Posted by nicky847 on January 3, 2006, at 11:03:05
In reply to What happens while you sleep that makes you scared, posted by 4WD on December 31, 2005, at 22:28:53
> Why is it that any time I go to sleep I wake up scared? I can go to bed feeling perfectly okay, not anxious, not scared, not depressed. But by morning I am scared and jittery and sad. The same thing happens even if I just take a nap. The morning scaredness lasts almost all day. The nap stuff usually only lasts a couple of hours. Does the brain do something while you sleep that results in more of some chemical being secreted?
> i get the same thing sometimes..
my understanding of it is this..
depression is usually caused by low serotonin levels in the brain..serotonin is a chemical that your body converts to melatonin throughout the day..then that gets converted back into serotonin to get you ready for the next day..not enough serotonin=not enough melatonin, which means you don't get a full nights sleep, and you dont have reconverted serotonin to make you wake up bright eyed and bushy tailed the next day..
unfortunately the only way i know of to fix this is time and patience and medication and lifestyle changes...try and practice good sleep hygiene where you go to bed the same time every night..i find soothing music and deep breathing can be helpful if i wakeup early in the morning and cant get back to sleep...a therapist told me once that even if you cant sleep just try and put your body into a relaxed state..its the next best thing..
> Celexa 10mg b.i.d.
> Klonopin .5mg t.i.d.
> about to add Buspar 10mg b.i.d
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> Dx MDD
> Anxiety disorder
> Possible PTSD
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> Marsha
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