howardryan6
27-12-12, 08:46
Hey Guys,
I am a 20 year old male. My anxiety started this summer when I was on vacation. All of the sudden I was feeling a sharp pain on the top of my head and tingling in my fingers. One night my entire body felt numb and I felt like I was dying. When I got home a visit to the doctor really calmed my nerves as he showed me all of my tests were normal. This gave me a few months of panic free life.
But just a few days ago, I had trouble sleeping one night and it has since turned into a nightly battle with my mind. I couldn't sleep because every time I laid down and closed my eyes, I would feel my body going numb and started to panic. The only way I could sleep was after staying up 18-22 hours, essentially forcing my body to rest quick enough so that I couldn't panic my way out of it.
But then it got worse. I was only able to sleep 1-2 hours at max and I woke up with all kinds of crazy thoughts pouring out of my head. It was like I took little things I heard on TV as I conked out and turned them into these crazy stories that made no sense and drove me crazy. On top of that, I was waking up extremely hot and a little tingly, which was like the perfect storm of panic.
This pretty much ruined Christmas for me. I have only slept 10 or so hours off and on the past four days. A couple of times I have strung together two sleeps, but for the most part, once I am awoken after an hour, I have to wait half a day before my body will allow me to sleep.
It's gotten to the point where I am scared to sleep because I don't want those thoughts in my mind. I don't want to feel like I am losing my mind. The thing is: Once I am awake and have shaken off the hotness, I am perfect and normal. But that only lasts for a few hours because I am so tired.
Essentially, I know that what I am experiencing is all in my head. But I can't bring myself to suck it up and sleep. I have no clue what is causing me to wake up every hour, but I've been restless before without the mental sideeffects.
Have any of you guys been through this before? I could really use your help and support.
I am a 20 year old male. My anxiety started this summer when I was on vacation. All of the sudden I was feeling a sharp pain on the top of my head and tingling in my fingers. One night my entire body felt numb and I felt like I was dying. When I got home a visit to the doctor really calmed my nerves as he showed me all of my tests were normal. This gave me a few months of panic free life.
But just a few days ago, I had trouble sleeping one night and it has since turned into a nightly battle with my mind. I couldn't sleep because every time I laid down and closed my eyes, I would feel my body going numb and started to panic. The only way I could sleep was after staying up 18-22 hours, essentially forcing my body to rest quick enough so that I couldn't panic my way out of it.
But then it got worse. I was only able to sleep 1-2 hours at max and I woke up with all kinds of crazy thoughts pouring out of my head. It was like I took little things I heard on TV as I conked out and turned them into these crazy stories that made no sense and drove me crazy. On top of that, I was waking up extremely hot and a little tingly, which was like the perfect storm of panic.
This pretty much ruined Christmas for me. I have only slept 10 or so hours off and on the past four days. A couple of times I have strung together two sleeps, but for the most part, once I am awoken after an hour, I have to wait half a day before my body will allow me to sleep.
It's gotten to the point where I am scared to sleep because I don't want those thoughts in my mind. I don't want to feel like I am losing my mind. The thing is: Once I am awake and have shaken off the hotness, I am perfect and normal. But that only lasts for a few hours because I am so tired.
Essentially, I know that what I am experiencing is all in my head. But I can't bring myself to suck it up and sleep. I have no clue what is causing me to wake up every hour, but I've been restless before without the mental sideeffects.
Have any of you guys been through this before? I could really use your help and support.