3 days no sleep

[kikocasino]

since a very young child after losing 1 parent with other in ICU with what drs said .01 % survival chance I’ve struggled beyond what words can describe with insomnia. The thought of going to bed sleep even when exhausted brings on a physical discomfort that I cannot get away from. Drs can’t find anything “wrong” but this thing that happens to me is so incredibly real and debilitating. Finally after 37 years of this I will be getting an endoscopy as there is something wrong in my stomach when I even think about falling asleep as if my body starts up some kind of weird sensation that takes over physically and mentally causing me to not be able to lay down. Only way to deflect from this is for me to ball up some kind of pillow or materials and press so hard into stomach it becomes painful,( I lay face down with that under my stomach, applying much pressure as possible to cause what can only be described as pain)thus distracting me from whatever is internally happening. Decades of this, begging drs to help has only spiraled into chaos, anger, confusion, ocd, depression , extreme anxiety , hallucinations after days of being up, etc . Looking so hard for relief or answers any sleep on a reg basis. Don’t want to take heavy meds want to know what’s WRONG

[Sheeniejay]

Hi. I am def not dismissing that there could be a physical issue but have you also asked for a referral to a psychiatrist/hynotherapost? I am certainly not saying this is all in your mind but you have gone through trauma and if you already have anxiety and OCD (I have generalised anxiety disorder and OCD so I understand these feelings and how they can sometimes manifest physically) and that's going to affect your body (stress) and mind. I have got myself into real mental spins. But I have also struggled to get some doctors to take me seriously for physical stuff because they see mental health conditions and suggest it is in my head - 95% of the time, it has not and there was a problem but it is exhausting to shift the focus away from that.

Whatever happens, if you haven t already got some discussion with a psychiatrist/pyschologist/hypnotherapist, it might be calming to try a few (you might not click with the first one) to see if just unloading would help - read the specialist's focus list too and see if he/she would be able to deal with what you have and are going through.

Good luck.

[handofhelp]

This sounds awful as I've had some pretty extreme sleep problems but I've not heard of anything like this before. Well done you for battling on through it. Prayers for you. Have you had your iron levels checked that's one thing I found was bad for me? Also the other thing which you've probably already tried is a good balanced diet I found made a big difference especially with plenty of fibre or brown bread. Not a cliche. If it is psychological as well I do find the sleepcasts from Headspace very good. It's hard to answer though because I don't really understand what you mean by a strange sensation etc. Maybe you can elaborate for us if you can.