Sleepless night I need support!!

Sonya.t79 · Post by **Sonya.t79** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:56 am

Hi everyone!I just need to let it out, i didnt sleep all night i was falling in and out of sleep, i had shortness of breathe tingling in my body and my ear was burning up. I was having all sorts of weird dreams. Then during the night i had to go to the washroom but i was afraid i was gonna fall so i stayed in bed a couple of more hours until i couldnt take it anymore i slowly got up and went. I was having sharp pains in my back and my head was killing on and off. I felt so sick. The last time i felt this was in september right after my period but this time i got my period this morning. So im going nuts with this period symptoms. Anyway i feel alittle better this morning but im so tired and out of it but i dont feel anxious im at work. That pain in my back is constant its like when you would get chest pains. Is it stress or something. Or maybe I really wish i was pregnant yesturday i did a home pregnancy test and i was negative so it did something to me. Its the first time we try and it didn't work. I wish it did, now what do i do the next time wont i be more nervous if it doesnt work again.
Thanks

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:30 am

so sorry sonya.....all those symptoms maybe someone might read and have helpful tips on..not sure why i jumped on but to give you a ((((((cyber hug)))))). i do know my PMS gave me severe depression night before it started---took me a ton of years to put the two together. and have read various tips on not sleeping---best i think is to accept it and just get up, have soothing cup hot sleepy time tea, and try to relax and try again later. acceptance.(((but gots to share with other insomniacs-that i think i have found something that is helping me sleep. its called xocai-chocolate. crazy i know-chocolate---who knew. but i tried other chocolates to no avail once i learned this stuff helped me sleep)))) as for nightmares---this is crazy tip, but i have two tips on that one. crazy one first=i found i could not eat cheese before bedtime. hehe. it gave me nightmares. the second one is a little harder=everynight before sleeping i talked to myself telling myself if i get into those nightmares again, i would turn around and face my attacker/whoever was chasing me/etc., and pull myself up straight and look them in the eye and say "you cannot hurt me!"....it actually helped my nightmares finally stop---however, i woke up not breathing so shocked from crossinbg over into my subconscious dream from my awake practicing to say that and confront inside my dreams. yes, i started breathing again eventually. but i guess it shocked my system greatly to take care of that problem. it took alot of presleep practicing before i could do it. anyways, i do hope you can find an understanding doctor who can take all these symptoms one by one and help you find some good answers. til then, i am sure its just your overactive worrying/castrophizing and making your body believe those bad things. you can practice the other way too, as i had to with my own nightmare symptoms. be patient, and know the good practicing takes interrupting the bad runaway natural practiced thinking. just tell yourself, (once checked out by a good doctor to rule out any real problems)----that you are tired of the consequences of the old thinki9ng, and can little by little with effort practice interrupting the old negatives that you have made a habit, and work like one would with learning a new language step by step=to a better replacement for each negative thought that is harming your body and life. luv to you

Chief Crazy Horse · Post by **Chief Crazy Horse** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:02 am

Hi, Sonya. I have real issues with insomnia too, and process everything I worry about during the night, when it seems worse than in the daytime. Am on week two, and not feeling better yet. I can tell you, when we were trying to have our first child, I was 33, worried that maybe I couldn't get pregnant--took a few months. I now have a healthy 12 yo and 9 yo. Of course, during both pregnancies, I worried about the pregnancy, being a good mom, handling the additional stress of a baby, you name it!! That's how we are!! Amazingly enough, though, we have two great kids. I think things will work out for you, too, to be a mom! Hugs...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:37 am

hey Beth and Elaine Thank you sooooo much Hugs to the both of you back.I;'m still at work so I don't have much time right now but i will write later. But Beth I did go see a doctor and i did a bunch of tests she said im healthy so anyway...ill write later thanks guys for the support