Can't sleep feeling anxious and depressed

For few days I can't sleep at night although I'm very tierd. I have all thise negative toughts like I will never fall asleep or nothing can help me so my heart starts to beat very fast and my mind can't shut down so I start to shake and have panic attacks and I just can't calm down. And during the day i feel anxious too just because I can't stop thinking about it. Nothing interest me and I feel helpless ans scared all the time.

Can someone help me! 

Hi

Me too!

Cant sleep feeling anxious.

Lots of negative thoughts..feeling almost like i cant feel my body.

Just very tired and hungry but cant sleep or eat.

Guess i can help you by saying you're not alone.

Are you religious?

Praying helps.

If not maybe try writing down your thoughts and distract by doing art or coloring.

Download an addictive game and play it all the time to distract your mind.

Indulge in it and you will stop feeling anxious.

Hi!

How long have you been feeling this way? Did anything trigger it? Are you doing any treatments?

Sounds like you have some depression as well as anxiety..see a doctor and tell them everything..you might want to consider counseling,medication or both.Hope you feel better soon.

I feel exactly the same had a really bad night last night because my partner had gone out and was out till 5am now I've got shaky feeling in my chest to the left and I'm so scared I'm going to die sad I'm going to the doctors tomorrow although I should be working and looking into hypnotherapy

Been feeling like this for 5 mths now.

At the moment i am particularly anxious about meeting up with cardiologist for an appointment.

Just pray and hope for everything to be healthy and fine.

I started worrying about my heart ever since i woke up from the nightmare with my first panic attack.

Ever since then i cant stop worrying and the symptoms definitely makes it worst.

So tmr im getting a second opinion on my heart to reassure me everything is okey.

Then if everything is fine,i will have my first counselling session soon i guess.

Im 23 female,married with child.

You?

I've been to the doctor they gave me some shots for my nervs and i fell asleep but i don't want to take antidepressants because I think thay change your personality. I have a consultation with a doctor tommorow but I just feel that no one can't help me but me.

For 3 days now. I've been to the doctor they gave me some shots for my nervs and i fell asleep and I will be consulting with a psychiatrist tommorow. But i think I'm the only one how can realy help me. I just want to be able to control my thoughts and feelings but I just can't find a way how

I feel the same way. I just can't eat for days. Are you visiting a doctor or taking some pills. Did you find something to help you? 

I'm 25 and single and everything is just fine with my life. I have a perfect family, a good boyfriend, money, I work. But for some reason I can't stop the negative toughts in my head. I  just can't control myself and i feel i'm lossing my mind 

Hope you are going to be ok. I'm going to the doctor tomorrow too. Hope we are going to be ok 

Hi guys,

I think you should consider medication and therapy. They can be very helpful, especially together!

Hang in there.

Me too i often feel helpless and all i can do is to cry the whole day.

I have lost a lot of weight now i look like a 15 year old girl.

Its depressing.

I have to care for my son and sometimes i just feel very guilty that i cant do the things i use to do for my family.

My husband has been very understanding but i feel bad.

Tomorrow i made a promise to my husband and most importantly to myself that if the cardiologist give me assurance that heart is healthy and fine then i will drop this whole anxiety thing and try my best to be a better person that before.

Better mum for my precious son and better wife for my husband.

have you expirienced something like this?

Oh my goodness yes!! Exactly like you, no trigger. I was happy as can be, no financial problems, great family, everything. And it just hit out of nowhere which was very scary.

Hope everything is going to be ok tomorrow and you will feel better. tell me how do you cope with your anxiety do take some medication?? are you vistting a psychiatrist or you do something else??

How did you cope with it?? Did you go to psychiatrist, take some medication?? i just don't want to take some antidepressants i want to cure this the natural way

Thank you very much.

As for me i have yet to go for any counselling as such.

So far i have been trying to control it myself and try to talk to myself and convince myself it will just be temporary.

But im not doing such a good job as i feel im am spiralling down to the point that i cant do simple things like eat or drink

I feel like if i do such things that i will trigger a heart attack or somethint serious like that.

I just had a couple of buscuits and i feel like crap now.

So i really hope that everything comes out positive tomorrow so that i can have the reassurance that i am healthy.

Perhaps knowing that will boost my self confidence to push towards a more positive side

I know there's the stigma against medication. I tried many natural remedies as well paired with therapy, but different techniques help different people. The problem with forums are that the people who have beaten their depression/anxiety have moved on, and so it seems like nobody has an answer cause the people posting are still struggling. I have been on Prozac for 2 weeks and already the depression/anxiety is not as debilitating as it was. I can definitely think more clearly, and have great days and then go back down, but that's how it is when you start medication. But I do feel a difference! I was scared to try anti depressants for obvious reasons, but I'm glad I decided to help myself.