Wake Up Extremely Sad And Feeling Claustrophobic Posted: 09-25-06 02:06am
Hi,
for the past month i've been waking up in
the middle of night feeling extremely sad
and caluastophobic at the same time. I
suddenly wake up in the middle of night,
feeling as if someone is squeezing my
heart. The walls of the room seem to just
keep collapsing on me and I have to get
out of the house in panic. I take a walk
for about 30 minutes and during this time
I feel extremely dejected and sad and
claustrophobic, yes even outside. I just
cant seem to be at rest.
Last night it took me 1.5 hours to get
back to bed and everytime I would lie down
the feeling would return. I had to leave
the lights on and drink a lot of water to
be able to go back to sleep.
Any one having a same experience ?
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finley1220
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Charlotte, NC
Night Claustrophobia Posted: 10-26-06 16:08pm
I have been doing the same thing for about
a month too! I don't get up and walk
around though, I just lie there in a
semi-panic. My heart doesn't palpitate,
and I don't have your typical anxiety
attack symptoms, I just wake up and feel
like I should run and the walls are
closing in on me. I don't feel terribly
sad, but i'm certainly not happy. I've
been doing some reading about this, and it
appears this can be hormonal. I am a
woman in my mid-40's, so this may explain
my situation. If you hear of any ways to
combat this problem, please let me know,
and I will do the same.
