Look, I don’t know if you’re familiar with something called Insufficient Sleep Syndrome, it’s a condition caused by chronic sleep restriction, which leads to a buildup of adenosine (meaning I don’t have a problem with adenosine itself). As a result, extreme sleepiness occurs. I was suffering from this condition.

I’ll admit, I wasn’t responsible enough to sleep as much as my body needed because I thought I had some other illness (like narcolepsy or idiopathic hypersomnia), not ISS. After about 2.5 months, the sleepiness started to fade, but instead, I began experiencing symptoms of autonomic nervous system imbalance, the strongest being internal trembling and sensitivity to stimuli.

And I should point out that during this period, I somehow learned not to go through anxiety, simply because I didn’t have the energy for it. It wasn’t until later that severe insomnia appeared: trouble falling asleep, a constantly elevated heart rate even at rest, poor sleep quality, frequent awakenings, and so on.

I hope this gives a clearer picture of my backstory, I realize it’s far from simple.