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can one have ocd about not sleeping?

this started when i went away for a trip overseas and i was a bit worried i wouldnt sleep due to jet lag, and the first few days of being there i got a few hours each of day of sleep until i was adjusted. however, one day i was anxious and restless, could not stop moving because i worried my SO was back with his ex when i went away. i know he wouldnt do that but i just thought about it and it caused me to be restless. i searched up how to stop moving and saw that restless leg syndrome, and was terrified i had it because it interfered with sleep and i was worried now that if i had this ill never sleep properly again as i read it worsens. prior to this i did shake my legs during anxious times and i still do. it also helps me concentrate, but i don't really feel uncomfortable when im not anxious.The next day, I then started feeling symptoms in my arms and legs, pins and needles and would notice my leg shake more so in anxious times. every day after that i worried ill never sleep again and each day i would not stop thinking about if i could sleep or not. i came back home where i experienced jet lag again and the first day back i couldn't sleep and the second day i slept but the anxiety and lack of sleep made me wake up at times and hallucinate before i would sleep. i started to sleep every other day until the fifth day i was back, which was last friday. with the help of a sleeping pill prescirbed by my doctor i slept fine that day and the second and third day without a sleeping pill i slept fine. i was visiting family up north in a nice calm environment and my SO was there rubbing my feet when i started to feel them because i was so focused on them. ive never noticed my feet bother me or feel weird before. its hard to see beds, to see people sleeping without worry. i would want to go back to when i could sleep fine because i wasnt worried about it. but this obsession is taking up most of my day and its putting a strain on the things i enjoy doing. im currently in therapy i had my consultation last week but i will have another appointment with my psychologist on friday. ive been diagnosed before with OCD, and it was always in the background of my life, but with antidepressants it helped me to function well again. but when I started to feel good again i stopped taking them three years ago, and had nor problems besides minor adjusting of things when they didn't feel right and touching things more than once to prevent something bad from happening.
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I have be DXed as having OCD and Depression.  I noticed that the OCD problem of biting my cuticles went away when the anti depressants had time to work.  This was so subtly that I didn't notice it but others pointed it out.  So perhaps its not OCD?  I am not a Doctor so this is just my 2 cents.  Is it possible your dealing with Anxiety?  I understand how that feels and how your head can seem to be in stuck in a loop pondering something that your worrying about.  For sure talk to your doctor about this.  Maybe ask if this sounds like Anxiety or PTSD.  If she/he thinks it is one word of advice.  Don't take daily benzos.  I hear from endless number of people whose prescription was to hammer these down daily regardless of if you are having an Anxiety attack or not.  The drugs in this class really ought to be used on a take as needed basis.

Insomnia by itself is something you probably should go in for a complete check.  Do a sleep study you might have obstructed breathing and the solution will be a CPAP.  If its something else you might find that a low dose of Trazadone will help you sleep.  If not there are the "Z" drugs like Ambien that were being vilified for a bunch of reasons.  Now there are studies saying these concerns weren't a problem.  So as with most things this is who you talk to and what is currently the mindset.  I have been taking Ambien CR for years and I can say that it works for me.  Anyway talk to your doctor.
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