countrygirl
13-06-12, 10:22
I posted that I keep having sleepless nights because as soon as I go to bed and lay down I get terrible pressures in my abdomen around navel and in area below. I had this badly 5 years ago on and off for months and had all the tests to rule out anything serious with bowel and eventually told it was probably ibs attacks.
I have been having trouble sleeping for past few months on and off for all sorts of reasons usually physical ones like i kept feeling as if I was falling down a liftshaft as I would drift off to sleep and this would keep happening every night for weeks preventing sleep or I just felt wide awake all night.
I have got some sleeping pills but Dr gave me long talk about them not being the answer and how as I can take 20mg of temazepam and still not sleep all night they were not working.
I took one two nights ago and still did not sleep. Then next night I slept well because I had no weird pressures in abdomen.
Last night went to bed fine but within 10 mins of laying down the pressures were back big time. I took sleeping tablet at 2am but only got 3 hrs sleep before waking and the pressures were bad.
I have a wonderful husband who has put up with my severe anxiety for 32 years but I really feel desperate at the moment. Sleeping pills don't work for me and I feel so ill from lack of sleep, Keep going really dizzy as well due to anxiety and sleep deprivation. In the middle of the night I really was feeling life was not worth living like this.
My left leg muscles are twtiching like crazy, buzzing feeling in leg and weird numb patch on foot.
I have blood tests tomorrow and DRs appt on Friday afternoon.
I am totally focused on the physical symptoms, Dr did ask if I wanted to try the anti d citalopram to see if controlling the anxiety would help my physical symptoms but I am too frightened of side effects but feel I cannot live like this.
I have been having trouble sleeping for past few months on and off for all sorts of reasons usually physical ones like i kept feeling as if I was falling down a liftshaft as I would drift off to sleep and this would keep happening every night for weeks preventing sleep or I just felt wide awake all night.
I have got some sleeping pills but Dr gave me long talk about them not being the answer and how as I can take 20mg of temazepam and still not sleep all night they were not working.
I took one two nights ago and still did not sleep. Then next night I slept well because I had no weird pressures in abdomen.
Last night went to bed fine but within 10 mins of laying down the pressures were back big time. I took sleeping tablet at 2am but only got 3 hrs sleep before waking and the pressures were bad.
I have a wonderful husband who has put up with my severe anxiety for 32 years but I really feel desperate at the moment. Sleeping pills don't work for me and I feel so ill from lack of sleep, Keep going really dizzy as well due to anxiety and sleep deprivation. In the middle of the night I really was feeling life was not worth living like this.
My left leg muscles are twtiching like crazy, buzzing feeling in leg and weird numb patch on foot.
I have blood tests tomorrow and DRs appt on Friday afternoon.
I am totally focused on the physical symptoms, Dr did ask if I wanted to try the anti d citalopram to see if controlling the anxiety would help my physical symptoms but I am too frightened of side effects but feel I cannot live like this.