Following the birth of my son, I had some anxiety about sleep. Soon I became obsessed about sleep. All I think is sleep every day. One day, as I was thinking about sleep, an idea popped into my mind. What if I keep myself awake! What if I jerked myself to consciousness as I fall asleep!
I can still sleep, but since this idea got into my mind, I can't stop worrying that I might really do it to myself, which creates big anxiety. I have to say I dread sleep now.
Can medication help? What should I do? Am I ever going to get better? I hope people with experience of ocd medication can share your opinion. Thank you so much.
I get it too... I have an ocd counting the number of hours of sleep and whether I have slept well or not or will I sleep well or will I get certain number of hours of sleep and all.... I have an ocd of frequent urination too... I would sit for long till I’m really satisfied that I have peed well enough to fall asleep...it’s really crazy!!!im on sertaline currently,and I take 1 25mg nytol to help me stay asleep where as the recommended dose is 50mg...and sometimes I don’t take it at all... I’m quite careful with medications... I know what ur feeling and how ur feeling... I think u shud start sertaline to help you with this.good luck
Thank you for your reply.
Do you have insomnia? Is it why you take nytol. I haven't heard about before. What kind of drug is it? How long have you been on sertaline ? Has it helped? I'm super anxious about meds