sleeping is such a hastle!! anxiety= [ trouble

ive had anxiety for the past 3 years severely, i feel like nothings reall around me and the body im in just isnt me how i use to be before the anxiety started happening bad. it freaks me out i feel like im going to end up passing out and i terrified of the thought of me passing out in general and because im afraid i wont wake back up. i have trouble with my vision alot..like if something straight or crooked .or if somethign moving or not.. i hate all this anxiety stuff. im scared to go to sleep because im scared of ddieing in my sleep, not wakeing up,and nightmares!.. im scared to go to sleep and dream. jus tthe thoguht of it scares me.. i usually end up having my attacks before bed time or when ever im startig to think about sleeping. i dont want to take sleepping pills. im scared to even take tylenol alot lol.. im scared off takeing to new medication i havent before. im also scared theres other things wrong with me the doctors have missed so if someone could please wrrite me and tell me im not crazy! and these symptoms are completely normal and you suffer from these too it would be appreciated very much.thanks

[toejam_muncher]

well we're all a little bit crazy...even people who are 'normal' are a little crazy. i've suffered from your symptoms. i've been stuck in a state of fear that was so great that if it were compared to physical pain, it'd be on the top of the scale. i remember being terrified of meds, too. but they are what helped me.

the xanax helped "reset" my mind. i only took it a couple weeks and a relatively low dose...but i was able to spend enough time without the fear to regain control of myself and start managing the anxiety when it returned on my own. the zoloft i believe has also helped. i've been on the zoloft for a year now and i'm thinking about maybe going off it because i don't want to take it forever...but it did get me back on track. i can't tell you how glad i am that the meds helped me the way they did. i'm not 'cured' but i function now and anxiety is something that i don't pay much attention to most of the time.

anxiety is normal. sometimes it gets carried away and we have to do something about it...and when we get in this situation it's OK to take meds. the problem is when you no longer need the meds like xanax or ambien for sleep...if you keep taking them when you no longer need them. thats the problem. but taking them because you're not doing well is why they are there in the first place.

[kingofqueens]

yea thats the same with me my anxiety some how just seems to come on for no apparent reason alot. there for a while i was doing great me and my family just recently moved to a new location and i have no clue if thats makeing me freak out more cause im not use to the place or what. when i doing stuff i just feel weird. like its unexplainable.and thats what gets me going with my anxiety. i fear that ill always feel this way for the rest of my life. im only 16 years old an i hate the thought of haveing to be scared all the time. i very rarely go to friends houses to stay the night like typical teens do im just afriad the thought of it scares me at first im like ok this will be fun while im waiting to go i get nervous and end up backing down. its weird because i cant do that but i can stay the night at my boyfriends house alot. i get scared there to but i guess its just the fact that someone there is understanding how i feel and i kno they will be there when i sleep to make sure nothings happening with me. well when im at his house i go to sleep easy ill mabe have a couple times where im like ok im scared. then he talks me out of it an i fall asleep good. well now that ive moved away im scared to sleep in my own bed and i have troubles sleeping alone in my room in my bed. ugh its crazy..

[Paxiled]

I think almost all of us here have no idea why we got this stupid inane disease.  If you don't want to try meds for sleep, and I think that's sanguine, try melatonin 1mg or a homeopathic remedy called Calms Forte and see if they help.  Very safe, non-habit forming, non-addictive.

[kingofqueens]

yea i kno urgh it ***** i hate takeing meds period i have them for my anxiety n ppl always tell me the pills will control me!...ugh scaredd