Kitten won't sleep

So vet says there’s not much they can do. What she’s experiencing is most likely psychological. She has gained some weight and temp is normal. I feel like I have tried everything. Her condition has gone down a bit. She still won’t sleep and now she breathes very fast, almost panting but with her mouth closed and the tip of her tongue sticking out. She has been out of her cage all day, very lethargic, but she does lay on me. I just don’t know what to do. I’m afraid we will lose her too. We have been force feeding her just to make she she doesn’t get dehydrated.

I had thought about bringing her to a new vet. we have seen this vet for many years with all of our cats, so we trust her a lot, but were questioning her opinion on this one. We were so scared to lose Mitzi. I stayed awake with Mitzi the whole night 2 days ago and she just got worse and worse. We brought her back to the same vet that morning at about 4 am. The vet checked her over, temp and breathing. She gave the same prognosis- psychological. So she asked us if she could keep Mitzi at the clinic, give her a nice quite place to just be away from humans for a little bit. Lo and behold she was right. It was psychological. Mitzi is still probably a little feral even though she tolerates our handling and even snuggles sometimes with us. It’s insane what happens to the body when mental trauma happens. I have never seen a cat do a complete 180 before this fast. She’s back to playing and running around. When she sleeps, we make sure it’s alone and very quiet for her. Thank you for your help, for you confirmed my fears and helped me do what we thought was right (snuggling with her and giving her lots of love). I think she’s gonna be alright now 🙂