Posted by chiron on July 7, 2008, at 22:25:00
In reply to Re: Extreme morning anxity » Haightguy, posted by bleep on July 7, 2008, at 17:59:20
I had the EXTREME morning anxiety. I had anxiety the rest of the day, but it was much worse in the morning. I would wake up @ 5:30 every morning no matter when I went to bed.
Bleuberry, your post was interesting. I never thought about the norephinephrine connection.My psych dr. didn't say anything about cortisol, but when I was getting a blood test by a regular dr. I marked to test cortisol. But it was in the normal range (and it was a morning test).
It has definitely decreased since then. I take xanax, celexa, & lamictal. But actually, what seemed to help me the most was taking birth control to stabilize my messed up hormones. I guess progesterone has a calming effect. It's such a complicated feedback loop.
Sorry about your anxiety, it sucks!
Funny story though (but not at the time) - I ended up in the hospital w/ this anxiety & depression. Because ect had helped, I had a couple (but I was freaking out because of my anxiety). Anyway, I guess when I was recovering from the anesthesia, I sat up with my eyes wide open, then went back down. The dr. said they had never had seen that before & asked what was going on with my nerves. I don't know, you tell me!
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