Does anyone else ever wake up in the middle of the night to a racing heart? Mine will last a few minutes or so and sometimes longer. It scares me. I have the hardest time going back to sleep and now I’m starting to dread night time.
Had it every single night for months. Got to a point where I just expected it to come and did not scare me. As soon as I felt like that it just stopped. I normally know when my anxiety is getting bad as I will get this and hypnic jerks when trying to fall asleep at night
Have these too! In fact, I just had it last night:( It’s scary and just messes your mind up.
I’ve had anxiety for several years been on different anti depressants. Just recently since I started Trintellix I have been jerking awake every night for hours and usually have to take zanax to finally sleep! I never heard of hypnic jerks but thats exactly what I’m experiencing! I told my doctor and he has been taking 1/2 mg of Zanax at bedtime. It does help but not always. I wonder if its the Trintellix or this pandemic has my anxiety skyrocketing. Like the patient above I’m getting to the point I am afraid to fall asleep!
I responded to MILAO below about my jerking awake and my heart racing and sometimes I wake in a panic scared and I too am getting afraid of falling asleep. my doctor has me taking 1/2 mg zanax at bedtime - but I don’t want to do that forever!
I googled hypnic jerks and they are common unless you experience them too often which I am and I don’t feel I am actually jerking - like a leg or whatever. It does appear to be a symptom of anxiety which I’ve been dealing with for years, but first time I’ve had these.
I read they are Also called sleep starts
Night starts, Night jerks, & hypnagogic jerks.