Nocturnal panic attacks

[Candy6]

Hi all, I’ve suffered from anxiety/depression/ panic attacks for years. When I’m going through a bad time, as I am at the moment, my panics come in the middle of the night. I absolutely hate this as I feel so alone then and the night seems endless. I spend hours just trying to keep the panic at bay. I don’t like the dark either and think I also suffer from SAD. I’m wondering if anyone has any ideas on what I can do and to keep my triggering thoughts at bay. Any help would be appreciated as I’m already afraid for tonight. Many thanks.

[JulieJay92]

lavender spray helped me a little as did doing crosswords/wordsearches when i woke and occasionally using rescue remedy, they are horrendous when they happen, i had them friday night but was ok last night now for 3 night shifts, hope you find a way to cope with them xx

[Candy6]

Thank you. I’ve got some lavender somewhere, I’ll dig it out. I’ll try the wordsearch too. It’s all about distraction I suppose.

[JulieJay92]

also try the herbal kalms night or normal kalms, i find they do help even 10+ years later

[Iwant2bhealthy]

Firstly, I always say: get professional help for your anxiety, and don't be afraid to use meds if they are needed.

Now to answer your question: managing my panic attacks was made possible when thanks to my therapist I realised that I can't control them.


I spend hours just trying to keep the panic at bay
I did that too. The more I tried to avoid or control them, the worse they were. Once I qas ready to teel myself "ok. I can't control whether it will happen or not but I'm ready for it! Let it happen!" the panic attacks stopped.




I’m already afraid for tonight.

And thats exactly where the problem lies. Resisting it builds up more pressure. If you think about it, a panic attack is unpleasant and scary, but... you had many of them and nothing actually happened. You did not have a [insert your personal anxiety ;)]. You are still here!


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[janglos199]

I am an hgv (https://jobgear.uk/Hgv_job) driver and I often get panic attacks when I'm sleeping in my vehicle. Just started getting a mental health support, hoping that the sessions will help me with my panic attacks.