Some help ?

Well it's been a week since the doc told me I had bronchitis. I can honestly say I feel better than I have. I still have a little bit of feeling of "suffocation" or heaviness in my chest. I went to the doctor again on Friday and told them i wasnt feeling better. She listened to my lungs, did a chest x-ray, said they look and sound great. She knows about my anxiety and I told her I'm wondering if it's still bothering me because of my anxiety and making me feel worse. She said that it more than likely is and I asked her to try my xanax at bedtime because I have been having trouble sleeping since I've been sick. what happens is, sometimes, my whole body is sooo tired and I feel myself falling asleep, and then BAM, I snap out of it. i force myself to take a drink of water and relax, and then start to fall asleep and then SAME THING AGAIN. I have no idea how I finally fall asleep. But then, I wake up atleast 2-3 times a night. I'll lay there for what seems like a few minutes then fall asleep and wake back up couple or a few hours later. So, sorry for getting off topic. Anyway, she said I could try my xanax at night before I go to bed, but to go ahead and use my inhaler just because. So, this weekend, on Friday night I took a xanax (its been awhile since i've taken one) at about 8:30...went and took a hot shower to relax, laid down next to my husband and laid there for about 10 minutes and then fell asleep. I woke up once that night. dont know what time, but fell back asleep shortly after and then woke up at 7. So I felt a little better since I only woke up once. The rest of the weekend, I took one before bed and I woke up a couple times atleast during the night. Starting to wonder if my xanax is just wearing off and waking me up or (I know it sounds crazy) but if this is the early signs of asthma? No one in my family that I know of has asthma. Ive never been diagnosed with it. But, I read online that sometimes signs of waking up in the middle of the night are to make sure you can still breathe (from asthma) or something. Last night, I took a xanax at around 9:15. I went and took a hot shower again around 9:45-10:00... and then I got relaxed and in bed, and read my bible til about 11:00. So, the xanax was well in my system. I fell asleep and woke back up at 2:30!!! :(( I actually was so wide awake, i walked to the bathroom just to see what time it was. I was awake for like 20 minutes. I DID have caffeine before bed, but like I have said before, caffeine has never really bothered me when going to bed or anything. Anyway, I woke up a little before 9:00 this morning. I just want to be able to sleep all night. I dont know what else to do. I have tried Benadryl, and the stuff scares me to death now. It made me feel like I was having an out of body experience or something. My whole body couldnt move due to being so tired but my mind was awake for hours. I dont know what to try. I feel like crying because Im scared of having asthma. I know it may be my anxiety makin gme think that way. but I dont know. I just dont want to have asthma AND anxiety. I would so appreciate any advice or just your input. I feel like I'm bothering my Doctor's office too much with all the calling. Thank you

Mommie, I have rarely slept all night, I wake up three to four times but I do go back to sleep, I never have
paid any attention to it, Honestly I think the quality of rest is more important than dream land. Try not to
allow yourself to sucecumb to thinking that every symptom is a disease, There's a lot of bugs on this old
planet and we are bound to catch some of them from time to time, they will pass and you will get better!

Larry ***

I'll have to try that, Rango! Thanks!