I can't understand why I wake up in the middle of the night (last night at around 1 a.m.) to find that I'm in a cold sweat and feeling like life is crashing in on me. Yes, I am being downsized out of my job, but I have six months pay w/ benefits as a severance. I'll find a job. But waking up with this sense of panic and my stomach in a knot, then not being able to fall back to sleep certainly doesn't allow me to be at my best.
I'm taking 40mg of Celexa a day and using .25mg of Xanax as needed, plus starting to see a LCSW who uses cognitive-behavioral therapy.
I'm now stressing about having to live with this fear and panic for the rest of my life. I guess I need words of encouragement that there is an end to this fear and that finally I'll be able to have some peace.
Thanks for reading.
I think the stomach pain comes from anxiety.I know that,because I to get knots in my stomach and xanax helps that. I try not to overdo on the Xanax,but it does help me relax. I don't have panic attacks,but have anxiety when I can't find things and then get relief when I find them. Its very hard to know what to do when this happens. I hope your med's help and let me know how it goes with the xanax.