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Insomnia - Adult (Expert Forum)
Could i get a sporadic fatal insomnia with only 19!!!???
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Could i get a sporadic fatal insomnia with only 19!!!???
by milos2390, Aug 10, 2009 01:35AM
Hello.
I am 19 years old, and for the past month i have often insomnia episodes for about a month without a specific reason.I was usually sleeping around 6-7, sometimes 8 hours but now i sleep 3.5 hours, and i am afraid it is getting worse..... i feel exhausted really, and my body really requires sleep, but i feel just like my brain won't shut down.For example, last night i have gone to bed at 23:15, and i was tossing and turning until some 2:00 pm and then i woke up at 5:30 and couldn't sleep anymore!!!! I also tried with exercising, but not even that helps now.....and feel it's just going worse as the time goes by and i get less and less sleep.
I was reading about the disease called fatal familiar insomnia and sporadic fatal insomnia, do you think i should somehow test myself if i might suffer from any of these?I live in Serbia and our doctors don't seem to even know what that is. I know it is unlikely, but i am sure that you understand that i am so very very scared about this.
Thanks in advance Milos
I am 19 years old, and for the past month i have often insomnia episodes for about a month without a specific reason.I was usually sleeping around 6-7, sometimes 8 hours but now i sleep 3.5 hours, and i am afraid it is getting worse..... i feel exhausted really, and my body really requires sleep, but i feel just like my brain won't shut down.For example, last night i have gone to bed at 23:15, and i was tossing and turning until some 2:00 pm and then i woke up at 5:30 and couldn't sleep anymore!!!! I also tried with exercising, but not even that helps now.....and feel it's just going worse as the time goes by and i get less and less sleep.
I was reading about the disease called fatal familiar insomnia and sporadic fatal insomnia, do you think i should somehow test myself if i might suffer from any of these?I live in Serbia and our doctors don't seem to even know what that is. I know it is unlikely, but i am sure that you understand that i am so very very scared about this.
Thanks in advance Milos
Doctor's Answer
by Gregg D Jacobs, Ph.D., Aug 10, 2009 08:02AM
, Aug 10, 2009 08:02AM
You have insomnia, not fatal familiar insomnia. You need to review the behavioral techniques outlined in my blogs and on my website to mange the insomnia.
Dr. Jacobs
www.cbtforinsomnia.com
Dr. Jacobs
www.cbtforinsomnia.com
Member Comments (2)
by milos2390, Aug 10, 2009 09:55AM
Thanks a lot for the reply, i'll do my best :)
by insomniac411, Oct 10, 2009 09:49PM
A related discussion, chronic insomniac and hemangioma in my brain was started.
