Cescante
01-05-14, 16:43
Hi all,
I hope you are doing well.
I was sick for close to a month, and just recently got better (sinusitis, sore throat, fever cleared on Tuesday).
I during the final days of the illness however, I developed some anxiety symptoms that got really bad pretty fast:
Sunday - a tight chest, didn't really bother me much, ok night's sleep 7 hrs.
Monday night - stayed awake most of the night and got only 4 hrs of sleep, not sure why, perhaps anxious.
Tuesday night - took some melatonin, dropped dead for 6 hrs straight but woke up with a crazy pounding chest and repeated adrenaline rush that kept me awake the rest of the night.
Last night - went to bed with great sleep hygiene, after rolling around on the bed for 4 hrs with no sign of sleep, the pounding heart came back with a vengeance (obviously, I got scared, kinda ashamed :blush:). Plus I started getting hypnic jerks where every time I seems to starting to fall asleep my limps/breathing jerks me awake. 0 hrs of sleep
I am completely spent, have some mild tension in the head, and some blurring in my right eye (too little sleep for some one who just recovered from a second fever of the month). The weird thing is that I'm super fatigued but not sleepy (I took two days of Zyrtec, Saturday and Sunday, I don't think it's the side effect right?).
I know I'm just getting really anxious and getting some some serious symptoms. But I'm sure if I can get some sleep I'll just start recovering.
Should I:
a). get some sleeping pills/depressant from urgent care and knock myself out for 10 - 12 hrs for today and tomorrow? should I be worried about side effects?
b). call my doctor and get anxiety medications (but I've only shown symptoms for 4 days, is that necessary)?
c). tough it out, since this just showed up and have no evidence for being chronic, I'd have to fall asleep at some point.
Thanks so much!
Cescante
I hope you are doing well.
I was sick for close to a month, and just recently got better (sinusitis, sore throat, fever cleared on Tuesday).
I during the final days of the illness however, I developed some anxiety symptoms that got really bad pretty fast:
Sunday - a tight chest, didn't really bother me much, ok night's sleep 7 hrs.
Monday night - stayed awake most of the night and got only 4 hrs of sleep, not sure why, perhaps anxious.
Tuesday night - took some melatonin, dropped dead for 6 hrs straight but woke up with a crazy pounding chest and repeated adrenaline rush that kept me awake the rest of the night.
Last night - went to bed with great sleep hygiene, after rolling around on the bed for 4 hrs with no sign of sleep, the pounding heart came back with a vengeance (obviously, I got scared, kinda ashamed :blush:). Plus I started getting hypnic jerks where every time I seems to starting to fall asleep my limps/breathing jerks me awake. 0 hrs of sleep
I am completely spent, have some mild tension in the head, and some blurring in my right eye (too little sleep for some one who just recovered from a second fever of the month). The weird thing is that I'm super fatigued but not sleepy (I took two days of Zyrtec, Saturday and Sunday, I don't think it's the side effect right?).
I know I'm just getting really anxious and getting some some serious symptoms. But I'm sure if I can get some sleep I'll just start recovering.
Should I:
a). get some sleeping pills/depressant from urgent care and knock myself out for 10 - 12 hrs for today and tomorrow? should I be worried about side effects?
b). call my doctor and get anxiety medications (but I've only shown symptoms for 4 days, is that necessary)?
c). tough it out, since this just showed up and have no evidence for being chronic, I'd have to fall asleep at some point.
Thanks so much!
Cescante