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What Causes Fear Of Sleeping At Night?

I have suddenly started experiencing a feeling of fear at night while going to sleep since last month.I visited the Doctor and told him the sympton.Thereafter he recommended sugar test and ECG whose reports was normal and prescribed me the following medicine:-
1. Epitrill
2. Nexito(anti-depressant).
As he adviced, I took the medicine for around 7 days and after that I was fine and started doing meditation also regularly for 30 minutes.
But yesderday night again I woked up just after sleeping 2 hour.After that I tried hard to sleep but started feeling the sympton of fear and uneasiness.Please suggest me what to do.
Fri, 10 Jul 2015
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dear user, i understand your concern- if you are having feeling of intense fear that something worse would happen or you may die out of anxiety without any apparent cause , then you may be having "panic attacks" for which nexito(escitalopram) and epitril ( clonazepam) have been prescribed . these 2 medicines are effective in such symptoms , as you also felt improvement , whlie earlier you were having symptoms often since 1 month , now you were well for 1 week and had 1 episode yesterday - you have not mentioned the dosages that you are taking - however it is commonly seen that escitalopram takes 2-4 weeks atleast to exert its effect maximally - so you can always discuss the issues with your psychiatrist , who may ask you to wait for effect or may adjust the dosages of drug . meanwhile "relax" as you do not have any serious cardiac condition atleast as shown by reports - do some light exercise like walking for around 30 mins daily - avoid caffienated drinks - relaxation exercises like deep breathing and yoga may help too . hope i answered your query , any followup queries are welcome - if satisfied please rate the answer
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What Causes Fear Of Sleeping At Night?

dear user, i understand your concern- if you are having feeling of intense fear that something worse would happen or you may die out of anxiety without any apparent cause , then you may be having panic attacks for which nexito(escitalopram) and epitril ( clonazepam) have been prescribed . these 2 medicines are effective in such symptoms , as you also felt improvement , whlie earlier you were having symptoms often since 1 month , now you were well for 1 week and had 1 episode yesterday - you have not mentioned the dosages that you are taking - however it is commonly seen that escitalopram takes 2-4 weeks atleast to exert its effect maximally - so you can always discuss the issues with your psychiatrist , who may ask you to wait for effect or may adjust the dosages of drug . meanwhile relax as you do not have any serious cardiac condition atleast as shown by reports - do some light exercise like walking for around 30 mins daily - avoid caffienated drinks - relaxation exercises like deep breathing and yoga may help too . hope i answered your query , any followup queries are welcome - if satisfied please rate the answer