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Fear I have Fatal insomnia didn’t sleep at all last night

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brian49673
brian49673

Hi this is my first post on here so I am a 15 year old boy from Glasgow Scotland. I used to sleep as soon as a hit the pillow but after coming across fatal insomnia that all changed the past couple of weeks I have been having trouble sleeping but it was getting better a would lie and in half a hour a would be asleep but the last week have been like hell not being able to sleep till 2:30 am and last night a wasn’t able to fall asleep at all so scared. Can you get it this young. What if a can’t get to sleep tonight does this mean I have it. Brain 

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  • NECKBONE
    NECKBONE brian49673

    Posted

    You do not have fatal insomnia.  As many others here have said, it is extraordinarily rare and typically only manifests itself much later in life than 15 years old.  You have some insomnia, and it is being made much worse by fearing that you are going to die from it.  You can now rest assured, that won't be happening.

    Has this been triggered by anxiety or stress?  

    • brian49673
      brian49673 NECKBONE

      Posted

      Thanks so much for the reply last night I never slept again at all I am still super nervous about it. It only got bad 3 weeks ago when watching a video about the most rarest’s diseases and it is was on it and I scared the crap out of me and 2 nights after that I had a panic attack about me not sleeping. Thanks so much for the reply👍🏼

    • lily65668
      lily65668 brian49673

      Posted

      Hi Brian,

      The operative word in your second sentence is "rarest". It really does have an incidence of about one in half a million. You'd have more chance of being hit by a low-flying aeroplane or winning a major jackpot on the lottery. And as Neckbone says, it would be rarer still for someone your age to get it.

      It's quite normal to panic about all kinds of things at your age. When I was 15 I used to get scared a UFO would land on the roof and take me away! Seriously. Sometimes I'd lie awake half the night, jumping at every noise. I bet if your friends were honest you'd hear all sorts of peculiar stories from them.

      Just give yourself time to settle down into a normal sleep pattern again, and everything will be fine. This is all part of the painful business of becoming an adult but it doesn't go on for ever.

    • brian49673
      brian49673 lily65668

      Posted

      Thanks so much lily for replying again i tell myself that it’s super rare and that it’s basically impossible to get it at my age but I just can’t seem to manage to calm my self down and I am afraid of dying from this at such a young age 😭

    • lily65668
      lily65668 brian49673

      Posted

      Hi Brian,

      I just sent you a private message. PMs via this site don't carry viruses or expose the email address of either party. It will come into your inbox like all other notifications from this site.

  • clarisa04814
    clarisa04814 brian49673

    Posted

    Have u been tested for lyme disease and all the co infections? Its hard to find, and can mimic any disease. I have been tested 3 times to find it, I finally found it at a lyme specialist. Even a spinal tap missed it. I've had insomnia very bad myself along with tons of other symtoms

    • brian49673
      brian49673 clarisa04814

      Posted

      Hi clarisa and no in haven’t been tested for Lyme disease. I feel asleep last night about 11:30pm and woke up at 5 but I fell back asleep soon after. I have an appointment with my GP tomorrow about it really nervous haha thank you so so much for replying 👍🏼 

    • clarisa04814
      clarisa04814 brian49673

      Posted

      If u would message me on facebook its easier for me to get to and communicate. I can fill u in a details on the best test and such. Clarisa renea claybourn I'm in a white shirt in my profile pic

  • lily65668
    lily65668 brian49673

    Posted

    No Brian, you don't have it. I'm a former neuro nu rse and I know what I'm talking about!

    Insomnia is actually one of the final symptoms of the disease you're describing. It only comes when all your other faculties have gone - which means you wouldn't be capable of posting on here by the time the insomnia set in. By that time you wouldn't be able to speak, write, eat or move. That doesn't describe your current state, does it?

    We all go through phases when we can't sleep occasionally, and we all get anxious about our health at your age. Put this out of your mind. Now you've got into the habit of not sleeping you'll have a few more sleepless nights, simply due to anxiety, but this will all sort itself out very soon and you'll be back to sleeping normally again.

    • brian49673
      brian49673 lily65668

      Posted

      Thank you so much for replying it means a lot really. I have an appointment with my GP tomorrow about it again thank you for replying x
  • clay59274
    clay59274 brian49673

    Posted

    Are you stressed for some reason? Teens have a lot going on in those years and sometimes you will have problems sleeping. Keep active, exercise daily, eat well, no caffeine after 5PM, go to sleep and wake up about same time and if unable to sleep get up and rest in a comfortable chair out of the bedroom.  Don't watch tv or play on phone or computer. Listen to soft music or just meditate a bit until you feel sleepy and then go back to bed. You should get better. Good luck

    • brian49673
      brian49673 clay59274

      Posted

      Thanks very much for replying Clay I am a very anxious person it started to get really bad in the summer there when I started having inrusive thoughts that wouldn’t go away but now they went and all I can think about is this. Thanks so much for replying 
  • brian49673
    brian49673

    Posted

    Forgot to say it was a panic attack that started it. 
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