Strange sleep pattern
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"Marty" n...@att.net
I have no problem falling asleep in the evening. On the contrary, if I sit down and relax, watching TV or listening to music, on a weekday evening, it is impossible to stay awake. I think this is due to a combination of Xanax, sleeping less than eight hours/night during the week, and exhaustion from a stressful day at work.
Toward the end of the night, I always have anxious and fearful dreams.
Perhaps this is because the Xanax has worn off by then.
Does anyone else here have similar experiences?
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Marty
Jackie Jacquelinehe...@aol.com
:Toward the end of the night, I always have anxious and fearful dreams.
:Perhaps this is because the Xanax has worn off by then.
: :Does anyone else here have similar experiences?
Dear Marty, How is your anxiety during the day? My dreams or nightmares are usually a reflection of what is going on during my waking hours. The more anxiety or stressed I am feeling during the day the more likely I am to have anxious dreams or nightmares. You mention feeling stressed from work and also getting less than 8 hours sleep. I am also prone to nightmares if my sleep patterns get thrown off for more than a few days.
If you are dealing with a lot of daytime anxiety and stress, perhaps it is time to talk to your doctor about it. Take care :) Jackie ~*~The one law that does not change is that everything changes, and the hardship I was bearing today was only a breath away from the pleasures I would have tomorrow, and those pleasures would be all the richer because of the memories of this I was enduring~*~ ~Louis L'Amour~
"Marty" n...@att.net
Thanks. I'm always anxious during the day, but 3-4 times a day I take 1 mg Xanax, which controls my anxiety fairly well. Toward the end of the night, it wears off, so I guess that is why my anxiety pops up then and I have nightmares.
Jackie Jacquelinehe...@aol.com
: :Thanks. I'm always anxious during the day, but 3-4 times a day I take 1 mg :Xanax, which controls my anxiety fairly well. Toward the end of the night, :it wears off, so I guess that is why my anxiety pops up then and I have :nightmares.
Dear Marty, You say the Xanax controls your anxiety fairy well.....perhaps it`s possible to have your anxiety controlled better than that. You might want to talk to your doctor about tweaking your Xanax dose a bit or switching over to a longer acting benzo such as Klonopin. With the longer acting benzos, you don`t experience interdosing anxiety that you can get with the Xanax.
Take care :) Jackie ~*~In Everything You Hope Or Do, I`ll Encourage And Believe In You~*~
"Marty" n...@att.net
Thanks. Yes, perhaps it is worth trying Klonopin. I'm just wondering whether it would be bad for me not to have my usual anxious and fearful dreams.
Maybe I need to have them in order to stay sane?
"Chip" chipmonk__...@hotmail.com
When I was taking Xanax four times per day (including an evening dose) I would wake up early in the AM in withdrawal, take my morning dose of Xanax, and then return to sleep. That's one of the reasons I switched over to Klonopin which is longer acting and didn't result in any interdose anxiety or morning withdrawal.
Chip
"Stacy Lignell" stacylign...@nospamattbi.com
| I have no problem falling asleep in the evening. On the contrary, if | I sit down and relax, watching TV or listening to music, on a weekday | evening, it is impossible to stay awake. I think this is due to a | combination of Xanax, sleeping less than eight hours/night during the | week, and exhaustion from a stressful day at work.
| | Toward the end of the night, I always have anxious and fearful dreams.
| Perhaps this is because the Xanax has worn off by then.
| | Does anyone else here have similar experiences?
Im the opposite... I have problems initially falling asleep some nights..
Nothing a good rub down of ben gay cant fix.... but I can fall asleep anytime during any day for any reason... I fight sleep all day long.
Sometimes I have to take a valium to get myself to sleep. I personally think we need a bigger bed. My husband and I have a full sized bed... which is fine, except I love to SPRAWL so I wake up feeling like I got beat up all night.
Good luck Stacy
Philip Peters phi...@p-peters.demon.nl
I had that and actually took a 5th dose at that time. When Xanax XR will be available in the US in a few months (somewhere early in 2003 or so I'm told) this problem of interdose anxiety will vanish forever. I am living proof.
Philip
Jackie Jacquelinehe...@aol.com
: I'm just wondering whether :it would be bad for me not to have my usual anxious and fearful dreams.
:Maybe I need to have them in order to stay sane?
Dear Marty, I`ve always been a dreamer, rarely a night goes by that I don`t have a dream. I think I would miss it if I stopped dreaming :) The nightmares and anxious dreams I can do without. However, they can serve as a wake up call that I`m living with too much anxiety and stress and I must do something about it. I think you would feel better if you had less anxious dreams.
Take care :) Jackie ~*~In Everything You Hope Or Do, I`ll Encourage And Believe In You~*~
"Marty" n...@att.net
That is great news. I'll ask my doctor about it.
Marty n...@att.net
Yesterday, I didn't take my third dose of Xanax in the evening. At bedtime, I felt sleepy and not very anxious, so I thought I would sleep ok without it.
That was a mistake! It took longer than usual to fall asleep. Also, I woke up many times during the night. My sleep was filled with an endless sequence of anxious dreams.
Lesson learned: not to skip that third daily dose of Xanax.
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