neptune296
18-11-14, 04:42
Hi everyone I'm a 22 year old guy and since September I've been increasingly having trouble sleeping. I have a life long history of health anxiety and some depression and have been taking 5mg of lexapro for almost a year and everything had been fine.
I think it all started when I moved out I kinda went into party mode and was always going out with friends and drinking a lot even lately I had drank a fair amount every other day. I recently stopped that though as I've been having so much trouble lately.
I of course being stupid went to google my symptoms of insomnia in September. And behold it diagnosed me with Sporadic Fatal Insomnia (if you don't know what it is don't look it up). I know it's so so so rare 20 people in all of history have ever developed it and I'm not in the right age range either.
I just need some talking down I literally slept only three hours last night and laid in bed on and off for 6 hours trying to sleep with no success even with zzzquil and melatonin. I'm so terrified my insomnia is progressing and that I'm gonna die this terrible death feeling sleep deprived until I develope dementia and don't even get to die with my mind and personality intact. It's so terrifying to think about I burst into tears randomly about it :'( . I'd rather die any other way then that.
Please help I'm so scared I won't sleep and I don't know why I'm having so much trouble :'( .
Thank you all for reading this.
I think it all started when I moved out I kinda went into party mode and was always going out with friends and drinking a lot even lately I had drank a fair amount every other day. I recently stopped that though as I've been having so much trouble lately.
I of course being stupid went to google my symptoms of insomnia in September. And behold it diagnosed me with Sporadic Fatal Insomnia (if you don't know what it is don't look it up). I know it's so so so rare 20 people in all of history have ever developed it and I'm not in the right age range either.
I just need some talking down I literally slept only three hours last night and laid in bed on and off for 6 hours trying to sleep with no success even with zzzquil and melatonin. I'm so terrified my insomnia is progressing and that I'm gonna die this terrible death feeling sleep deprived until I develope dementia and don't even get to die with my mind and personality intact. It's so terrifying to think about I burst into tears randomly about it :'( . I'd rather die any other way then that.
Please help I'm so scared I won't sleep and I don't know why I'm having so much trouble :'( .
Thank you all for reading this.