Scared to sleep

[MrsUseless]

Why am I so scared to sleep? its like everytime i start to get tired I get scared to sleep...I think Im going to die in my sleep.  HELP.

[mom2makinlee]

This happened to me when I was 18...it was my first dose of anxiety/panic.  I was so scared to go to sleep that I started sleeping with my mom because I was scared to sleep in my own bed alone.  She was really worried about me but in the end all turned out to me anxiety.  I have been on meds ever since then...I am 27 now.  I still do this every now and then but I have xanax now so I just take some and it makes me pass out.  I do tend to have anxiety attacks right before bed which I thought was interesting.  I wonder if that is because my meds are starting to wear off for the day.

Anyways...I say a prayer every night before I go to sleep and it actually calms me down...you know "Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the lord my soul to keep.  If I die before I wake I pray the lord my soul to take.  God bless (whomever you want to bless)."  I am really not a religious person so no clue why this helps me but it does.

Learned this when I was a kid (as I am sure others did as well) and if my fiance knew I did this every night he would probably laugh his butt off.  On my way to work every morning I also thank god for giving me the day to enjoy and live (even with this horrible anxiety).    

Sometimes if I am having really bad anxiety I will wish on a star...stupid I know but when I was a kid my parents told me that when you die you become a star.  I always find my grandmother and make a wish.  (When she passed all my anxiety started so I always ask her for help to get me through)  

Ok now that I have embarrassed myself telling you all these childish things I do and I am 27 and have a 4 year old daughter of my own...I am gonna go...LOL

Bye everyone and hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!!!!

[sleepless5013]

wow, Im so glad I typed in scared to go to sleep in google. I thought I was alone. Im 24 years old and still have people watch me sleep sometimes. It is so sad lol. Sometimes I think my heart will stop but most of the time I think Im going to stop breathing. I have pills to take, but i have anxiety about taking pills. lol. so i stay up but then i have anxiety about not getting enough sleep. my mind just wont give me a break.  I work in a hospital and see doctors and nurses making fun of people with panic attacks all the time. Some people just dont understand. anxiety is so terrible. I can handle some of the scariest  things in life but I cant handle my own mind. the only thing I find that helps is falling asleep to something you are comfortable with. I watch the simpsons lol. I guess its because I watched them when I was a kid. I hope to find  a wife someday that has the same problem. That way we could just lay in bed and panic together.lol  I know that sounds dumb, but just talking to somebody that has the problem would be so great.

[h20guy]

has anyone lost a loved one any time soon?.all these things has happened to me since my father passed away and i somehow feel this is connected.i used to make my wife stay awake until i fell asleep because i thought i was going to die. i know certain foods contribute somehow. i have the rapid heart beat,i heat up and sweat,get gassy,jittery feeling.sometimes in the day now i get this rapid ,pounding heart beat this is the worst of it lately.

[Taybey]

i take two 1mg of ativan plus 20 mg of paxil and on my own I take 2 tylenol pms.  i then can fall asleep.  I just have always had a hard time sleeping i use to drink but I can no longer do that im an acholohlic.  I will die if I drink again.  So tylenol pm it is for me, anyone else use this?

[jqu3ma]

Wow I thank all you guys. you guys have helped me so much. I can honestly say I pointed out about 4 or 5 similar symptoms that I suffer from. I wish I knew what all this is called maybe then ill have a better way of explaining to people what im suffering from. its litereally about to be 4 am in nyc lol.

I don't know if im the only one suffering from this, but along with this disorder that we're all suffering from, everytime I wake up certain little things happen and it makes you feel like its your last day.. and you feel as tho when u go to sleep "This is it" is it just me?

I really want to go to a doctor for this but until my insurance clears up im litereally stuck been dealing with this for months now nd I HATE it.

[LisBee83]

I am 26 years old and the mother of an 8 year old daughter! About 4 years ago I experienced my first panic attack at work! It was my first bartending job and as soon as the bar got packed I started to feel like my throat was closing up and I couldn't breathe! For a while after that they stopped and recently they have started back! 10 TIMES WORSE THAN BEFORE!! I have been on Ativan and have found that to work really well! However now I have just started to experience waking up every 20 minutes or so in my sleep with the fear of dying and not being able to wake back up! Ughhhh it is driving me insane! Any ideas on what to do other than taking meds? Tylenol PMS do not work either! I just do not want to have to take another pill! Thank you and GOD BLESS!!