Hi y’all,

I’ve always had some  anxiety, but it has worsened a lot over the last months. I know the causes of my anxiety, and I’m looking into therapists and possibly a daily medication.

However, in the meantime, my anxiety now keeps me from sleeping. Which in turn worsens the anxiety. I’ve also been wanting to workout daily (haven’t done so in like 3 years and I think it’d really help), but it’s a vicious cycle where I’m so tired in the morning after I finally pass out from exhaustion I literally cannot get up until the latest possible time to make work or school or whatever I have that day, and then I’m exhausted all day.

I get maybe 5 hours sleep MAX a night, usually when I basically collapse from exhaustion at 4 am, wake up at 7 am, fall back asleep till 9. Luckily, I am not in classes for the next week, but when they resume I literally won’t be able to function like this; I barely got through last semester. I’m gonna work on the deeper causes of my anxiety, but I desperately need sleep in the meantime

I’ve tried melatonin, Benadryl, CBD. I went maybe 4 months ago and my doctor wouldn’t prescribe a sleeping aid even for a month to correct my habits because he said I’m too young (early 20s) and would become dependent, and to try stronger melatonin lmao (I’m trying to find a new doctor that at least seems to listen)

Is there anything else I could try in the meantime to sleep?