Yes, I went from somewhat normal sleep to about a month averaging 3.5 hrs. That average was composed of days of no sleep, followed by a crash. Rinse and repea

Yes, I went from somewhat normal sleep to about a month averaging 3.5 hrs. That average was composed of days of no sleep, followed by a crash. Rinse and repeate. My GP gave me a benzo, Lunesta and some other new worthless z-drug (orexin receptor antagonist). None of it worked. GPs & sleep medicine physicians are worthless for insomnia issues. You need to see a psychiatrist. Sleep issues are a huge component to mental health treatment, so they have much better insights. And since you've correctly identified that anxiety is related to sleep loss, psychiatric help is doubly useful. Talk to a psychiatrist about low dose trazodone, mirtazapine or seroquel. They have relatively good safety profiles and are not habit forming like benzodiazepines. They also act like a safety blanket; I know that if I'm having trouble sleeping they will knock me out and right the ship. That is super helpful at releasing the anxiety around 'I can't sleep'. And of course, if you have other stressful things in your life, you need to focus on working them out. Stress doesn't just 'release itself' because we are going to bed. Having a high base level of stress throughout the day makes sleep difficult for _everyone_.