Ali78
02-04-09, 23:12
I always have jerkups (myoclinic jerk?) just before falling asleep several times a night before finally being able to. So everynight when it's time to retire to bed, I start getting tense. I came across a thread that talks about fear of falling asleep, so I thought the poster had my symptoms and I decided to read it. Turns out their case was being afraid of dying in their sleep. People were assuring her at how anixety plays a role, and even though the symptoms were unrelated to mine, I started feeling at ease thinking maybe anxiety also is what causes my jerkups as I only started having them after I experienced my PA and became a cardiophobe...then I came across someone assuring the poster that they cannot die in their sleeps unless, if like them, they suffer from sleep apnea. Out of cursioty, I looked up sleep apnea and now I can no longer bring myself to go to bed :( At first it was the jerkups, now it's afraid of falling asleep because of what I read about sleep apnea. I just never learn, i just never learn to NEVER google things. I ionly wish I never came across those two-words. I just seem to take everything bad and apply it to myself.
This morning I woke up to find myself lying on my right and my breath was sounding like a whistle. I got tense and as I felt anxiety speeding up, the whistle fell silent and my breath became normal but by then I was all shaky.
Can anyone please explain to me if this was a result of my newly discovered fear, just a coincidence, or just anxiety?
This morning I woke up to find myself lying on my right and my breath was sounding like a whistle. I got tense and as I felt anxiety speeding up, the whistle fell silent and my breath became normal but by then I was all shaky.
Can anyone please explain to me if this was a result of my newly discovered fear, just a coincidence, or just anxiety?