Struggling with sleep :( Night sweats?

[Kokurie]

Hey there, I’m new here 🙂

I’m in my final year of high school and with exams ramping up soon, I am really struggle to FALL asleep. Just thinking about trying to fall asleep makes me tired and stressed. This is a big issue since I have lots of bad anxiety and rumination in the daytime, which is exacerbated with sleepiness. It takes a good 1hr-2hrs to finally drift off, Ithought it may be night sweats, here my symptoms:

Tension headache, Sweating around head, Tingling and prickling hands and feet, Feeling very hot in my extremities (feet, hands)
This happens about one hr into trying to fall asleep and Keeps me from falling asleep for another half an hour. I also get random super fast ‘heartbeats’ around my body, a beat that is like 10x faster than my resting heartbeat and it’s freakish. I’m very tired at this point as it’s way past my bedtime and my head hurts from trying to sleep - I usually wake up with a headache, my head feeling like a brick.
Time passes very slowly and painfully and my body and brain feels like it’s self destructing. It’s silly but I’m scared I’ll eventually die of stress in my sleep 😞

This started happening about the start of this year. I have no underlying health problems that I’m aware of, but I have started taking large amounts of zinc. Couldn’t find my symptoms on google, wondering if anyone can relate. Thanks 🙂

[Guest5643]

Hi kokurie

Are you taking any medication before bedtime which cause these side affects?

Cheers lynne

[Guest5643]

Hi again kokurie

Maybe mention to your gp the possibility of premature perimenopause.

Cheers lynne

[Wazowski]

Hi Kokurie,

What a stressful time of your life! I still remember year 12 as being the most stressful year of my life. It is completely understandable that you are feeling overwhelmed and having difficulties sleeping. It’s a terrible cycle to be in because the tiredness from not sleeping then makes you more prone to anxiety.

I was wondering if you’ve spoken to anyone about what’s going on for you? Is there a school counsellor or teacher you could have a chat to? Or maybe even your parents? The symptoms you are describing sound very intense and scary, and it would be beneficial to get some help to minimise them.

I’m not sure if you have heard of mindfulness, but it is a great technique for dealing with anxiety. If you aren’t able to find out more from a professional, you can do some research on the internet for some techniques. There are also great apps that you can use. Here is a link if you are interested: https://www.mindful.org/free-mindfulness-apps-worthy-of-your-attention/

Good luck with your exams!

Wazowski