Hi All.
Okay heres my story
So recentley I started getting this weird feeling of not being able to breathe. I am Ashtmatic so at first assumed it was my Asthma but then i couldnt swallow properley was getting really hot and bothered and just felt generally sick.went to doc who suggested it was a throat infection (yeh right) which i didnt believe and didnt take the antibiotics he prescribed. Soon after this i started analysing everything i felt, every little twinge and then googling it and then I had myself convinced that I had Cancer, Hyperthyroidism, brain anyursm, basically every day it was a new disease, so it all got really bad and one day i freaked out and ended up in the ED, they ran lots of tests, blood tests, Chest Xray all of which came up fine so they then discussed the suggestion of Anxiety. this seemed to make sense as my dad had a heart attack recneltey and as a child I was always very higly strung(thought to have ADD) and also suffered from menigicocal, the doc said that this combination of things could have caused me to have an Anxiety Disorder, in which i worried alot about my health(among other things) so i accept her diagnosis but still sort of think that it could be something more(which im sure we all do right?/) Im not on any meds but have tried Valium which seemed to help relax my breathing. My only issue at the moment is....if this is all anxiety, which it very well could be...answer me this. Up until this all started playing up, I was never able to sleep at night, restless, thought to much etc etc, NOWi fall asleep as soon as i hit the pillow and sometimes try and force myself not to sleep because im scared i am "passing out" rather than sleeping..does anyone else get this??Is it because ive worn my mind out so much with all the worry during the day?? id really like to know because I feel this could be proof that it is something more..i do feel like i am about to lose my mind sometimes, which is worrying because up until this i was a generally happy and bright 21 year old..Sometimes i think I may have dperession too because I am quite a "cry-ey" type of person and sometimes get really angry and irritable for no reason and still have tantrums(at 21!!!)...really id just like to know if the sleep thing is totally abnormal or not?? any comments/suggestions etc would be greatly appreciated!

Melody