Posted by sleepynscared on August 13, 2002, at 15:31:13
this started about a year ago. i cant sleep. i have this thing where i feel its not "safe" to fall asleep till around 530am or close to when the sun comes up. if i lay down and hear a noise i have to get up and this goes on all night. and if i'm laying in bed i stare at my door as though waiting for someone or something to come get me and my kids...i had to move out of my home i was so afraid of sleeping there and its starting here now. i've been getting about 3hr of sleep i have two small children i stay home with and i cant function...i'm tired of being scared to sleep in my own home...in the light of day i realize that there is nothing out there to get me but i cant convince myself of that at bedtime..i've also become afraid of the dark..thinking something is waiting in it for me...when i go to lay down at night i have to check the closet and bathrooms before i can lay down if my husband does it i go behind him and look...he doesn't realize how bad this is for me...is there anyone with advice or anything !!!! i was prescribed zoloft but have heard so many neg opinions on it i haven't started it and i would rather try and deal with this without the use of pills..is this feeling i have called anything??
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