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Right now I'm pretty zen. It's up and down all day.

I call it the yo-yo effect isn't it terrible confusing? I used to get it all the time, but my meds take care of this.

Do you hallucinate as well when you cycle like that or are you not pestered by that? My hallucination used to be worst during these times. I advise you to try niacin (vitamin B3) up to 2000 mg a day, or go and see your doctor if you notice improvement when you take 2000 mg and see if you can find out how much more your mind needs to calm down from cycling so fast. Some Schizophrenic people take up to 18000 mg, but if I take more than 1500 mg then my liver bulks up - my liver is not good at processing niacin but most people are not bothered by that.

It is amazing how just 2x500 mg Niacin tablets can stop my cycling, my anxiety, and low moods, as well as my hallucinations and racing, or wildly popping up of random disconnected thoughts. However I can only do that once every so many days for otherwise my liver trying to digest the niacin makes me feel terribly nauseated and ill. So I wait till my anxiety is bad or my hallucination begin up again and then I quickly pop a few extra that is usually already enough to stabilise me, apart of when I'm not sleeping well then nothing helps and I will end up going psychotic in the end.

When I first took Niacin I took 8000 mg a day and slept 10 hours two nights in a row instead of 2 or 3 hours as it had been before I took the niacin. The problem was i got sick from taking so much and had to drop my usage to 1500 mg a day and use anti-psychotics to help the rest of the way.

Anyway I recommend you try niacin it might help you as well as it did me, it is one of my favourite meds because it works so quickly - just 20 -30 minutes and I can go from extreme unrest to feeling glowing red hot physically and content and at peace within.

Amazing stuff!

I hope things settle quickly for you.
 
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Recently, ive had a hard time sleeping. I never used to have a hard time sleeping until I had an anxiety attack the night before thanksgiving about not being able to sleep that night.

Ever since then, sleeping has been hit and miss. When I do sleep, I wake up after a few hours feeling very awake. Ive had to take melatonin and Benadryl to even get to sleep some nights.

Needless to say, I feel literally hopeless about this... I NEED sleep to function properly. I can deal with anything under the sun but I NEED sleep. Anyone else know this feeling? Just so defeated right now...
 
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Recently, ive had a hard time sleeping. I never used to have a hard time sleeping until I had an anxiety attack the night before thanksgiving about not being able to sleep that night.

Ever since then, sleeping has been hit and miss. When I do sleep, I wake up after a few hours feeling very awake. Ive had to take melatonin and Benadryl to even get to sleep some nights.

Needless to say, I feel literally hopeless about this... I NEED sleep to function properly. I can deal with anything under the sun but I NEED sleep. Anyone else know this feeling? Just so defeated right now...
I use 10 mg prescription Lunesta and 5 mg. Melatonin which works well most of the time.

I also try not to read, watch or listen to any outside stimulus that might tend to stimulate the mind to overthink or get disturbed about something in a negative way. Many tmes I pray for others or just think about God.


Hope you feel better soon and begin to develop a good sleep pattern.
 
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I use 10 mg prescription Lunesta and 5 mg. Melatonin which works well most of the time.

I also try not to read, watch or listen to any outside stimulus that might tend to stimulate the mind to overthink or get disturbed about something in a negative way. Many tmes I pray for others or just think about God.


Hope you feel better soon and begin to develop a good sleep pattern.

Thanks, I slept fine before all this mess so hopefully its temporary!

That thing about praying for others, thats exactly what my Dad told me he did and it works for him. Im going to have to try that, maybe it will give me peace.
 
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Recently, ive had a hard time sleeping. I never used to have a hard time sleeping until I had an anxiety attack the night before thanksgiving about not being able to sleep that night.

Ever since then, sleeping has been hit and miss. When I do sleep, I wake up after a few hours feeling very awake. Ive had to take melatonin and Benadryl to even get to sleep some nights.

Needless to say, I feel literally hopeless about this... I NEED sleep to function properly. I can deal with anything under the sun but I NEED sleep. Anyone else know this feeling? Just so defeated right now...

Part of the problem is you are operating out of the fear of the lie that you can't sleep. This is a main reason why you are still not sleeping, for you are still stuck with those lies about your sleep. It is best to denounce the - I can't sleep bit - you hear and feel inside all the time - check out how they make you anxious and how the anxiety keeps you awake.

See if you operate on adrenaline then sleep is hard to get by. I know this for I suffer from PTSD and often get very anxious as a result of this I don't sleep much either during those times. Fear and sleep don't go well together.

The other thing is the stress living in you is not healthy. So please let the truth of Jesus teach you to let go of the pressures build in you and let His loving truth take you up into His Rest for then you will certainly be able to fix this insomnia problem you are suffering from at the moment.

Peace.
 
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Part of the problem is you are operating out of the fear of the lie that you can't sleep. This is a main reason why you are still not sleeping, for you are still stuck with those lies about your sleep. It is best to denounce the - I can't sleep bit - you hear and feel inside all the time - check out how they make you anxious and how the anxiety keeps you awake.

See if you operate on adrenaline then sleep is hard to get by. I know this for I suffer from PTSD and often get very anxious as a result of this I don't sleep much either during those times. Fear and sleep don't go well together.

The other thing is the stress living in you is not healthy. So please let the truth of Jesus teach you to let go of the pressures build in you and let His loving truth take you up into His Rest for then you will certainly be able to fix this insomnia problem you are suffering from at the moment.

Peace.

Thank you Jeshu, for the kind and insightful words. That might have been just what I needed to hear!
 
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We are rolling over this thread.

This thread is for sharing how you are feeling currently. Posts in response may be for encouragement, support and prayer for each other.

This is a no-debate forum, and that applies to this thread as well.

Enjoy your new thread.
 
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Feeling drained, flat and anxious even a 1000 mg of niacin hasn't been able to calm me down. So strange how i feel basically perpetually scared without having many fears at all.

Life has been like this for years already for i haven't got anything i'm frightened about, or off, any more, but i feel completely safe in God's love. Still my anxiety as an emotion keeps firing 'blanks' at me, sometimes that bad that my whole body is shaking from the tension and i'm sweating profoundly, and yet i'm not scared at all within myself. I call it fear roasting me without being able to strike a fire. God's healing grace is surely a refreshing rain at the times the enemy shoots his fiery arrows.

This is why i love Jesus so much He makes me invincible even against the powers of my P.T.S.D symptoms - though i'm still battling to get my sleep right during these anxious times at least i'm not running around doing stupid things because i'm overcome by my fears and in this way drive myself completely over the brink. How many times would I have done that? Only God knows!

All praise to Jesus for helping me out!
 
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Had two major prayer requests answered today. One for me and one on the behalf of my friend....both "long shots" and frankly somewhat unlikely to happen, but they must have been His will at this time 'cause he answered in a BIG way.:clap:

By the way, on another subject, my pre-cancerous mole concerns turned out to be something similar-looking but benign. That's a relief:clap:.
 
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Its been a really hard day. I'm covered in sweat and shaking all over, amazing how anxiety can claim so much attention. I hate it.

Still Jesus is greatest as He passes His ability to me to get through this time.

blessings
 
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My best friend is an American, his mother is a western and father a Jewish. He was raised in a surrounding of protestant church. Later he found his father’s mother was a hidden German Jewish. So he took part in an American Messianic church. He can combine western and Jewish culture very well, even additional Oriental culture. I am an Arabic Chinese. In the side of blood lineage, we are quite different. He taught me global insight, so I am friendly to western world. Hope he can receive my Email in U.S. without block.

Wish you all a blessed day! :hug:
 
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It's 3 am as I write this.

My own realization of mortality has just creeped up on me. I'm 25 and spent the last 11-12 years miserable and not making any friends.

I was invited to go out so I think I'm gonna accept the invitation.
 
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It's 3 am as I write this.

My own realization of mortality has just creeped up on me. I'm 25 and spent the last 11-12 years miserable and not making any friends.

I was invited to go out so I think I'm gonna accept the invitation.
One step at a time. Good decision.
 
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