u/Right-Bookkeeper637

I’m lost and feel hopeless. 24yo male here Incredibly anxious writing this I got 0 hrs of sleep last night. And this is a pattern of every other day for me the past 2 months. Some nights I get to sleep a bit. I’m just staring at the ceiling for hours. Doctor wants to put me on anxiety medication+trazdone also scared for that.

Am I going to pass away. I’m so scared because I’m not sleeping and I feel it on my eyes and chest the most. Gone to er before and didn’t do much but give me Ativan which did help me sleep that whole night.

Hey all 24yo male here who’s been having horrible insomnia since end of may. I’d average about 1-3 hours in June with occasional 0 hours sleep. Some days I’d sleep decent. July was the worst with me staying up all night and then crashing the following day. Averaged maybe 0-3 on my worst days.This was my cycle every day. Now into August some days are better where I can sleep some nights but many awakenings 🫩 It all started from a big health scare in may where I had a very high blood pressure reading. Doctors think panic attack. I’ve had ECG, Echocardiogram, Blood tests, and all come back clear. Now I’ve also had many life stressors and it’s all contributing to my sleep. But my main issue is ANXIETY. I fear sleep now. Constant thoughts and specifically health ones. I’m on a sleep med Ambien 5mg for occasional use if it’s that bad. I see a therapist to talk about everything once a week.

My question is if any of you have been through anything similar and got on a SSRI to break this cycle? I know I’ve heard they can initially cause insomnia but others have said it helped them greatly. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions?? I have never dealt with sleep issues in my life even though Anxiety has been present for a lot of it. I’m just so tired at this point 🫠

Am I going to get addicted? 24yr old male who’s had horrible insomnia the past 4 weeks averaging 0 hrs of sleep some nights with others being 1-3. I know anxiety is my issue. I went to the hospital and they prescribed AMBIEN lowest dose for it until I saw my doctor and it’s been helping me get 4-5 hours of sleep. I try to limit it but already taken it 3 days in a row and scared of continuing. What sucks is I feel refreshed and it’s the only thing that stops my crazy brain from running wild. Any advice?

I’ve had terrible insomnia since late June averaging 2-3 hours some days I go with 0. I don’t know what to do. I haven’t had any manic or hallucinations so idk if that’s a good sign. I’ve gone to hospital multiple times vitals are always fine for the most part. It’s like my mind stopped knowing how to sleep I close my eyes and can’t. I try to nap and can’t. My mind is on speed mode. Constantly thinking the worst will happen to me. Last night was horrible I had trazadone and it didn’t help me at all just made me have heavy eyes. Got maybe 30 minutes of sleep. 2 days ago I went to er and they gave me Ativan and that was my first restful night in so long. I can’t even go to work without worrying about my health I’m so scared. I never struggled with insomnia like this before.

I have nights I sleep 1-3 hours then the next day I sleep well and then I’m back to sleeping 2-3 hours. I have insane anxiety about it that leads to panic attacks and up all night. I’m scared of it all. Even to try sleeping medication this is my last resort. I’ve been like this for about 4 weeks now. Anyone have any suggestions?

I have nights I sleep 2-3 hours then the next day I sleep well and then I’m back to sleeping 2-3 hours. I have insane anxiety about it that leads to panic attacks and up all night. I’m scared of it all. Even to try sleeping medication this is my last resort. I’ve been like this for about 4 weeks now. Anyone have any suggestions?

Hey all. I’ve been dealing with severe anxiety/insomnia the past 2 months now. I’m on buspar which I think is helping for the most part but my main concern is my 💩color?? Ever since I had my first anxiety attack in April my stool color has been yellow. It’s on and off but most of the time is yellow. At times it feels like it’s an urgent need to go but usually only in the morning. Currently have an appointment to see my doctor this week but have any of you dealt with this before?

Hello all I’m typing this at work since I’m extremely anxious about my sleep. I got maybe 3 hours today of sleep but every night it’s been very sporadic. For example, yesterday night I was able to sleep throughout the night with only 1-2 awakenings. I’ve been struggling staying asleep for 2 months with only a 1-2 awakenings the first month and only now it’s been horrible the past 2 weeks. 2-5 hours of sleep and I don’t know what to do. My mind is always racing and it feels like my body is failing me while I’m at work right now. Any suggestions?? should I go to the ER? Sleep medication was the last resort for me 🫩

I am a 23yr old man working retail in a women dominated company and I always try to avoid any conversation atp because it leads to gossip with them. I don’t like drama at all I’ve always been one to clock in and clock out. Of course lighthearted conversations here and there with the ones I can talk to but that’s it.

Long stories short within the past 3 months :
\-I’ve had to get demoted. Not for performance issues, just company changes resulting in me coming back to my old workplace. So pay is back to being minimum. I was a manager at the other place.
\-House got raided by SWAT (my house is clear they got us wrong lol) in any case never would want anybody to experience this truly horrifying
\- My grandpa passed away
\- Struggling financially to help support buy groceries/bills and juggling trying to find a new job. Have had multiple in person/virtual interviews and get ghosted.
\- Credit card debt with sum of 8k apart from car payments+insurance
\-Struggling with finding true friends
\-Recently in my life I’ve been super anxious about everything specifically health anxiety. Every little feeling I get I think it’s something serious. Got put on anxiety medication (Buspar)
\- Post Grad depression (Recent Grad) and don’t like that I’m still in retail

So back to my workplace haha. Recently my performance has been taking a toll. I have managers telling me you did this wrong or you weren’t supposed to do that. “Don’t clock out without telling us” even though the sales floor is empty 🫠 I’ve always been that reliable associate that managers can count on for the past 3 years. I get coworkers that always tell me why I get more hours than them lol. Actually within 1 month of working there I got associate spotlight for my diligence and expertise in handling customers and merchandise and being authentic .

Most recently we got a new Store Manager( which I don’t have a problem with). We got 1 new Assistant Manager who I’m iffy on and another transfer Manager who I knew before. This transfer manager in particular is the one who tends to gossip about EVERY LITTLE THING. She’s 1 year younger than me. I find that she can be belittling towards associates and talk down to them as if she is on a pedestal.

Anyways most recently I had something to say about what she told me. Basically we get performance reviews just like managers since I’m a Lead and she brought up my IDP (Individual Development plan) in our daily 5 minute meetings. Keep in mind this isn’t something that is really said and talked about only with the Store Manager. But this Manager put me on blast and told me I needed to work on said stuff BUT in a very eery way. In front of the OTHER associates. Her tone really set me off alongside that she said I specifically haven’t gotten any shoutouts by customers on surveys even though dang well NONE of the managers got shoutouts. Anyways I brought this up with one of the other managers and said I didn’t like this and how it’s as if I were to put her on blast about her performance review. But get this… All MANAGERS only know each other’s reviews no other associates even have a clue what could be on there. So why is it that I can be put on blast like that but NO when I say something all of a sudden it’s a big deal? Was I in the wrong for this??

I also told the other manager it really just bottled up inside me because there have been many instances where she is so demotivating as a manager and I have stopped enjoying coming to work because of her. There’s times when she is training an associate on something and her tone of voice is very rude expecting others to be perfect on their first try. Or if it’s not perfection having very high expectations for no reason. There was an instance once when she was telling me to do one thing but then to go do another and then do another and then do this. I said can you please decide what you want me to do and she got very upset. I don’t know how to work with her anymore at this point.

One of the managers told me to talk to the store manager but I don’t want to escalate an already very small issue into a bigger one. Me and the manager I don’t get along with haven’t spoke since it’s just awkward.
One of the managers I used to be close with but recently just drifted apart ever since they got promoted and I can’t really trust to tell them how I feel. I don’t even get called in to come in for extra shifts anymore which I was known to always say yes to.

There’s so many things to unwrap here but I try my best to bring my best self to work and amongst customers.

As a Christian this has been VERY heavy on me because I can’t gossip even though this feels like it is in a way on here?? I also can’t behave rashly but rather treat everyone with grace and respect. Does anyone have any advice about anything 😭