Anxiety, can't sleep. Anyone else up?

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Got a stomach ache and can't seem to drift off thanks to anxiety! Somewhat busy day tomorrow so I hope I feel okay by the morning.

Anyone else up?

I'm just on my way home from a night shift and forever can't sleep after them. I'll be up till about 3-3.30 and up for the school run at 7!
Have you tried sleeping guided meditations through headphones in bed? I have the headspace app and it's really good. There's also ones by someone called Andrew something they are apps and his lovely Scottish voice always sends me off. Haven't made it to the end of one without falling asleep and been using them for years it's worth a shot

Feeling exactly the same. Husband is snoring next to me which is also not helping

Yeah I am up cant sleep worried about Brexit...

Want us to remain in the UK but dont mind a deal although negotiations without a Brexit option will not budge the EU... what a crazy mess

Up here too. Abroad for a conference and just can’t get to sleep. It’s only a short hop from the UK, so time difference is negligible. Sigh.

I'm up as well. Did go to sleep but so far both DD have woken up and now I can't get back to sleep.

I think DD 5 is being "mildly" bullied. She's my oldest. Not sure what to do.

Me too! Watching trashy reality TV on catch up (so no one else in the house catches me) and I have a dull headache through not sleeping and my usual sleep tablets are no longer working because I have built up a tolerance to them. I have tried the meditation apps but to no avail, although they have worked in the past for getting me off to sleep, although I don’t tend to sleep more than 3 or 4 hours on a usual night with meds anyway. Will probably do a load of dishwashing in a minute and put a wash on! Oh and talk to my dogs who are lounging all over me in the lounge, trying to sleep, all of them on my lap at once!

Hello I'm up too. Username explains my anxiety and insomnia. Some nights I sleep fine, others I can't seem to let myself fall asleep as I know that feeling of dread and closing in is coming when I wake up.

I'm sorry to hear about your DD Scrumptious. These things often blow over and having a loving and warm home for her to either open up or just relax away from the nonsense will help her I'm sure.

Me. Dreadfully period pain that has woken me up at night for the last week. In agony. Too much to think about once I am awake, life is incredibly stressful right now.

Thanks griefmonster. I know she'll be ok. It's just tough hearing about it.

I've got up now. Hot drink and rubbish tv for me as well.

Yep.

Worries with grandma in a nursing home that she might have to move from.

And DP just texted describing his plane landing (crosswinds, plane tipped with the wing incredibly close the runway, four approached before they actually got down) and now I'm feeling vaguely sick and absolutely terrified about him doing the return flight.

Woke up about an hour ago thanks to DP calling (he's away for work) and cannot go back to sleep. So prepared for tomorrow as I will be exhausted and now binge watching a show on Netflix.

I wish we could be like an electronic device and just plug ourselves in and recharge when we are tired in the morning 😂 I'm going to be so so tired tomorrow.

I'm up too, always seem to be awake at the moment, my head just doesn't want to sleep. Unfortunately my body disagrees wholeheartedly and they seem to be in a bit of a battle at the moment. I'm nearly 40,have a crazy 16mo son, no family or close friends and really need to start sleeping better before my body decides to give up altogether.
I have a list of mental health issues, no doubt why I can't sleep, how do other people cope with toddlers when they have things like bipolar, OCD, depression and anxiety?

Me too. I am in too much pain to sleep. Stopped most of my meds because of horrible side effects.
Just got through the anniversary of my son's death.
Had enough now TBH.
If my DC didn't still need me I would rather not be here.
Everything is worse at night.

I'm up, my 9,5 month old is teething and has only been napping on me since 22:10. My DH has done an hour with her but he's working tomorrow so is in bed.

I'm exhausted and my bum is killing from sitting in one chair. Nowhere else to go and I'm feeling frustrated!

Catnapped during the evening so have spoilt being able to sleep properly.

Listening to NDN's toddler crying.

@endofthelinefinally that sounds tremendously tough.

Might get up and get a hot drink as I'm too tired to sleep if that makes sense?! I'd have to wash face, change, brush teeth

I'm awake. Worrying about work. I've just handed my notice in as I have accepted s new job and am worried it's the wrong move.

Can’t sleep as I’m persistently crunching numbers to see if I can use any of unpaid mat leave for a few extra weeks with LO instead of going back when it runs out 😂 anxiety about leaving her and returning to that building is highhh

I'm awake too. Shit day at work today has kept me up overthinking things. I'm exhausted but fell asleep on the sofa earlier which has ruined actually coming to bed! Also I've been crying a lot and look monstrous when I do. I'm going to ask my boss to meet me offsite tomorrow as especially after no sleep, the office will be unbearably pants tomorrow.

Lots of us up then? I always feel like I am the only one awake in the world and everyone else sleeps like the dead (everyone else does in this house), the long nights always make me feel like that.

@endofthelinefinally hugs to you, you are completely right, everything seems worse at night, too much quiet time to sit and mull things over.

What does everyone do when they can't sleep? Do you just lay in bed and go over things or call it and just start your day much earlier? As I haven't been able to return to sleep after 2 hours and having to be up at 5.15 latest I am wondering if I should just get up and get on with things.

@Brot64 if you’ve to be up in two hours I’d just be productive and get up now, imagine how heartbreaking it would be falling asleep and it feeling like seconds before your alarm woke you

@Wonderland18 I was thinking the same. I wouldn't be amused if I fell asleep at 4.40 only to have to wake up 45 min later. It's going to be a long day.

Me, up since one.
I did however find my sons bank card that he lost a few days ago when i laid under the table for a bit to be angsty in a new postion so a small silver lining to no sleep

My house has walls made of bible paper so i tend to just lie somewhere snd get mire anxious because im worried about waking the rest of the house

Brot64, no I don’t get up, I try to rest. Sometimes I go back to sleep. I get up at 5:30 and work long days is its worth trying imo, any sleep is better than none although an hour at 4:30 is hard to get up from.