Help with Anxiety/Stress/Sleeplessness

[Karen]

When I have been in that situation, before going to sleep at all, I would take a pen and notebook and make a list of everything that was worrying me. Somehow getting it down on paper meant my mind could let go of it enough to sleep. I mean, I could always reread the paper in the morning and recommence worrying if necessary, right?

Have you been avoiding caffeine?

[neko1]

I don't drink anything with caffeine in it...

thing is, is that I think of the most random things. For instance, I couldn't get the image of my outlook calendar out of my head, then I had this song stuck in my head...even when I'm awake, I'm constantly thinking about a million things. I don't know what it's like to just relax.

[critter crazy]

I have many problems with Sleeplessness. I suffer from Insomnia all the time, cause my mind is just constantly churning. The best thing I did was to start taking Melatonin an hour before bed time. It is purchased at any Drug store, and is a Natural Supplement. Melatonin, is Naturally Created by your brain, to promotes tiredness, adn sleep, but sometimes our brains are too active, and do not creat enough. Melatonin, simply helps your brain. I love it! It works! I went through 3 months of Insomnia, getting roughly 2-3 hours of sleep a night, after taking Melatonin the first night, I immediately slept for 8 hours. I highly reccomend it.

[Medusa]

Melatonin always worked for me, too, for a while. I think I must have built up a tolerance for it, even though it's naturally produced by our brains. It's worth a try in your case, though. You don't feel drugged or out of it. It does what one commercial touts for its product: it doesn't make you sleep, it lets you sleep. You can buy it at any pharmacy over the counter for just a few dollars.

[columbine]

A cup of herb tea with milk and honey before bed can help. Choose something like Sleepytime or Tension Tamer.

[Catty1]

I think some investigation into the BC Gov't Labour dept...some provincial governments have employment counselling available so you can find the right place for YOU. Maybe same job, smaller company.

Suggest: Immediate short-term counselling to deal with the stress from your boss(believe me, I know all about that! May get counselling for the aftershocks of 3+ years of verbal abuse, as it affects my wonderful job now).

Second - start job hunting. With the Olympics just around the corner, there should be other opportunities. Even if it's not the perfect job, if it is a great environment, go for it.

HUGS and put your health first. You can also get the drugs - but slip them in your boss's coffee instead of taking them!

[Taz_Zoee]

I am sorry you are going through this. It's not fun.
I was going to suggest Melatonin as well, but Maggie beat me to it. I was taking it EVERY night for a while, but made myself stop because I didn't want to become "addicted" to it. Now I take it as needed. Even when I take it I do not sleep ALL through the night. I don't think I'll ever sleep through the night, EVER. Even when I was taking cough syrup with Codeine I woke up at least two times during the night.
I went through a few months of bad insomnia. To the point that I'd lie awake and just cry. Even the crying didn't help me sleep.

Maybe try to have a massage once a week to relieve some tension that is built up in your body. I wish I could afford that.

Good luck to you.