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Q: Forgetting to Breathe!
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waitingfor
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Tillybird
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Please read your personal messages 
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carli_o
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there is such a thing...It's not actually "forgetting" it's called apnea. I have it, which was discovered after my doctor ordered 3 different types of sleep test. There's a machine with a mask that coveres your nose or both your nose and mouth, which forces air into your lungs so that you can't stop breathing. The rest sounds like classic panic attack, whick I also have and take a medication for. I am not a doctor, this is simply from my own experience. Check it out with your doctor. I hope it helps...I know how scarry it can be. Good luck!
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Jaydensmommy
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autodaz
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:d this happened to me a few years back after a long shift cabbying although I experienced a weird buzzing feeling in my ears and down my back. This was all of a sudden as I was drifting off, and this was followed by shaking like I was shivering which lasted about 4 hours. During which time I drove to the local a e, was told to wait, waited a long while and was finally told it was probably anxiety or stress. It eased off then enough for me to sleep ok. But for 2 weeks after I was scared it was going to happen again, and would prefer to drift off sitting up. 
it hasnt happened since, although I sometimes hear a mild buzzing when trying to drift off :d
it hasnt happened since, although I sometimes hear a mild buzzing when trying to drift off :d
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