I woke up in the middle of last night, was really hot and bathed in sweat, which led to panic with elevated heart rate. I normally manage to control things at this point before they get worse.
However I wasn't able to calm myself quick enough this time, it turned into one of my worst panic attacks with racing heart for a while. The full nausea, tingling in both arms, tight chest etc. I managed to get up despite feeling faint.
I cooled off in the bathroom for 5 mins. Went back to bed, doing deep breathing, when the full body shakes and tension in all my muscles set in for about half an hour.
I believe this attack had been building as I've been anxious about a lot of things lately. And my palpitations were more frequent yesterday and before trying to fall asleep.
I feel really rubbish this morning. Any tips for getting over an attack in the following hours would be greatly appreciated. I think it's worst at night cos you can't distract yourself so easily without disturbing others and that makes for more anxiety.