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Panics making me sleep a lot


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Dear Readybrek, Wow, I sleep all the time, for the following reasons: all my meds (I take 5 in morning) makes me sleepy/fatigue, depression can cause tiredness, I sleep to escape my "worrys" and hopefully "dream" of happier times, I sleep to shorten my day, I do not work due to this "disability" and yes, have been called lazy, but those that don't understand, WELL, I "understand" and when I do even the littlest "chore", I feel GREAT! yes, whenever I have a full blown out attack, I am totally drained, i panic knowing I HAVE to do "something" and then that drains, me too. I think it is common among us with anxiety/panic to feel quilty for not being able to do "what we think we should" - but, we also have to praise ourselves when we do something - even "minute", because WE know how hard it was to do it! Yes, I UNDERSTAND! Rene
22 years ago 0 39 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
yeah i think it's pretty common to feel exhausted after a panic attack, i don't normally sleep for days but i do feel totally drained and want to sleep! when i have been feeling panicky and really exhausted i have been known to just laze around at home and not go out and do much but i believe sometimes you need to give yourself permission to be lazy if that's what you really feel like doing... good luck with it all angela :)
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I have found that every time I have a panic attack the first thing that I want to do is sleep. It feels as though my attacks take away all of my energy and I need to recharge my batteries by going to bed. I have just woken up from three days in bed. I know that this sounds so lazy and that I am not helping myself by doing this but I felt as though I didnt have the energy to do anything and have been driting in and out of sleep for the last 3 days. Everytime this happens I feel guilty and feel like I should be getting up and fighting these attacks instead of letting them interfere in my life as they are doing. Does anyone else experience this after an attack? Does anyone else feel completely drained of energy after an attack?

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