Well, I always tell myself never to read this sites. I have had anxiety off & On for about 8 years. It usually runs in cycles of a month of anxiety. I get better and move on. Then it hits me again about 12-24 months later. I take 37.5mg paxil cr and supplements and I try to excercise regularly (everyday when I'm in the thick of it for 40 mins). If it starts off about something else, it always will end up being about SLEEP. So, my anxiety is basically always about getting sleep. At it's worse, I will worry about sleep which will make me anxious which will cause me more insomnia which will cause me to worry more about sleep..etc..etc. In the end, God has provided me a miracle each time in giving me something that would take my mind off of sleeping when I went to bed and, eventually, I would be "normal" again. When "normal", the intrusive thoughts about sleep rarely show up and, if they do pop in my head, they just bounce off like a rubber ball. The last time has me vexed however as, until last night, I was sleeping ok and improving really well. However, all of a sudden, I had an anxiety attack about sleep last night. When I originally laid down, I had real bad heart palpitations. This begin to worry me and it was downhill from there. I had taken Valerian Root the past 3 nights and thought that that might have contributed to the palps. Anyone else have that experience with Valerian Root? Tonight, I plan on listening to a CD or something as well as doing some stretches and relaxation stuff before settling down for the night. My question is: How many people have this problem? Did you use therapy to help solve it? Does CBT work well for this? Like all of you here, I'm tired of it too.