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Feeling anxious and worried about lack of sleep on my health and that it will kill me. I've had this problem about 10 years ago somehow got rid of it then it come back again for about 12 months then the last 9 days I've really struggled!I keep fixating that every cold I have appendicitis I had 5 years ago is all caused by lack of sleep. Now I'm waiting for something else to go wrong which is keeping me up so it's like a vicious cycle. It doesn't help that since I was a little girl I have always had health anxiety so this is where the problems stem from plus I'm naturally a worrier anyway but the sleep thing is the one that consumes me. Please just need reassurance xx

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  • dustin09330
    dustin09330 Guest

    Posted

    I had to quit my job, cancel my wedding and basically made every appointment I could to try and find a fix for this. My family loves and supports me. They know I'm trying to do everything I can to get my life back. It's not our fault we never asked for this.

    • Guest
      Guest dustin09330

      Posted

      No we didn't. I'm back at work next week im nervous but then hoping it will kinda help in a way. How was your sleeping last night? Do you get any sleep during the day? One day at a time I keep telling myself. Do you feel yourself getting working up when you can't sleep like heart faster mind racing etc?

    • Guest
      Guest dustin09330

      Posted

      I'm glad your family are supporting you too that's definitely one huge way in moving forward. I feel like I'm in a haze today had that half asleep sleep last night.

  • atulit75078
    atulit75078 Guest

    Posted

    Hey tracey, how are you? How did the weekend go? 
  • dustin09330
    dustin09330 Guest

    Posted

    I'm hanging in there, been trying to still find solutions to this. I'm getting some sleep which is good and starting to feel a little better. Thank you for asking. Hoping Tracey is doing ok

  • Guest
    Guest

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    Hi just seeing if your all ok? U sleeping any better Dustin? I had stopped worrying about it Soo much and sleep improved slightly for a couple of weeks then last night I couldn't settle so started to panic again! Went on Google too look at ways to help you sleep , big mistake it told me all sorts of horrible things about lack of sleep so today I feel terrible x

    • angela55814
      angela55814 Guest

      Posted

      Hi Tracey, 

      Stop panicking you have proved to yourself that when you are not so bothered about sleeping you sleep better.I make the mistake of googling ailments sometimes,but big mistake according to them Ihave had everything from sepsis to brain tumour!!! I was convinced I had dementia a couple months ago and just because I forgot something!!! I would love to not be a worrier. I’m sleeping about 5 hrs at night at mo which is fine so no major panic yet! You take care,you are fine x

    • Guest
      Guest angela55814

      Posted

      Hi Angela , Google is my enemy according to it I should have died 20 years ago. Glad you are sleeping well 5 hours is good especially if not broken. Chat to u soon and thanks for all your advice you have been helpful x
    • angela55814
      angela55814 Guest

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      No worries know what it’s like when you overthink things. I am waking up a couple times in the night but try to stop my mind from veering into I won’t go back to sleep mode!! You can now stop worrying about that fatal sleep thing as with that you would NEVER have periods of sleeping a bit better. Take care x
    • Guest
      Guest angela55814

      Posted

      Hi Angela, me again well I thought my sleep was improving but went to bed at 11.30 last night was still awake at 4.30 had some sort of vivid dream between 4.30 n 6.45 n thats it, stupid brain feel like it's beating me again and today I look like a panda 😂, got to make light of it I suppose x

  • atulit75078
    atulit75078 Guest

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    Hi, I dont know but I was sleeping ok for few days but again I inflicted myself of the fear that I cant sleep. And again it insomnia has hit me. I dont even know how much I sleep. I do dream in some nights as I remember them next morning. Otherwise I feel I am always awake. I have got this bad habit of lying on bed for 10-11 hours (not sleeping). I go to bed at 12:30 AM, I keep tossing for an hour or two. Then I wake up 2-3 times at night (though when this happens I usually feel I was awake for the whole night). I get out of bed at 10:30 AM feeling I havent slept for a minute. I dont take any pills neither do I want to take. I know acceptance is the best way out. But somehow this anxiety has struck me again that I wont sleep again. My mind plays games with me. What to do? How to stop this inner chatter?
    • Guest
      Guest atulit75078

      Posted

      It sounds very much like you have paradoxical insomnia ( I have discovered I have this too) , my Dr gave me a strap I put on my wrist for 4 nights I then wrote a sleep diary , first night my sleep diary said 2 to 3 hours sleep the device Dr gave me said 5 hours (ok not brill but better than I thought ). Then 2nd night sleep diary I said didn't feel asleep didn't feel awake , device said 6 hours and so on, so maybe like me when you say you arent sleeping your getting more than you think , Dr said wen other ppl wake up in the night then aren't really aware , but because I am very aware I wake up on high alert feeling I haven't slept. Although I must point out there are nights I don't sleep cus ino cus I'm sat downstairs or watching TV. I only tell u all this because the not sure on how much sleep u get etc was all the things I was saying x

    • atulit75078
      atulit75078 Guest

      Posted

      Last night was bad. I generally feel slept only when I remember the dream I saw last night. Is it a person dreams in REM sleep stage only. My family members keep on saying that when they enter my room in the morning, they notice me asleep in peaceful state. I feel I am over reacting rather feeling scared of a thing which is out ot my control! True?
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