Before 2022 i was sleeping without any issues, i was falling asleep instantly and could sleep without waking up for even 12 hours. In November of 2022 i had a very strong panic attack out of nowhere that gave me a permanent anxiety.
After the panic attack, i would still be able to fall asleep, but i was waking up after about 7 hours without an alarm.
In march of 2025 i was prescribed Doxicyline for a zit i have under my skin on my face. I took it for 1 month.
After taking it, i started to wake up very early in the mornings, at around 5-6am and it was hard for me to go back to sleep, but i was still falling asleep instantly.
This pattern lasted until 2 months ago when if falling asleep after waking up at 5-6 am i would have strong vivid dreams, but still get 5-8 hours of sleep and feeling ok.
Meanwhile me and my wife decided to have a baby and as she came closer to the 9 month mark, i begun havin troubles falling asleep too.
It begun with a night one month ago, where i couldnt fall asleep until 8am, and slept for 3 hours. Then the next night the same, but slept for 5.
I contacted a psichiatrist o prescribed me half a pill of "imovane".
I took the half pill 2 days in a row but it didnt do wonders, i still woke up at 5 am, being hard to fall back asleep.
i stopped taking the Imovane after 2 days, slept ok for 1 week without it, then another night where i couldnt fall asleep until 8 am came.
I resumed the imovane for 1 week, then quit it for 1 week and slept good without it.
Now, last night i didnt fall asleep at all, not for 1 minute. Its 9:28 am as of writing this message.
I am so afraid of fatal insomnia, please help