All night I have been trying to sleep, but every time I start to drift off something stops me. Sometimes my heart will skip a beat or its speed will dip, sometimes I'll get a sudden rush of panic, and once in a while I'll get an anxious pressure in my head. Every single time I have started falling asleep one of those things has happened and I'm nearly going insane. I'm extremely exhausted, all I want to do is rest, but my body just doesn't want to let me. My chest hurts now and it feels like my throat is swollen shut. I'm tired, angry, frustrated,and terrified beyond belief and I don't know what to do. It's now 3 in the morning and I'm sitting in bed trembling because I'm terrified my heart is going to stop.
I have this too its so so scary. Have u had any tests done? Iv had an ecg but still dont feel reassured xxx
Lots. I've had at least four EKGs so far and all of them have come back clear. Medically I'm in perfect health so the doctors claim, but when stuff like this happens I can't help but feel like they're missing something.
I have had 2 ecgs and a 24hr 1 but i still feel like theres somethin medically wrong. I keep thinking maybe sleep apnea or sumthn. I feel like my heart is beating way too slow xxx
If you've had the tests done, chances are they are correct and you are okay. I understand how you feel. I've been to two different doctors believing I have a heart issue and I have had bloodwork done. I honestly believed I would die before 2018. A lot of my symptoms went away after I got a new primary care doctor and spoke to him so I know it must be anxiety like they say, yet I still have moments where I question it. Last night, every time I went to fall asleep, I had that sinking feeling in my chest, like when your stomach drops and you realize something terrible. I took my lorazepam and eventually fell asleep.
Have you tried meditating? I find guided meditation sometimes help me when I'm feeling anxious. It's also been recommended I get a therapist but haven't done so yet. Just believe in your doctors, keep talking to them but remember that anxiety is going to keep telling you they are wrong and you have to fight it. Otherwise, it will never go away.
Hey there must be loads of us sitting up in bed at night feeling the same I go to bed quite comfortably go to sleep for a couple of hours and bang wake up feeling dreadful it drains me it goes on most of the day
Julie this is me every bight. What medication are you in? Im convinced its my fluoxetine causing heart issues xxx
Hi Star,
I recently was switched from Lexapro to Fluoxetine and after about a week on Flux I ended up only getting 2 to 3 hours of sleep each night. I was switched back to Lex but I'm still having sleep issues and my anxiety has gone through the roof. I've only been off the Flux for a week, waiting for it to get out of my system.
This has been happening to me for the last week ever since I switched to Flux from Lexapro. I get tingling in my arms and legs, which is what I usually get prior to a panic attack. I'm getting 2 to 3 hours of sleep at most, I don't know how people manage high anxiety with no sleep.
Please let me know how you get on. Im really interested in this as although they have worked wonders for my depression i wasnt having these heart symptoms b4 i started. I have been on them 13 weeks now si the start up anxiety should be gone. How do you find lexapro xxxx
Wow. This is sort of what I have been feeling lately too. I have been getting terrible sleep the past week and my body is so tired but everytime I try to sleep I feel this. I am 18 as well, both parents had anxiety. I am terrified to sleep but I am so tired. Looking for some relief.
Emily are tou on fluoxetine xxx
No, I don't even know what that is.
Sorry lovely its an antidepressant xxx
Meditation is a bit difficult for me, since I'm autistic and can't sit still for very long. I've tried it a bunch of times but I always end up breaking myself out of relaxation by fidgeting. I have a therapist but it's a very slow process. I've had anxiety my entire life and it's never caused a major upset like this before, which makes it so much scarier.
As a side note I did manage to get to sleep, but it was extremely fitful. I woke up every hour or so in a blind panic, and had to coerce myself back to sleep. Being so restless really won't help my condition any so maybe I'll try some melatonin if this happens again tonight...
Me too. Getting no sleep is only making my symptoms worse but I'm too panicked to sleep at all, so all day I'm exhausted even when I haven't done anything. I had a friend who went a week without sleep and tried to kill themself as a result-this stuff is serious. Push comes to shove I'll probably try some sleeping pills.
Look into sleep apnea. I am recently diagnosed and got on a cpap machine. When I Doze off without my cpap I get this weird Jolt and it honestly is so terrifying but when I put my mask on I go to sleep. Could be sleep apnea I know its hard but try to relax. Sleep studies are great nice comfy bed almost like being in a hotel.
suffering from the same thing for about 3 -4 weeks now i get frequent chest pain palpiltations pale skin bags under eyes yes i do have anxiety and panick attavks but i dont feel like thats all it is ive had numerouse tests but i cant help but think there not findind something i just feel like my heart is going to guve out and i get really low heart rates how is everyone doing from this
suffering from the same thing for about 3 -4 weeks now i get frequent chest pain palpiltations pale skin bags under eyes yes i do have anxiety and panick attavks but i dont feel like thats all it is ive had numerouse tests but i cant help but think there not findind something i just feel like my heart is going to guve out and i get really low heart rates how is everyone doing from this
Hi Angel It's hell. I can relate so much, went through 3 years of this hell and still have mild symptoms even now after my panic attack back in late 2017. Been to hospital so many times and doctors psychiatrists, cardiologists. Had the works. The feeling you get when you are trying to sleep and your body/brain wont let you is due to high stress hormones including the skipped beats. It took me like 1 and a half years to get some sort of control back, sleeping so much better and the best advice is I can give you is 'Don't worry' as stupid as that sounds it is what you have to do. This is the only way the body can heal and your brain can calm down. You will feel like death for quite a while but know it will get better as long as you keep calm and keep your negative thoughts quiet. All the best in your recovery.