waking up during the night with panic

[mazzatazza]

hi my doctor has just put my sertraline up to 100mg i woke up last night and i either felt dizzy or it was like a panic attack anyone get this?

mrs m bevis

[Piglet]

I don't know about the medication but I can identify waking feeling panicky in the night. I did this very thing only last night!!!

Piglet xx

"Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?" said Piglet.
"Supposing it didn't," said Pooh after careful thought.

[samc100]

I am not on that medication but I used to wake up all jittery and sometimes still do.

Make sure you have a radio on the bedside table to listen to, take a relaxing book that you can read or a crossword so you aren't there watching the clock tick round. Or write a diary - I do. I feel less lonely when I am awake at that time knowing I have these 'friends' to keep me company.

[clickaway]

Yeah, waking up in the night can be SO scary [}]

I seem to have got through that phase, and just feel dreadful upon waking normal time...

Ray


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