Little Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Last year I was diagnosed with anxiety, which was no surprise to me. I've always been really anxious and shy and nervous, especially around people. I've had panic attacks, and at one point I couldn't even go to certain places out of fear of having a panic attack and being trapped. I talked to a counselor and my anxiety gradually got better without meds or anything. Now, though, my anxiety has come back and turned into a fear of sleeping. I always have really horrible, vivid nightmares and I've had sleep paralysis before. I think those things have contributed to my fear of sleeping. Weird thing is though, is that I can sleep during the day. I'm only afraid of sleeping at night. Once the sun starts rising at around 5 am, I can sleep. I can also sleep when I'm at my boyfriend's apartment and we're sharing a bed or if a friend is sleeping in the same room. This is becoming a huge problem, and I don't know what to do. It's interfering with life big time. It's 2:30am now and I'm sitting up in my bed with the lights on. My heart is pounding and I keep having to look around my room. This is a horrible feeling. I'll be 20 in two months, so this definitely isn't normal. Someone please help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ASchwartz Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Please read my response in the New Members Forum.Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatemeds Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Sounds like you have a problem with anxiety and mebbe a little agaraphobia that is probably linked to the anxiety. If you are having panic attacks at night it stands to reason that you'd associate sleeping with fear - kinda a vicious circle.Sounds like you might need help from a therapist with this. Me im an insomniac and over and above my mania I used to have panic attacks as well so I sure can sympathise sister.Take care and know that you are not alone here.**** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatemeds Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Sounds like you have a problem with anxiety and mebbe a little agoraphobia that is probably linked to the anxiety. If you are having panic attacks at night it stands to reason that you'd associate sleeping with fear - kinda a vicious circle.Sounds like you might need help from a therapist with this. Me im an insomniac and over and above my mania I used to have panic attacks as well so I sure can sympathise sister.Take care and know that you are not alone here.**** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ASchwartz Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Little,I'm wondering where you are? Have you read our responses? Are you okay?Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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