Is this an anxiety attack?

[cazzaboo]

hi everyone,
does anybody else get this its really worrying me.....
when im in bed fast asleep and its like your asleep but in between awake
as well like when your turning over etc
and my brain starts telling me to wake up as im about to die :weep:,
it really scares me and i sit up in bed and my heart is racing,
and then every time i try to fall asleep it starts again
please anyone any help will do its really scary
thank you in advance
caz xxx

[Bruno58]

I'm new around here but yes another post I can relate to! I've had the feeling of being awake but can't move, brain is telling me there's someone lying next to me when there wasn't and I can't even speak..really scary so panic...

I did read on the net somewhere its the body still 'asleep' but the brain is in a state of half awake kind of thing.

need to have a search on the net really.

I'm fairly sure its not an anxiety attack though

[qrydem1987]

I don't think it's an anxiety attack as such but like me when I was at my worst and my sleep was affected I woke up in a Panic or sudden jolt when drifting of to sleep. Took me a few seconds or sometimes minutes to remember were I am and to put my head back down. Im pretty sure it's just your brain is o. Such high alert and readiness that drifting into deep sleep is difficult and gets confused between the state of sleep and awake.