Anxiety with sleeping HELP! :( i think i might die :(

i need help :( i have this very bad habbitt of thinking theres always something wrong with me like for example my brain tells me things like if i talk to my mum then it tells me to stuff up my words then i do!! because the mind dosnt know the differance between real and fake right? i saw this on a vedio with a docter he said if you think of a lemon then ur mouth wil start to water etc. well latly ive been staying up till 4 and after that i can get to sleep easily i fall asleep so fast and i have the best sleep then one night i thought of browsing the net checking to see what would happen if i didnt sleep then i got all these answers telling me that your brain will not function anymre and you could have heart faliure and all that stuff then i started to worry ALOT so eveytime i went to bed i started to force my self asleep  and its killing ME LIKE HELL :( i hate life so much everyday i start to worry about getting sleep i keep it in my mind all day and even when i go to bed i start to worry if im guna get to sleep fast or im not gunna get to sleep so i keep tossing and turning and i slowly close my eyes and try to blank out all the thoughts of worrying about getting sleep i do it then i close my eyes but then the thought comes back and it also tells me that your not going to be able to sleep AND IT KILLS :( i dont even think meds will help this is in my mind isnt it??? what do i do :(  ive tried panadeen and i know that wen i start to get scared of something i dont think it will stop!! im scared it take months till i forget this and by then id be dead plz any help will be much appreaciated :(

[r9c]

Hi,1st of all its wise to get an overall checkup if all came out nothing but anxiety then you should start tackling the problem.Regarding of sleepless nite,i remember the 1st month after my 1st big full blow panic attack,i slept for like 2hours everynight,i was so afraid to sleep.
But after a while,through knowledge about anxiety etc etc..its normal..there are 2 things a doctor or a psychiatry would tell you that would affect ur sleep...one is physical pain and 2nd WORRIES ... in anxiety sufferes its the worries that kept u from getting a good sleep and dun worry about the brain wont function if u dun get enough sleep..u will sleep at least for an hour or so..and thats enough for the body to rest actually..it isnt sufficient and thats why u got all those tired minds etc etc.I do think something is also wrong about my health at times and ur mind dosent know wats real and unreal is not true..everything seems fake unreal because ur mind is tired and if u continue to stress out ur mind..and thats y u feel depersonalisation and so on but its harmless it goes away once u relaz ur mind (i know its hard) because i been through wat u have but just try to give ur mind a little break it crave for.

[r9c]

Also dun try to forced urself to sleep,just try to sleep and if u can its good but if u cant just do something else.I found this very helpful to me and hope it does to you.Because if u forced urself to sleep and if u cant,then u stress out urself and putting urself more stress therefore more Anxieties.

[Julie359]

Hiya, well for a start you need to know that you will not die from sleep deprivation, not in the sense that you will drop dead from a heart attack or something like that.  Have you tried all the tradition methods to help you relax b4 bedtime, like hot baths, warm drinks, meditation etc....believe it or not they do work, even with high anxiety.  Try drinking a few cups of valerian tea an hour b4 bed and this will help you to relax and have a restful nights sleep and while laying in bed listen to a relaxation cd which will aid you while the valerian kicks in.....

If we are over tired and stressed our minds can be more prone to the dreaded obessive thoughts that keep us anxious, after a few nights of good sleep this can ease the thoughts and we gain a little more control over them.....

Give the Valerian a try and buy a good relaxation cd, together you should have a brill night.