Sleep issues related to anxiety can be hard to handle. Our thoughts just keep going, interfering with our daily life and with sleep. We also begin to worry about not sleeping and we find ourselves watching the clock, trying to fall asleep while getting more anxious.
This can be a self-perpetuating cycle and we just want to get away from it. When it is anxiety causing sleep difficulty, it can be hard to treat and many people tend to go to their doctor to get a sleep medication in order to reduce anxiety and allow ourselves to sleep.
Prescription or OTC Sleep Aids
The truth is that prescription or over the counter medications for sleep only partially solves the problem and only for a little while. They tend to wear off after a few weeks and many of the medications tend to be addictive, leaving us needing to take more and more of the medication, just to get to sleep. The medication may impact the way our anti-anxiety pills work and this can be disastrous. We need to find some other way to sleep that doesn’t involve the use of medications to control sleep and anxiety.
One Simple Your Should Consider
You can use CDs or tapes to help control the sleeplessness and anxiety. They often employ subliminal messages and soothing music that have no side effects and can be extremely effective in controlling the underlying anxiety and allowing us to sleep. Binaural music therapy has also been found to be effective but it requires you to use headphones while you sleep.
An advanced technique for reducing anxiety and helping sleep is isochoric pulse therapy, which employs quickly changing sound frequencies and relaxing musical tones without needing to use stereo equipment. This seems to help people sleep more restfully.