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    Waking up feeling like im choking!!

    Hi i know this might sound like a weird one.. but last night i was alseep when i suddenly woke up and felt like i was choking and almost like i couldnt swallow.
    My heart was pounding and i felt really shaky.
    I managed to calm myself down and was drifting back into sleep when i felt like i was falling then again felt like i couldnt swallow.
    Its really kicked of my anxiety today :/

    Does anyone else experience this - im worried it could be some sort of sleep disorder!

    Lou

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    Re: Waking up feeling like im choking!!

    hi lou this is very common with anxiety ,i am like it nearly every night i also jump when i wake up like something has scared me and my heart is always going mad, sweaty palms breathlessness the whole lot i think its our subconcious doing it to us
    amandaxx

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    Re: Waking up feeling like im choking!!

    Hi Amanda thank u very much for ur reply. It so scary when it happens - makes me feel like i really cant swallow or that im choking.
    lou xx

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    it does lou its horrible i do sympathise , feel like your being strangled x

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    Re: Waking up feeling like im choking!!

    How weird. I just logged in to say the same thing, apart from I was fine this morning but after eating breakfast my throat feels like its closing up and like i am being strangled. Swallowing is difficult. What is this?
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    Re: Waking up feeling like im choking!!

    its anxiety ,, and Adrenalin rushes

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    Re: Waking up feeling like im choking!!

    I guess so, but I was not feeling anxious at all....perhaps I was without knowing that.
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    Very strange, i get this too

    BTW i have GAD and had it pretty much all my life and so from what i can see, this is quite common thing to happen, thank god i thought i was going to die from some dodgy throat illness or something

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    Thanks for all ur replies

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    Mine went a bit but has been around a bit all day. I am trying to accept its all part of the whole. I just hate this...I was fine up till 9 months ago...now life is just one big worry
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