better sleep update September 28 2009

As many of you know, I have been having an incredibly hard time sleeping lately. It began when I had my first panic attack on August 28 and has continued in one form or another up until recently. I had another major panic attack last Thursday. When I panic, my fear involves me going to sleep and never waking up, or getting sleep paralysis. This makes it very hard, if not impossible, for me to take the medication I need to take care of the problem.

Since my panic attack of last Thursday, I've been working with many people to resolve this, and I'm very happy to say I actually slept through the night, relatively speaking, last night. Today I am still quite tired so I've been napping on and off through the day. This is a major step for me as last week I could not relax myself enough to go to sleep. Even yesterday at this time I had to set two alarms and make my Mom promise to call me after a certain time to ensure I would wake up. Going without sleep is really crazy making and I was so tired that I was literally falling asleep on my feet. I am so glad that this problem seems to be resolved and I can give in to the feeling and relax.