nerve-racking

[ nurv-rak-ing ]

/ ˈnɜrvˌræk ɪŋ /

extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.

Origin of nerve-racking

First recorded in 1805–15

Yeah, it can be nerve-wracking, but it seems to work for me.

‘Treme’ Writer and Detective Novelist George Pelecanos: How I Write |Noah Charney |September 26, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
That time had been nerve-wracking, yet extremely happy for the family.

The Bin Ladens' Family Struggle |Jean Sasson |May 3, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
It is needless to enter into the details of that long and nerve-wracking journey.

With Sully into the Sioux Land |Joseph Mills Hanson
To Greg Hunter the siege of the orbit-ship had been a nerve-wracking game of listening and waiting for something to happen.

Gold in the Sky |Alan Edward Nourse

It was a night of agony by thirst, of nerve-wracking bomb explosions, and of bayonet jabs in the dark.

New Zealanders at Gallipoli |Major Fred Waite
He'd taken on the lonely, nerve-wracking job of service station attendant just to see what it offered.

Acid Bath |Vaseleos Garson
But Janet preferred not to listen to the wind; it was too mournful, too nerve-wracking.

Janet Hardy in Hollywood |Ruthe S. Wheeler