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Fear of not sleeping

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atulit75078
atulit75078

its been a week or so that the fear of not sleeping has struck me so hard that i am getting anxious more and more as the night sets in. last night i didnt sleep a minute i feel, the only worry i have is that i wont be able to sleep. i feel i dont have the power to sleep any more. i dont take any meds , neither do i want to. i am 27, male. all i do is keep checking google about "insomnia" and try to find out if any cure is there for this. i dont want to take any meds, what should i do?

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  • angela55814
    angela55814 atulit75078

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    Know exactly where you are coming from. Been there done that and got the t shirt!!!

    Ive not sleep well for years and its the fear of not sleeping that is stopping you sleeping. I have learnt to live with the fact that at times I am going to go through periods when my sleeping is particularly bad. I used to worry and fret about it so much that I was frightened to go to bed.I went to the doctors who said not sleeping never killed anyone.Not what I wanted to hear but strangely reassuring. Try t o adopt the attitude that if I sleep I sleep and if I don’t I am resting. I know it makes you feel rough and grumpy the next day but it won’t kill you.I used to get into such a panic and drive my husband crazy!! I was forever looking at the clock and thinking about ive only got four hours or two hours or one hour before I have to get up to go to work. I turn the clock around now so dont know what the time is! It’s definitely your anxiety that is stopping you from sleeping try and get into I don’t care attitude and you will find that your sleeping will improve. I know at the moment you feel that you wont sleep again but I promise you will as soon as you relax a bit.Like you I take no prescription meds but I have taken Nytol (not the herbal ones) Sometimes only need to take 1 a week depending on how much sleep ive had.Its reassuring knowing they are there and they have helped me.

  • ShayRose
    ShayRose atulit75078

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    dont!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! google insomnia it will make it more worse you are fine the best thing about google is that if you have cough they will tell u that its cancer and it will do nothing but made you feeling worse im suffering from sinusitis and having an hard time in falling a sleep and my sinusitis sometimes i feel lyk that its my ex girl friend and it always haunts me with an vengance and ive developed horrible symptoms when it hit me it hit me almost 3 times and the amount of that thing is so high in my head that i cannot go to sleep enter into vivid dreams i was scared of death cause i thought that im going to die but 7 months of insomnia and look im still here you will sleep jus close your eyes and think about some good ed sheeran song you will sleep i guaranteed

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