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What’s going on in your life to give you panic attacks and insomnia?

may be something like manic depression. you go through a period of time when youre really down and then somehow youre just happy. no telling when itll change

im the same. i dont sleep, sometimes i just wanna die but othertimes ill be jumping about like a box of frogs. i dont see anyone about it in case ill end up in a nuthouse

It’s not really manic, it’s just mild depression and anxiety… I’ve done everything you’re supposed to, and went to a psychiatrist who put me on low dose antidepressants. And they seemed to work and I remembered what it was like to not be stressed about everything. But now I’m back at college and just doing the same things… staying up all night watching tv on the internet and sleeping all day and blowing off appointments. Even fun things, like getting lunch with my friends. I’m still in my pjs, haven’t gotten dressed today. I’d say it was internet addiction but it’s not just that.

and fakeplastictree, you should see someone… they probably won’t put in you a nuthouse, just listen to you and ask you if you want meds.

You need to make an effort to get out and talk to your friends or family members. Don’t do this alone!

i can never get out of bed i have to drag myself up somedays and myns through depression of medication and because i stress through my health i have panic attacks i just distract myself very quickley when i start panicking like anything! do you get these down days out of the blue and panick attacks? sometimes for no reason? as i do i will be happy and the next day it will all come at once is there anything in your life making you feel like this? i see a counsellor about my epilepsy i still get my days like panic attacks but not as much maybe you should speak to someone????

No reason at all… things in my life are pretty good now. I miss my ex-boyfriend but I’m glad we broke up, it’s much better for me now. I used to call him all the time, which was sort of a crutch, and it didn’t make me feel any better.
How can I distract myself? I just get sort of scared thinking about getting up and doing stuff and facing the day. I want to curl up and daydream and not think about it.
That’s not that bad, right? But then I’ve spent the whole day in bed and still can’t get up!

Insomnia and other sleep disruptions can contribute to panic attacks. If you look at ways to improve your quality of sleep it might solve both problems.

Do you know much about what they call “sleep hygiene”? I can get a link to more information if you don’t know that term.

I do… I guess you mean like don’t work where you sleep and how to relax yourself before you go to sleep and not watch tv, etc? Good routines? I have read all that, and I think it’s a good idea, I just sort of panic and end up in front of my computer till 6am and i’m too tired to function.
I just lack the motivation to fix these things, which seems so lame.

Right, that’s the stuff I mean.

Computers are pretty stimulating, and not really a good way to pass time when you want to become sleepy. Maybe you should try to read a book or do something that is easier to put down. Sleep is really important to good mental health.

You probably already know that exercise is good for improving sleep (as long as it isn’t right before bedtime). Do you have an exercise routine, or a preferred way to burn off stress?

mariama wrote:
and fakeplastictree, you should see someone… they probably won’t put in you a nuthouse, just listen to you and ask you if you want meds.

i think i want meds anyway, sounds easier than therapy, it scares me