Dear MandMs et al,
Thanks a lot for your reply. I am a male 24 years of age.
Yes, I am currently suffering from a terrible and debilitating insomnia that scares the life out of me. As I type this I haven't sleeped for 30 hours, I didn't sleep fro 31 hours the previous night, and didn't sleep for 24 hours the night before that. I might be getting a couple of hours sleep during this time, at most. Now, however, I just can't seem to be able to dream at all. The only thing I can achieve is just lying there for an hour or so in some kind of introverted stupor. I feel all over my body that I am extremely tired and just want to lie down and sleep for the next 24 hours, but somehow I just can't get to rest. What's worse, I seem to have developed a strange neurosis that prevents me from sleeping properly. When I lay down, I sometimes get a perception of having adrenaline-like "rush" spreading over my chest, which eventually forces me out of bed and I start walking back and forth. It also causes some tachycardia. When I finally calm down, I am able to lay down and might sleep a little. I just don't know what to do; I have been prescribed Zolpidem at the emergency clinic, but I am kind of reluctant taking it. Do you think I should take it? Have you ever tried similar meds? Right now I feel relly, really terrible. I feel like my whole life is running out, being drained out of me. All I need is at LEAST a few hours of refreshing sleep, but it just doesn't happen, in spite of extreme fatigue and exhaustion. One of the reason I've posted my original query was because I thought that at least as a very last resort, I might survive my insomnia by undergoing a chemically induced massive blackout (such as with the help of general anaesthesia). What do you all think? Please reply soon!
Please help me, somebody!
