please help me - Panic Disorders Message Board

Seafrog99 · 01-17-2003, 09:49 PM

I haven't been diagnosed with OCD,but I think this might be. For about 2
months now, I get these irrational thoughts that I will die in my sleep.I am
22 in good health despite my hypochondriasis. I usually end up taking can
after can of soda so that I can stay up and not fall asleep usually I end up
passing out around 5am and being a college student with 16hours, I'm
surprised it's not affecting my grades only my sanity. My friends just tell
me to just go to sleep and forget about it but I cant forget the thoughts
wont go away and I feel that staying awake is the only way to prevent what
I fear even though I know its crazy. This is beginning to really become a
problem, am I alone, and just totally crazy,please respond! i posted this also on the ocd board and somebody suggested it might be more likely anxiety/panic so i added it here too

melissa79 · 01-18-2003, 08:38 AM

HI there im Melissa 24 female I was dignosed severe aniexty and panic ..depression. 2 years ago 2. I had those same thought especially when i was about to go to sleep. the thoughts would race through my head. im going to die . i would repeats things in my head. all negative thinking. I was flipping out . my heart would race . and i use to get really really hot . and feel like i was gonna die. i seeked help and I went through so many meds...SOOOO MANY im on xanax and zoloft. so far so good . but it took 2 years to get my meds straight ... u name it i was on it . I think if your having thoughts like that u need to see a physcitrist and ask about Risperdal . that is a good med for stoping negative and racing thoughts. some side effect I had on it were sleeping and feeling kind of clueless like drunk . but everyone is differnt. also ask about Xanax that helps me all the time right away like 20 minutes it starts to kick in . if you sit and watch tv. my favorite( cartoons) you will doze off ....I wish you all the luck . Thi sis the worse feeling in the world and people who dont have what we have .... DONT HAVE A CLUE... keep in touch

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MELISSA

JessSprg · 01-18-2003, 11:36 PM

It definatley seems more panic than OCD. I have soffered from panic disorder for 5 years now and believe me dyin in my sleep and choking are the main concerns. The doctor says that some people are so afraid to die that they literally have a fera of life. So you do things like drink soda, or do what I did and just become a bartender and then you don't have to sleep at night. For some reason it seems easier to fall asleep exhausted at 6am than to go to sleep at a normal time. What you need to do is pinpoint what exactly is stressing you or making you anxious and then start to work on that. Also, take a bath or hot shower before bed. Are you on any meds for anxiety yet because paxil and trazadone might help.