Driving my boyfriend crazy...

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Registered: 10-05-2005
Driving my boyfriend crazy...
Mon, 10-09-2006 - 12:10pm

I posted a while back about waking up during the night in a panic thinking I hadn't taken my pill (when I actually had, and on time), then in a sleepy daze taking *another* pill.

I haven't done that since, my solution being to leave the pill pack in the kitchen so I'd have to walk quite a distance to get at it, hopefully waking up in the meantime. Seems to be working.

BUT... I'm still having occasional panic attacks. It seems to happen every couple of months, where I bolt awake, thinking I've forgotten to take a birth control pill or something. Happened again last night - I thought my heart was going to burst out of my chest, I turned on the light (BF really did not care for that... LOL), and after a couple of minues the disorientation and anxiety subsided and I could go back to sleep.

I'm beginning to get very annoyed with this. Has anyone else experienced something similar? I've never had this happen in the past until taking the pill on time became extremely important. If you've experienced something similar, do you now have a pre-bed ritual that helps you calm those anxieties? In my waking life, it's not something I worry about because I always take my pill on time.

Would love any suggestions!! :)

Thanks.

B.