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Sleeping and panic levels


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scaredindixie, when i talk about breathing, I feel much discomfort. But in my case it is more pychological than physical. I just get uneasy feeling like i have to montior it while I'm trying to do something else. My problem is that I cannot convince my subconsience that my breathing is an autonomic function (meaning something my body does on its own) and there is no need to monitor every breath i take. I dont really understand it myself, but the fear is just there. I rarely feel like cant catch my breath, its more just like i get butterflies and a nervous feeling in the pit of my stomach. Sometimes that pain worses into cramps and then I feel like I have to goto the bathroom. its kinda hard to explain, but in some way i think you understand.
20 years ago 0 34 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
i have a problem with dreams and night panic attacks. i feel very alone at night for some reason. i dream very intensley and have a hard time comming out of my dreams. i have a hard time sleeping anyway because my anxiety levels are always so high. my most troubling symptom is feeling like i cant breath. like my chest and back have a weight on them and i cant get a breath and sometimes i feel like my throat is closing up on me or sometimes i feek like i have to breath like i have just run a mile when i have been sitting around not doing anything. causes at least two or three major attacks a week and daily small ones. i hope you feel better, when you talk about breathing what do you feel like?
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i to if i dont get enough sleep i feel way worse..about feeling edgy im like that to,sometimes i can tell when i wake up what my day will be like by the way i feel..i take my usual xanax and than it just comes natural striaght up panic edgy,feeling of being afraid its terrible..
20 years ago 0 22 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Woke up last night with an attack. Scale of 1-10 it was an 8. I was so panicked yet I felt half concious. Like I was dreaming it or something yet I know I was awake. Got up to use the bathroom and felt like I was drifting through the motions. *sigh* Rough night I hope this gets better soon.
20 years ago 0 367 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I am more likely to be panicky if I am tired. It sounds like you are able to sleep but the quality of the sleep isn't good. I hate being tired, I feel so much worse. I was up every hour last night and I am exhausted now. I keep thinking that if I could get some good sleep I would feel so much better.
20 years ago 0 8 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
do any one you all ever dream so heavily in your sleep, that you feel like your taking in too much. It feels very overwelming. I think the scariest part is in the morning when I'm trying to get up, but I feel paraylized. Its like I'm half asleep and half awake and I want to get out of bed but it is in my dream and when I try to I get anxious b/c I'm really still sleeping. Its like I'm trapped in sleep and cannot escape. When I finally come to, my panic levels are soaring and I feel very edgy for a good part of the day. This doesnt happen very often, but when it does, it is like a nitemare that doesnt leave when you wake up. I think this is partially b/c in my mind I have based sleep as my only true escape from my biggest fear: i dont have to think about breathing when I am asleep. but the thought of being in a coma-like state forever really scares me and that feeling of not being able to wake up really does the trick.

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