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Thanks for responding. I did fall back to sleep. I did speak to my Doctor about therapy and he said he didn't think I would need it. However I never spoke to him about my thought when I wake he just knew I was having problems sleeping through the night. He prescribed ambien which I took for a couple of months and I stopped. Another problem I have is financial...I do go to church so perhaps my pastor could point me in the right direction for low cost support. I just can't believe that very vital woman who was my mom could just be gone that fast. And then again I thought I was a goner in that car accident!
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My heart goes out to you ! I suffered the loss of three friends recently and while they were certainly not as close or the deaths as traumatic as a mothers I can relate. I think that they are what triggered my new bout with panic attacks. I started going to a counselor a month after it happened (the deaths, which happened all within six weeks, and the panic attacks which started shortly thereafter) It has really helped me !!! Just having somewhere where I can let it all out is helpful... everything, I mean, not just about my grief but all the old stuff in my life I think the first session I just cried the entire time. Hang in there !!! Peace, Nina5
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Good Morning Rose, I agree, a counselor or your family doctor could be of great help at this time for you. Please feel free to continue to post with us, but please contact your family doctor and he/she can refer you to a counselor if needed. Keep in touch :) Melanie
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Rose, It doesnt take much to set off our thoughts, like the time you awoke, was near the time of your mom's unfortuate aneurysm. Also I have felt more anxious on anniversary's of death, and my first panic attack. Been that way for 13 yrs, every time I approach that dreaded day, I more apprehensive, I always think back to it. A think a grief counselor would help in light of your tragic loss of your Mom, and being around others. Even people who dont have this disorder, find themselves having anxiety attacks here and there after losing a loved one. Plus do your accident, I think it would be therapuetic to be in this type support group. Blessings, Trish
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Have you seen a councellor? Talking about it can help a lot. When I can't sleep I try reading magazines and stuff. Anything to stop me from thinking cos that always makes it worse for me.
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it's 3 am and I am up again. I woke up for no apparent reason. I started thinking which is not good! My mother died last June 12 days after I moved to Maui. She was woke up at 2am and was taken by ambulance to the hospital and later died. She had suffered an abdominal aortic aneurysm. I was suffering from depression understandably after her death and then in August I had my own brush with death in a terrible car crash that landed me in the hospital...I have completely recovered physically but I always feel like what happened to my mom will happen to me too. I need to stop thinking so much.

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