something else I experience, severe nightime panic where i wake up gasping for breath and feeling severely out of it --scared and rapid pounding heart--also sometimes I feel paralyzed in my sleep???? It's like my eyes are open and awake but i cannot move -it takes all my strength to get one toe or hand to move and once I do that-it's like the paralization goes away completely. it seems to happen more on my back than anything. Both of these occurrences have gone on for years --not all the time but they seem to happen atleast 3-5 x a month. It's very weird. I read that these paralyzing deals are called Sleep Paralysis. Could this be anxiety related? I've become used to it actually but it's incredibly annoying and it exhausts me. These episodes make me feel as if I have a 20k marathon.
Anyone experiences are helpful!
Thanks