a good daily regimen of exercise helps my mental health.

Thank you. Yes, I will start again on the Med X strength training machines that we have at the house and see if that helps. Also with anxiety I have that awful brain fog feeling that I can't shake.