It started on Xmas day when I didn't feel right, like a funny tummy that made me feel anxious but I knew it wasn't just anxiety because I know what anxiety feels like and I haven't felt anxious for months if not years.
That was accompanied with pressure on my face, feeling queasy and slightly nauseous. I hardly ate any Xmas lunch and later on in the day I got a huge headache.
I had a horrible night with horrible vivid dreams, and had to sleep propped up in bed. I must have slept 3 hours in total that night. The day after I had pain at the back of my neck (which was probably due to sinusitis) chills and felt chesty and wheezy in the morning and wasn't even able to have a nap in the afternoon to recover.
I went to the doctor's who prescribed ABs for sinusitis and I felt like the symptoms started easing off a bit although I still had no appetite.
But the worst is the nights. I feel like I'm going out of my mind. I slept a total of 1.5 hours last night and still couldn't sleep any later than 7:30. It has now been 7 nights of nearly no sleep and not being able to nap at all. It is now causing me anxiety that it could be something sinister because I am usually such a good sleeper and fall asleep within minutes. It feels like I genuinely am not sleepy (although obviously exhausted) and when I do fall asleep it's fretful and accompanied with bad dreams.
What's going on? Is it possible that a virus brings on sleeplessness like that? I mean it's not even that I'm uncomfortable at night it's just that I can't sleep. I have mentioned this to the doctor who seemed not to care at all and put it down to the sinusitis.
Obviously it has now created a vicious circle because I'm so overtired and anxious about that I cannot sleep.
I'm starting work Monday and I'm freaking out that this is now my new sleeping pattern and I won't be able to function.
I would really appreciate some reassurance of some sort. 
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Has anyone else had this awful virus that causes sleeplessness?
Pincepie123 · 01/01/2020 09:52
Woollycardi so weird isn’t it? Glad to hear you’re feeling better though.
I was feeling nauseous and went off my food from Xmas Morning to New Years Eve. So it actually lasted me a week.
A bit gutted about that as I cooked a beautiful Xmas Lunch and had hardly any of it. Same with a beautiful NYE dinner. Funnily enough I wasn’t too bad during the day I still managed to do things like walk the dog etc... but every little thing was exhausting even though I was all “wired up” like you described it so well.
I’ve got to be careful though and not take it for granted that I’m feeling better because after lunch I felt kind of chesty again so I’m taking it easy.
@Oliversmumsarmy it sounds like you guys had/are having a tough time with it I’m sorry to hear. 
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