Every night I have “panic attacks” that occur even if I’m perfectly calm. What is this and how can I help it?
Every night I have “panic attacks” that occur even if I’m perfectly calm. What is this and how can I help it?
I’ve been diagnosed with anxiety and social anxiety, and I’ve experienced panic attacks during social situations, but that’s not what I’ve come here to ask. Every night since January 1st, 2006, I’ve been having what I describe as “panic attacks”, but I’m not entirely sure if they really are indeed panic attacks. Every single night whenever I lie down to go to bed, (and sometimes before I go to bed, even) I first feel this sort of immense weight on my chest and throat area, and then I start to panic, thinking the “weight” will kill me (sounds a bit crazy, doesn’t it?). I think the best way I can describe it is the feeling of my sternum collapsing or my throat closing up; something like that. Usually it’s just hard to breathe. If I do calm down, sometimes my thoughts will start to race and I can’t get the thought of my loved ones someday dying, and the thought of myself dying one day (or I can’t get other unanswerable questions out of my head). Once I start thinking of it, I can’t shake it. Usually, I just end up crying myself to sleep because I get so upset. Obviously, this is a problem, and it’s been a problem for the past 3 years or so practically every night. So, why does this happen to me? Even if I’m completely relaxed before going to bed, I immediately become panicked once I lie down. Progressively it’s getting better, little by little, but I still have my “bad months” and my “good months”. So, are these panic attacks? Or is it some other problem? Is there something I can do to help, or even fix, this? If you’re wondering, I am on a low dosage of Zoloft, and I’ve been thinking of increasing my dosage. I have been having this attacks long before I started the medication, so I don’t believe they are an effect of the drug. Thank you for your help, I’d really appreciate any of your thoughts on this and any questions you have.
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