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I'm currently 35 weeks pregnant and cannot fall asleep. Everytime I go from wakefulness to the 1st stage of sleep, I get a rush of doom and cortisol floods my body making me feel so scared and hyperoused.
The only way I can fall asleep, albeit for 4ish hours, is if I take a sedation anti depressant which I know is only a band aid solution.
I tried falling asleep without it last night and my mind just goes into freak out modeonve I start to get drowsy.
I have an appt with a sleep psych tonight to try EMDR.
Has anyone experienced this before or has a solution?
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Hi Kat19855,
Welcome to the community here on the forum. There is a thread here called SLEEP. If you use the search bar at the top of the screen you should be able to find it. There may be some suggestions there, or you could add your issues to the thread and people may respond there as well.
Hopefully the sleep psych will be able to help you.
My sleep is lousy. I don't have panic attacks, just don't seem to be able to stay asleep for very long. Even medication my Dr has given me doesn't work very well. He said I would get a 6 to 8 hour sleep out of them I am lucky to get 4 hours.
Maybe some of us just don't sleep well.
Did you have issues before you were pregnant with sleeping? Are you concerned about the pregnancy? Do you have issues that are keeping you awake?
Would it help to write down how you are feeling a coup-le of hours before you go to bed. Empty your mind of all the negatives, try to do something pleasurable, relaxing or enjoyable before you go to bed.
Hope you find some answers. Cheers from Dools
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Hi, welcome
For 32 years I've been doing an exercise before I sleep. It is mentioned in the following thread-
Beyondblue topic How I eliminated anxiety
TonyWK
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Hi Kat19855, just wondering if you had any success with this? I've been having the same thing happen. I've been searching online and I think it's something called a "hypnic jerk". It's quite disconcerting when it happens.
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