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This is all to do with anxiety ! You are overthinking everything all your nerves are on edge and you are just waiting  for something to happen, a typical anxiety state. Let me reassure you you do NOT have SFI. This is such a rare sleeping disorder and you would have many more symptoms. It’s your anxiety that is giving you all these symptoms so think about going to have a chat with your GP. I haven’t slept well for 20 yrs ( much worse at times than you are describing) and anxiety about not sleeping has played a large part in this. It’s no good me saying try and relax cause I know you won’t! When I once went to my Dr when I was anxious and not sleeping  he said not sleeping  can make you feel rough the next day but it never killed anyone!!  Please try not to worry and if you don’t sleep just lay there at least you are resting. Incedently I only had 3 hrs sleep last night. Tear up those goodbye notes you have loads of years ahead .

No Yiel, you don't have it! It's a vanishingly rare disease which has only been diagnosed about 100 times worldwide since it was first identified about 60 years ago. Also, the insomnia phase only kicks in after severe neurological damage has already occurred, so if you really had it you wouldn't be capable of using a computer by this time.

I'm a former neuro nurse, btw.

I note you say you got scared you might be pregnant, even though you didn't have a boyfriend. Well, that's clearly impossible, isn't it? Your other fears fall into the same category - impossible.

Congratulations, however, on admitting that you suffer from anxiety. A lot of people who are clearly very anxious indeed just can't bring themselves to admit it!

It's quite normal to suffer severe anxiety in your teens. 60 years on, I can still clearly remember some of my own teenage angst. As Angela says, this is the problem you need to address. You need to see a doctor about this - with your parents' permission if you're under 16 of course. CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) is the best treatment for anxiety, though a short course of medication can be helpful at the outset. However, your doctor shouldn't just reach for the prescription pad without any backup therapy. You may need to get your parents involved if you have a lazy doctor.

You might also want to google "sleep state misperception". A lot of anxious people wake up with the impression they've hardly slept at all - I used to when I was young - whereas if you put them in a sleep lab it turns out they've slept quite well.

Don't worry about this. You don't have any rare neurological diseases and you're not going crazy either. It's all part of the process of growing up. The only "disease" you have is being a teenager! You just have a slightly worse case of it than most.

Thank you so much for replying It means a lot. I don't know if my reply went through or not, but just in case, I'm writing another one.

Yet again last night I manage to sleep at 12, wake up a bit at 3—I noticed that Miss Lily said about sleep state misconception during this period—, and finally at 8 like I normally wake up. I'd like to also note that everytime I try to sleep, it's more of the anxiety and pressure of me trying to sleep that keeps me awake. Maybe I have sleep dread?

This is actually the 2nd time I've worried about sFI. The only reason my fear of it disappear momentarily is due to the fact with had summer camp. I noticed during those 4 days that despite not being in my own bed, any time I slept I manage to sleep and wake normally (although accompanied by still feeling tired, but I know that's normal for insomnia). What continues to scare me is the fact that sFI is progressive. I've been trying to reassure myself that if I did have sFI, then people would have began to notice, and I wouldn't be "blacking out" or I guess having deep sleep, since I've read that people with FFI or sFI can't get past sleep stage 1 or something.

Way off topic, but are forgetfulness and the feeling as if you're wobbling while walking symptoms of anxiety? I mean, once again, no one seems to notice, so it could just be all me. I hope one day I can learn live anxiety peacefully. But for now, *sighs*.

SFI is part of diseases known as Prion diseases. It is actually similar to CJD as are the symptoms too. All of these diseases quickly progress from onset. Meaning you get progressively quickly.

At onset of the disease there is personality changes and mood disorders, a few months later short term and long term memory issues become apparent and the ability to walk properly becomes more difficult as does the ability to use words correctly when talking. Lack of sleep isn't the main reason you die from SFI. Like the other prion diseases your whole body basically shuts down, first it's your personality then memory, then you stop walking, talking, stop remembering the people you love and eventually you stop breathing as the muscles in the chest won't work to expand the lungs. That's when people who have Prion diseases die.

Yes Lilly is right. Do stop this now Yiel. You DO NOT have a life threatening illness. Stop looking at the internet and Dr Google!! People survive on very low amounts of sleep. You are just over thinking all this. Go to your doctor and spill all this out to him and he will reassure you.

Hi Yiel,

Me again. Not one of us wants to be harsh to you. You obviously have an anxiety state which is in no way life threatening but can be helped by talking first to your doctor. Your parents probably don’t realise just how anxious and worried you are. The next time they offer a physiologist help accept it and maybe they will then realise just how anxious you are. This is all to do with anxiety. You have no life threatening illness but you may need a bit of help to help you get over this bad patch. I know you don’t know how to stop worrying but there are people that can help you (even if you have a real serious chat with your Mum) You will come through this. I am proof as  I went through much the same as you as a young girl. I am now married with 3 lovely sons. I still have the occasional wobble where I overthink things and I don’t sleep well  butI don’t let it rule my life now. You will be fine.Talk to someone . There are so many people out there suffering the same.You are not alone.