Hello everyone,
I have a panic disorder and I am already in treatment (CBT).
I just want to ask about a specific thing. I had this a few months ago very regularly, and then it disappeared (my whole anxiety got a lot better). But last night I had it again.
I am talking about a very short kind of panic attack. It happens when I try to sleep and even if I am not in a subjectively anxious state. I am sure it is anxiety, as I am very familiar with panic attacks, but what got me thinking is that it is very short-lasting (a few seconds) and very intense. One moment I am calm and then I suddenly get this kind of "falling down"-feeling with intense anxiety and I usually sit up in less than a second or even jump out of my bed. After a few seconds I am still a little bit aroused, thinking "what the hell was that?", but it basically disappears.
I had those many times during a single night, thankfully they got away, but as I said I had it again last night, although only one time.
Does anyone have similar panic attacks? I know everyone feels different, but I used to have more "normal" panic attacks and I have neither found anything similar on the internet, nor could my therapist tell me more than that it is some kind of anxiety. I am also a psychology student and would consider myself knowing quite a lot about psychopathology/anxiety disorders, but I have never come across anything similar to that.