At what point would you go to the hospital for insomnia?

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I have been unable to sleep for the past 5 days... I have a long history of chronic insomnia, which runs in the family.

In the recent months I've gone from sleeping 2-4 hrs a night, to sleeping around 4 hrs every other night, then sleeping 6 hrs or so after being up for 3,4 days and eventually crashing, and now it's third time or so where I'm still awake on the 5th day.

Although I'm not sleepy, I have chest pain, fever, muscle weakness, have lost 40 lbs+ in recent weeks, my legs feel like their burning (have Raynaud's but worse than usual), feel like my body seizes up for a few seconds every now and then, feel depressed, have minor hallucinations (see things moving when their not), etc. As mentioned in another question I asked previously, I think I have SFI.

But, as far as this question goes, when would/should you be concerned about organ failure, major seizures, etc? If I went to the hospital, what would they do other than monitoring me?

Thanks for your help

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That&rsquo;s a good question. I know this is an old post, but I&rsquo;ve been suffering through chronic  insomnia  for over two months. Some days without sleep, many days with only 3 hours of sleep. Waking at 2-3am unable to fall back asleep. Today (3/4/22) I&rsquo;ve been awake since 2am I toss and turn can&rsquo;t sleep 2-3 hours tops. This is now going on month 3. How long can my body and mind take this? My arms are cramping My legs are becoming numb My ears are ringing I have nowhere to turn for help Hospital is clueless  My pcp is clueless Had a weird attack again where a deep seated pain in chest ran down both arms. Lasted about a minute. 3rd time I&rsquo;ve experienced this in 3 weeks. Last time was over weekend while in hospital bed. Anxiety? Is it my body lashing out as it slowly shuts down I am running out of strength to cope. My mind is spinning  The physical torture is unbearable. Everything is just blending together. No rest I pray to God for help. To give me my life back. I feel hopeless and alone Pilar is frustrated and withdrawing from me. My son is worried. Tried to reinvigorate my toy sakes as s mental distraction. No avail Tried to engage in watching tv Nothing My mind is a sludge. My feet are numb  My legs are weak snd tingly my arm and hand are weak snd crampy. Waves of anxiety and panic sometimes overtake me. I have no real appetite. I don&rsquo;t know where to turn or what to do, but I know I feel as if I can&rsquo;t last much longer. I will break I will break I drift and suddenly jolt awake All started with a hospital admission for COVID on 12/29/21. There they found I was AFIB. Meds gave me the initial insomnia. Have been to ER once a week since for heart related issues. Admitted 3 times for observation. Not once did they address my growing insomnia. It was all about balancing the heart medication or keeping an eye for a stroke.

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Hey, you doing any better now??

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A support group won't get my truck back and heal my family

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What will hospital do treat me like I stupid u tell me what to do am I talking a a computer or a real person

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My mm might not have much longer my truck got reposed this week tell me what to do I ready to hang in a tree

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I have had 3 back surgies and a stroke what will the hospital do

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Might stay here and die idk anymore

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I am not sure if I am gonna make it tonight my eyes hurt I have lost my mind

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Update: Ended up going after being awake for 3 days. They ran a few tests but ER doc said he had no idea what to do (which I expected), but was able to move my appointment at the Hospital's sleep clinic up by a few weeks.

So, far the doc at the sleep clinic thinks I have a severe circadian rhythm disorder... now just have to track sleep and do more tests to figure out if it's delayed sleep phase disorder or a non-24hr sleep disorder. I am leaning towards the later because my sleep changes from day to day (may fall asleep at 4 am one day, then stay up 2 days, and fall alseep 5pm the following day.

Either way, they said light therapy won't solve my problem which means I have to schedule my day around disorder. Being in college that's not easy, but if I continue to try and force myself to follow a normal sleep cycle I wont live much longer.

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I would call and see someone... they do have some hospitals that your doctor can refer you to a sleep health center... that is where I want to go if I can not get off the ambien. Where they give you a sleep study. I got bad  insomnia ... without ambien I would go for 3 to 4 days without sleep and then when I would sleep I would get night terrors and I would wake up in sweat.

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How are you doing now? Did you go to the hospital?

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I agree that you need to get your sleep situation checked out. I take Dalmane (60mg) per night. It is meant for severe insomnia, however, sometimes I sleep, sometimes I don't. Have found it works better if I DON'T take it every night. BUT - chest pain, fever, weakness and  weight loss  is a serious bunch of things that need to be checked out to. Being a heart attack survivor, barely, makes me think you need to start there. It is nothing to play around with, your life could depend on it. Best of luck...

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I have had manic episodes that lasted for 3 months and I slept a couple hours every night the most sleep I could get was 4 hours a night. The lack of sleep can cause hallucinations, delusions etc. I would see a dr, or look for a sleep center that can help. It's a lot of stress on the mind not to rest. I'm not saying its mania I only know from my experience of sleeplessness and its taxing on the body and mind. Get help ASAP man.

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Hello Nuro and welcome to DC. I believe you do need to see someone. If you feel you or your health is in danger... that is the time to go to the hospital. By the way, monitoring you is one way to see what is actually happening. They can do blood tests... at the very least to see if you need to be admitted. Are you afraid of being admitted???

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You definately need to see a dr who specializes in sleep. I have no idea what an er would do for you. I'd call my primary dr and see what he says.

At what point would you go to the hospital for insomnia?

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