I am a 25 year old female working in an it firm. I have major anxiety issues. I barely get sleep at night. I stay awake for a long time and usually wake up with a headache. Is it okay if I take meloset 3 mg once in a while to correct my sleeping pattern?

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I?m a believer that 90% of the time, overthinking is caused by not taking enough action to see results. For example, if you write 10 quora answers and no one upvotes them and you don?t get any new followers, you may be tempted to start overthinking. While you?re sitting there dwelling on why you can?t get quora followers, another guy is writing another 10 answers. And another 10. And another 10. Suddenly he?s at 100 answers and he?s starting to gain traction while you?re still sitting there thinking! i?m not against planning or working smart, but way too often we simply don?t take enough action to see results and it causes anxiety in our lives. Still using our example, if you?ve written 1000 quora answers and still aren?t getting results then I can understand taking a step back and analyzing how you can improve your writing. But 10? That?s simply not enough action to get the ball rolling. Stop thinking and start doing! 2. Breath if you?re feeling crippling anxiety, take a minute to breath. For 60 seconds, breath counting up to 8, then exhale counting down to 4. Often when we are feeling anxious it?s because we?ve locked up our bodies and our breath has gotten short from stress. When you get your body to relax, you?ll find your mind has followed suit. 3. Have faith sometimes you can?t analyze your way to a successful outcome. Some things you?ll never know ahead of time. You just have to have faith that if you keep taking consistent and disciplined action, good things are going to happen for you. If you?re overthinking, take a leap of faith and just do it! 4. Do it for other people something that always helps me relax when i?m overthinking is reframing what i?m doing to be about serving others rather than just serving myself. When you?re acting with a sense of service, it?s hard to feel anxious. After all, you?re giving the best of yourself for the sake of others and you can take peace in your good intentions. 5. Get the facts often when we are overthinking, we think in terms of hypotheticals. What if this happens? What if that happens? Instead of thinking about what could happen, just get the facts. What are the chances of this happening? 1%? If so, then it's not something worth worrying about. Even if it does happen, what will be the consequences? Are the consequences fatal? If not, then it?s not something worth worrying about. Think in terms of facts, don?t let your mind make stuff up. 6. Don?t judge too early this is related to taking insane action. Sometimes we judge results too early and start analyzing before we let things play out fully. If you find yourself analyzing, ask yourself if time could improve the situation. Often, time is your friend and can improve 80% of situations if you let them play out. 7. Focus on the target get laser-focused on the result, the goal, the target. Take the focus away from the setbacks, the failures, the letdowns. When you?re focused on a result, you can?t help but stay motivated to take action until you achieve it. It?s like a magnetic force that keeps pulling you back. It?s like a hungry dog on the back of a meat truck!  

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