Anxiety before sleep

About 4 days ago, I started to get some strange symptoms, and I assumed it was some form of insomnia as it was something I'd never felt before. As I would try and drift off to sleep I could almost feel my heartbeat pounding in my chest, my neck, and my head. There were more issues too, such as my body heating up as I'd try to force myself to sleep, and my legs getting tingly, but they aren't as prevalent. I thought I was having different issues but over the last few days I've come to realize that most if not all are a combination of the stress and anxiety I've been feeling when going to bed. Its gotten so bad that even just, say, relaxing my body as I sit in a chair, will cause me to feel a bit of that anxiety and my heart rate will go up and I'll feel that pounding again. I've been doing some exercising and I don't feel this same heart beat issue there so I'm pretty confident this is an anxiety issue of some kind. Thankfully I have been able to get some sleep, once I've stayed up long enough that my body can't take it any more. I thought it was getting better but last night was the worst yet, I fell asleep for around 30-40 minutes at 2 am, woke up suddenly, and was so anxious that I couldn't fall asleep until 8am. I've had anxiety/depression for the last 6 or so years so some of the symptoms are familiar, its just the intensity that is scaring me, as they really haven't been this strong ever. I have a meeting with a therapist soon, but until then I'm on my own. I won't rule out things like anaemia or apnea causing these issues, but until I can talk to a doctor I can only really deal with the anxiety.

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