u/EcstaticBass1494

How did you manage to get over it? I understand my anxiety is playing with me and ruining me sleep, but I can’t get over it, have been struggling for a week

So my story started in February. After the flu I was not able to fall asleep till 6 AM one night and the following week was accompanied by health anxiety and poor sleep. Then the issue resolved and I managed to sleep 3 nights as usual. However, my anxiety rose and the following two weeks were not so good as usual, but ok. And then the hell started. One night I did not manage to fall asleep at all. Then another night was ok, and the other one again without sleep. I became obsessed with sleep and had different phobias why this happened. I was prescribed trazodone, seroquel, mirtazapine, but since I panic and am obsessed with sleep they do not help much which makes my anxiety worse. For these 3 months I had maybe 3 nights with uninterrupted sleep for 5-6 hours, the rest is interrupted sleep of 1-2 hours episodes. Last week I learned about SFI which made my anxiety even worse. Does anyone else feel like this? What should I do? I’m so tired of this

25F with anxiety. It all started with nights of bad sleep in February after having flu/cold. Then I had 2 weeks of normal sleep but my anxiety started again. One night I could not fall asleep and I began being obsessed with sleep. Trazodone worked for some time but my anxiety rose as sleep issues did not resolve, I had intermittent sleep for 1-3 hours sometimes being 7 total. Then I read about sfi on Tuesday and lost my mind. I have no other issues for these 3 months, only insomnia and anxiety. I read all scientific articles I could find and some sound persuasive I don’t have it, but some show sleep disorders as manifesting symptom with some psychiatric and motor issues. I’m afraid 24/7 thinking about this having only 3 hours of sleep on mirrazapine and seroquel. Did anyone experience such fear? How did you overcome? I do not know how to calm down, absolutely terrified