I wonder if sleeping in a comfortable chair (recliner-like, or just large and soft), or a couch with high and comfortable arms to put your head on, would be less likely to trigger the pains and anxiety. Maybe being horizontal has come to be associated with your pains (mental). Or maybe being horizontal changes blood flow or breathing (physical). Worth trying anyway.
I used to use melatonin, worked pretty well. That was for shift work and daytime sleeping.
One experiment OP could try is sleeping in a room other than the bedroom. Kind of goes along with the recliner idea, but maybe there's an association with the bedroom and the and the anxiety.
Does the problem persist on travel in hotels or anything?
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I wonder if sleeping in a comfortable chair (recliner-like, or just large and soft), or a couch with high and comfortable arms to put your head on, would be less likely to trigger the pains and anxiety. Maybe being horizontal has come to be associated with your pains (mental). Or maybe being horizontal changes blood flow or breathing (physical). Worth trying anyway.
I used to use melatonin, worked pretty well. That was for shift work and daytime sleeping.
One experiment OP could try is sleeping in a room other than the bedroom. Kind of goes along with the recliner idea, but maybe there's an association with the bedroom and the and the anxiety.
Does the problem persist on travel in hotels or anything?