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Lost my ability to sleep and other serious issues

Sleep Health | Last Active: Aug 2 2:21pm | Replies (101)

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Mine was definitely due to anxiety about a difficult life situation, although it felt like a physical problem, as you describe. It was a buzzing feeling in my body. It was several years ago but as I recall, it was not constant. I think it fluctuated with my anxiety level. I also had some chest pain which was also attributed to anxiety. I was prescribed an anti-depressant/anti-anxiety med and Ambien for sleep, and worked with a therapist on my coping with the life situation. I hope the psychiatrist is helpful but if not, keep looking for the right practitioner for you. With rarer or unusual conditions, it can often take many tries to find the right one who will investigate it properly and find effective treatments. If you have friends or other docs you trust, check with them for referrals.
In the meantime, look for activities that bring you even temporary relief/relaxation and build them into your days/nights -- warm bath, reading favorite books, favorite movies/TV, listening to and/or playing music, exercise (walking swimming...), writing/journalling, yoga/meditation, being outdoors, being around other people, listening to uplifint podcasts... Courage! And keep us posted.

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I'm in Canada and wish we had something like the Mayo Clinic here. The healthcare system is free, but it's incredibly slow so if anyones in need of help fast then it's too bad. Also, doctors here don't seem to care about things they can't see in my case.

Thank you for the advice. The thing is with my issue and because of internal head tremors it feels like my eyes are shaking somtimes so it's become extremely hard to stay focused on reading and staying still. I was completely ok 3 months ago. I still really don't know what happened, but believe the mushroom/marijuana did something to me. I think I'll never find out exactly what happened, but that's ok.

I do enjoy being outdoors. I'll take a walk later 🙂