Loud noise?
Roommate/family?
The temperature?
The wrong pillow?
Feeling hungry?
Having a pressing issue on your mind?
High humidity?
I am on a medication which reduces anxiety, but it also gives me higher irritability and restlessness, making it almost impossible to get a good sleep. But I have another medicine to make me sleep
Also when I was younger anxiety kept me up...worrying about the future, new things. Sometimes it wasn't really anxiety, I just couldn't turn my brain off. I just think constantly.
Reduces anxiety but makes one restless? I can't turn my brain off either! Damn... I always thought anxiety reduction leads to sleepiness.
When I'm taking Adderall XR I get anxious and restless. Anti-anxiety meds just make me drowsy. Well I'm trying some sleeping meds for insomnia. Hopefully it works XD
I got to cut a pill into fours and take up to half. Hopefully this will cure my insomnia![]()
If anti-anxiety meds make you feel drowsy, it could mean either that you're taking the wrong medication or your body doesn't respond well to that certain medication, or that you have a mixed type of disorder (e.g. mixed anxiety and depression disorder) which requires a specific type od anti-anxiety medication (there is some specific medication for mixed types od disorders).
I know for a fact that mild anti-anxiety meds usually don't cure insomnia that fast , which is why in case of anxiety or mixed anxiety disorders they are sometimes used in combination with mild sedatives.
I'm not an expert, I'm just trying to help with what I do know... Of course medicine doesn't fix everything, talking to a therapist is always advisable... Not all psychiatrists are good though. There are quite a few bad ones out there that would unnecessarily prescribe you heavy medication based on 5 minutes of superficial conversation.
Loud noise?
Roommate/family?
The temperature?
The wrong pillow?
Feeling hungry?
Having a pressing issue on your mind?
High humidity?