Any one else having panic attacks while sleeping

[rodds]

Suffer severe anxiety 24/7 canyon escape these attacks in my sleep symptoms chest pain pure panic had all medical tests fine these are coming from my Subconscious with my constant health anxiety thanks roodds

[SLA]

Hi rodds, How did the counselling go?

[ana]

I also have anxiety constantly, and I wake up in panic, too. It's quite common, I think.

[NoraB]

Suffer severe anxiety 24/7 canyon escape these attacks in my sleep symptoms chest pain pure panic had all medical tests fine these are coming from my Subconscious with my constant health anxiety thanks roodds

Hi Rodds,

I wake up most nights having a panic attack and I'm lucky if I get away with just the one! I also have anxiety dreams and just before I wake up with the attack, the dream takes a sinister dive. I've been at a high level of anxiety for so long now that my body is sensitized so when I am asleep, the slightest noise (ie OH snoring) is enough to trigger an attack. Nighttime panic attacks are quite common.

[StrangeQuark]

My anxiety / panic attacks are usually worse at night. It’s exasperating: our beds should be a place of safety, peace and sanctity. Instead we get attacked in the night by our malfunctioning amygdalae, coming after us like a cut-rate Freddy Krueger, not even a pithy one-liner for our troubles.

[ana]

Haha I like that analogy!