Trigger Warning sorry in advance for this post, I'm desperate! So, I am lucky enough to be able to sleep, but a number of things are scaring me to breaking point and making me think I could have fatal insomnia. 1, almost constant vertigo, have had this now for two months or just over. Two. Needing to sleep almost all the time but being completely unable to sleep at night and only able to sleep in the day. Three. Feeling unrefreshed after sleep, and feeling like I've been dreaming for hours. Four. Hearing periodic buzzing sound in ears (not tinnitus,but superimposed onto normal sound as if it is going through an effects processor. 5. Constantly sore and stinging eyes, sometimes they ache as well. Six. Night sweats which are now starting to happen during the day as well. Seven. Tremma, not all the time but some of the time. Eight. Episodes of random anxiety and or crying. Nine. Hypnic jerks that are becoming a little bit more violent, especially when I lie down. I've recently been in hospital for six weeks due to very severe depression with minor psychotic features after the birth of my second child who is now five months old. I've been given 100 mg of Quetiapine and 200 mg sertraline, so appreciate that some of these problems could be medication side-effects. But no matter how much I try, I can't fend off the idea of fatal insomnia, as I am just so bloody tired all the time and feel I have a very limited quality of life due to poor sleep. I guess I'm wondering if anyone else has gone through this particular horror, and what you've done about it. I can't imagine a doctor would respond very well if I walked in and said I was worried about having fatal insomnia, so what could I say to try and prompt further investigations? I've had an MRI scan on my brain because of the vertigo, and they found non-specific white spots/lesions on the scan, so are giving me a lumbar puncture in two weeks to rule out MS and other autoimmune diseases. I cry every night with worry, and wish I could just have a better quality of life with my two lovely children, rather than being stuck inside due to the vertigo and panic, as well as not being able to sleep when everybody else sleeps. If I take zolpidem then I can sometimes, but it just depends. Again, apologies for this post and for the waffle. If anybody has any advice it would be so much appreciated X