Anxiety early in morningn

[angie]

Hi there...I've been getting horrible anxiety attacks as soon as I wake up in mornings.....once I feel my husband getting up and getting ready for work I start freaking out cuz he leaving....really hate this bout me!!!!! I'm constantly worried that something horrible is going to happen to me and he not here.....think I've grown to be very dependent on him-.- its scarry cuz I feel I can't function without him!!!! Any advise????

[Haloeclipse]

First, I have the same tendency. When my wife leaves is when I tend to start getting anxious, start feeling like something might happen to me. I just keep telling myself that I am just being anxious, that these symptoms are normal for anxiety, that this is simply my body misreading things and that it will eventually pass. If it gets too bad I take an ativan, but I try to hold off on those as much as possible. Do you have any meds?

[angie]

Yes I'm on Zoloft and take a Xanax when it gets too bad...but I also try and hold off on those, don't like to take em all the time.

Yes my fear is feeding the fear..that's what my husband tells me..he keeps telling me to let go of my fears but it's easier said than done! Just want to feel normal again...be able to function without being scared...feels like I'm constantly walking on eggshells....I feel a pain and I automatically start googling my symptoms and always think the worst.-.- I am so tired of living like this...this is not me:(

[angie]

All this is very helpful thank you!!! I've been on Zoloft for 10yrs now.....hate that I gotta take it everyday but I think I won't be able to come off of it any more....tried to leave it once before and all it did was give me the worse panic attack ever.....once I took it again I was fine-.-