Woke up thinking I was dying.. First time this has happened...

[fedup36]

Went to bed last night feeling really good after a good therapy session yesterday morning.

Anyway so about 2.30am I literally jolted awake and felt really dizzy like really dizzy and almost felt out of breathe and just plain weird... I honestly thought I was about to die!

I grabbed my other half and said I'm dying I'm dying and literally it passed in under a minute and I went back to sleep... I have woken up this morning just feeling plain weird and a bit scared of what on earth happend as I've never experienced something like that before...

Has anyone else? I'm assuming it's a classic anxiety symptom but just took me by surprise :(

[hanshan]

It sounds like a sudden panic attack - in these the feeling you are dying can be strong. Many people feel they are having a heart attack, etc. It's good that you've got someone to hang on to, particularly if they understand and can be with you until it passes.

[Phuzella]

Did it happen when you turned over in bed? And really spinning vertigo?

[fedup36]

I just woke up and I was spinning... I suffer with dizziness and vertigo and it just felt like a very severe dizziness and felt out of breathe to... Wasn't very pleasant :( I just thought like I had died and my body knew it was happening so jolted me awake :(

[Phuzella]

BPPV affects me like that

[fedup36]

I've been tested for BBPV and that came up negative... So not sure what this was :(

[fedup36]

Err this is really playing on my mind :( I can't stop thinking how awful I felt....

[eevee]

A couple of times I woke up with severe vertigo that I literally had to be still for 4 hours. I couldn't even more, or let alone, lay down because I would go straight to the toilet and throw up. I was a bit out of breath too.

Is it possible that you had bad dreams that woke you up?

[Phuzella]

Have a word with your doctor, might be an ear problem

[NotCool]

Probably just anxiety playing tricks on you. You're stressed, no doubt about that, I've seen your posts and threads, and even if you don't really feel anxious AT THAT moment, believe me, your subconciousness still is, and it might take weeks for you to feel normal again. And you're even more vulnerable during sleeping, when the subconciousness has more power. Don't worry about it, best you can do at that time, is just ride it out, use controlled breathing with diaphragm and wait until it passes.