Hi I'm new to the forum and have been
having a really scary thing happening the
last 2 weeks almost every night.
First a little background, I have anxiety
but not so bad that I need to take drugs
for it. It's something I just cope with
and get seemingly out of the blue every so
often, sometimes a day after drinking
alcohol does it get the worst.
Anyway the last few nights without fail I
will fall asleep and without fail within
the first hour (or two at the most) but
usually 30 minutes I will wake up .... at
least I feel like I wake up, but I seem to
be having a dream at the same time. It
makes no sense, I know I'm in my bed but I
can't seem to snap out of the weird
thoughts going on in my head. When I do
finally snap out of it and realize what's
going on, I start to shiver uncontrollably
and get severe anxiety/panic for usually
about 15 minutes until I can manage to
calm myself down. I feel cold even if
it's not and can't stop shivering and my
mind seems to race and be disoriented
until I finally fall asleep again. it's
like i can't control my thoughts and it
keeps thinking the same thing over and
over, usually something weird like an
airplane or a sport figure that just won't
go away!
Has anyone else experienced this? My new
insurance has not kicked in yet so I am
forced to ask for help online until it
does. It's scary because everytime I fall
asleep I know that in about 30 minutes I
will wake up disoriented not knowing
what's going on and not be able to get
myself out of it right away.
I also have problems waking up out of the
blue with my heart beating extremely fast
and i have to catch my breath. I usually
jump out of bed really fast, once again
disoriented and not breathing. this goes
away after a few minutes but can persist 3
or 4 times before I finally get to sleep.
Once asleep after these episodes I seem
to sleep fine the rest of the night and
even if I wake up in the morning can go
back to sleep without any problems.... it
only happens at the first onset of sleep
every night. what the heck is going
on?!?!? my body can't take this stress
anymore...
thanks for reading. any help is much
appreciated...
