Posted by ritz_y on June 25, 2008 at 23:29:01:

My "insomnia" started two years ago, I have had anxiety issues for as long as I can remember and have always been somewhat of a night owl, but over the last two years the not sleeping part of things has gone overboard. And its not that I cant stay asleep or wake up early, thats no problem. Its getting to sleep, I have a persistent and crippling fear that I will not go to sleep, every day it starts around 6pm when i start feeling anxious knowing that in a few hours i am suppose to go to sleep, and when i finally do lay down i have this repettative thought "you wont sleep, you cant sleep, get up" and from having these thoughts and obsessing over this fear, I do not sleep. No matter how hard I try I cannot get the thought out of my head and normally I get myself so worked up that I have severe panic attacks and vomit. I am tierd, I am drowsy, but sleep is out of the question. I find it best to work if I tell myself "fine I dont care if a sleep or not" it stops the panic attacks but I still dont sleep. 72 hours is the point where I finally will just crash because my body AND mind literally wont function, its ridiculous. I have tried sleep-aids(dyphenhydramine), klonopin, trazodone, melatonin, meditation and a long list of anti anxiety medication. This is taking over my life, its annoying and ridiculous? Am I alone in my what seems perminant obsession with not sleeping?

I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY WORDS OF ADVICE WISDOM OR EVEN JUST A SHARED STORY !!

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