sleepy
03-13-2011, 01:05 PM
HI, so I kind of wanted to share my story and hope it can help anyone else and possibly me in the mean time. So Im 23 and about the age of 20 I was heavy into working out and becoming a powerlifter, I was in some competitions and such, but I was also heavy into OTC(over the counter) supplements. Well turns out one the supplements I was using was causing me extremely high blood pressure, to the point where I would lay in bed and me heart beat would shake my entire body. This kept me up for about 2 months, I saw a heart doctor, GP, and an Endo, but all the studies and blood work checked out fine, besides the up and down blood pressure. I since than stopped all the products I was taking and the blood pressure returned to normal. Well as life has it I developed a phobia of not being able to sleep. First I went to a Therapist who Dx me with GAD, but it didnt fit my life, Im not a stressful person at all and I thought it to be odd that I only had anxiety while lying in bed and not during the day. So because of the Dx I was medicated on xanax(which I hate because it make me so sleepy the next day). Well after careful consideration and some research I found that most people who have been Dx with GAD usually have a underlying cause of there anxiety. However, I found that my Dx might have been wrong, and BTW therapy sort of helped me come to the conclusion that his Dx was wrong. I believe that I have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, becuase the only thing I was scared of was not being able to sleep becuase it scared me into thinking that somthing was wrong with my heart, its the first thing that pops into my head as I lay in bed and try to close my eyes. Since I believe that I have reached the underlying cause of my problem, its helped me to find ways of learning to get around it. I meditate twice a day, I keep my days about 16-18 hours long, constant sleep schedual, and melatonin. I also found that I lost my imagination and that makes it a lot harder to concentrate on things to dream about before I go to bed, but knowing that makes me realize that I have to work on getting that back to keep my mind of the thought of not being able to sleep. Though I do have relapses here and there xanax usualy works me back into swing of things. Im going to try to get hypnotherpary and see if it can completely rid me of this evil, though I feel that only time can really destroy it. I know its one of the weird reasons why to have anxiety "who gets scared to not be able to sleep" ?, Ive never heard or read of it online, but hopefully this post well help someone, because although its difficult anxiety can be overcome. And if anyone can offer some other remedies to try please feel free to throw out some advice.