James160
08-05-16, 18:28
Hello everyone
For the past week or so now i've been struggling with a looming fear of Sporadic Fatal Insomnia, I unfortunately stumbled across a video online of two people who were diagnosed with the condition, and because a fear of not sleeping has been a phobia of mine for a while now, it set my worst fears ablaze.
I've been feeling fairly tired for the past month or so to the point it's been causing me a little bit of worry, my sleeping pattern has been hectic but i've never really had trouble dozing off and staying asleep, though before when i tried putting my head to the pillow, i drifted off for about 30 minutes before waking up suddenly, I had this strange sensation of depersonalization wash over me, and my head felt foggy, almost like i had fallen asleep but hadn't at the same time.
The season has been changing and the weather has been incredibly sporadic, i noticed that certain areas around my face and head felt tight, just how they do when my sinuses are inflamed, I took some Sudafed and after about 30 minutes it started to clear up, however that looming fear of Sporadic Fatal Insomnia has been steadily creeping into my mind, I noticed that a symptom of SFI was a stiff neck and so far that has been the one thing that has scared me half to death considering my neck has felt stiff for about a week and a half now.
I've been up all night and i figured i should probably just try staying awake and resetting my natural sleep pattern, however at 2pm my eyes felt so heavy and i couldn't help but lay down, I dozed off for two hours before waking up again with the exact same symptoms, the more tired i am i've noticed the more anxious i become, i seem to be focusing on the fact that i'm not falling into REM sleep and trying to relate that to SFI, am i just being silly at this point?
For the past week or so now i've been struggling with a looming fear of Sporadic Fatal Insomnia, I unfortunately stumbled across a video online of two people who were diagnosed with the condition, and because a fear of not sleeping has been a phobia of mine for a while now, it set my worst fears ablaze.
I've been feeling fairly tired for the past month or so to the point it's been causing me a little bit of worry, my sleeping pattern has been hectic but i've never really had trouble dozing off and staying asleep, though before when i tried putting my head to the pillow, i drifted off for about 30 minutes before waking up suddenly, I had this strange sensation of depersonalization wash over me, and my head felt foggy, almost like i had fallen asleep but hadn't at the same time.
The season has been changing and the weather has been incredibly sporadic, i noticed that certain areas around my face and head felt tight, just how they do when my sinuses are inflamed, I took some Sudafed and after about 30 minutes it started to clear up, however that looming fear of Sporadic Fatal Insomnia has been steadily creeping into my mind, I noticed that a symptom of SFI was a stiff neck and so far that has been the one thing that has scared me half to death considering my neck has felt stiff for about a week and a half now.
I've been up all night and i figured i should probably just try staying awake and resetting my natural sleep pattern, however at 2pm my eyes felt so heavy and i couldn't help but lay down, I dozed off for two hours before waking up again with the exact same symptoms, the more tired i am i've noticed the more anxious i become, i seem to be focusing on the fact that i'm not falling into REM sleep and trying to relate that to SFI, am i just being silly at this point?