More lack of sleep and Ambiscience didn't really work

So I was quite optimistic about the new Pure Sleep app I got to help induce deep sleep but after an hour and a half it didn't actually do anything, I had better luck going off to sleep with Jon Kabat-Zinn - Guided Mindfulness Meditation so I think I'll do that again tonight.

I've also switched the Sertraline to mornings again in the hope that it will help with sleeping, even though taking it at 6pm hasn't seem to had any effect on sleep in the last 2 or 3 weeks.

AmbiScience - Pure Sleep

There is a great app you can purchase for little over £1 for iPhone and Android called AmbiScience: Pure Sleep. In a nut shell, when we sleep we go through several stages of sleep and our brain creates brain waves, for example... if we are in a deep sleep our brain has activated delta waves or when we drift off to sleep and enter stage 1 of our sleep cycle we create theta waves etc.... So where's this going? Well, it can be hard for us to fall a sleep and that's where AmbiScience: Pure Sleep comes in. The app for Android and iPhone offers gentle effects such as chimes and rain with sleepy ambient music, you'll also get the option to recreate your brain waves at certain stages of your sleep cycle to help you sleep. I could select Deep Sleep mode which will create delta waves which in turn will help me to quickly enter a deep sleep, something that a lot of us with anxiety and sleeping issues probably don't get that much off.

For the price I'd highly recommend you check it out as I am going to tonight.

Insomnia sets in and meditation update

Well the last few nights I have seemed to caught the insomnia bug, I seem to fall a sleep but wake around 3-4am and then cannot get back to sleep! Today I have been mega tired but I am  positive  that I am going to get a great nights sleep tonight!

Any way, before going to sleep last night I listened to Jon Kabat-Zinn - Guided Mindfulness Meditation, the Body Scan CD and it really helped to relax me, I'd urge you to try it out if you haven't already it was brilliant stuff!

An anxious day and rough night

SO yesterday my anxiety levels were quite high for most of the day but had a great evening! The only problem was the fact that I didn't sleep very well, it felt like I had been awake all night but I must have gone to sleep because I remember dreaming but I'm not sure how much sleep I actually had. Today this was worrying me as I always sleep really well, what doesn't help is that I need to go to the toilet in the middle of the night then I go back to bed and can't get back to sleep.

I'm not gonna obsess over  sleeping, I'll just try and relax and clear my mind, I'm going to try the meditation tonight so hopefully that works!

Feeling anxious today

So yesterday went quite well, though had a few odd moments but towards the evening everything seemed ok.

Today I woke up at 4am but I am not sure if I went back to sleep, it didn't seem like it! Later today I am going over my mums and feel quite anxious about which I think is because I have been there when I was at my worst so it kind of brings back old feelings. Hopefully they should go so I can enjoy my weekend.

A good day yesterday

So yesterday was probably the best day I have had in weeks! I felt quite calm and relaxed all day but in the afternoon I had a slight vertigo attack which freaked me out but apart from that it was a good day. Th en early evening around 5pm I had a call from the IAPT service about some CBT which for some reason made me feel a little anxious which I think was due hinking about talking about my anxiety. They wanted to do CBT via the phone which I am up for but I'd prefer to speak to someone face-to-face.

I think my appetite is slowly coming back but it's nowhere near as big as it used to be which I'm not too bothered about, I'm just glad I am eating more regular.

Relaxing today

Woke this morning with the usual feelings then walked up to the shop to get some fresh air and do other stuff, I had a few anxious feelings standing in the shop but they mostly passed quite quickly. The feelings were mainly feeling uneasy and a little unbalanced but I'm not really sure what I was anxious about. Got back home and had a shower so now today I'm just gonna relax and do some house work later.