\*\*\*\*I have not been diagnosed with anxiety or any thing for that matter and I am not looking to self diagnose but to get an idea of what to do for next steps. \*\*\*\*

I have been getting very anxious about very little things and have been recently been absolutely terrified to sleep to the point where I wont until my body slowly forces me to which I know isn't normal in any way, i keep thinking that if i do &gt;!I think I could die if  I sleep or something horrible will happen if i go to sleep!&lt; and it is seriously affecting me. Anyone else get this or something similar and could share their experiences to help me understand?

I was thinking about going to see if I could get a diagnosis for anxiety and get meds for it to see if it could help with my sleep and I guess fear of going to sleep, but I have researched and saw some bad side effects/it could make things worse and was wondering what your experiences are with anxiety meds if you are willing to share? The good and bad to help me make my decision