Help.."mini" panic attacks as i fall asleep

[curranimal]

Hi, i am a 23 year old man whose had bad anxiety and panic attacks for a while now. I found a method that has pretty much eliminated my panic attacks, every once and a while ill have a panic attack but lately ive been having these what i call mini panic attacks almost right after falling asleep. literally a couple minutes after. its almost the same feeling as a panic attack  normally would be with the drop in the stomach and adrenalin rush then the rapid heartbeat. sometimes they happen once and sometimes they happen multiple times in the same night. I rarely(only once or twice) have waken up in the middle of the night with them, only right after i kind of drift off it hits me like a frieght-train. I have had my anxiety and panic attacks under control for a while now but these new sleep feelings are drivin me crazy and bringing up some of those feelings i thought id kind of left behind... =(  any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you!

[cs247]

Hey im only 16 and i have the same problem ill be just about to go to sleep and all of a sudden for no reoson i start panicing or ill be sleepin and i have a panic attack in my sleep and sometimes i feel like im strugglin to wake up like i cant breath then once i wake up i have a hard time fallin asleep because i thappens more then once

[curranimal]

i hear you its tough... and it really freaks you out.. makes you wanna not go back to sleep. I waited up til 7am the other day cause i was freakin out so bad and didnt want to die in my sleep which is the anxiety kickin back in and that sucks cause ive been doin a good job letting the anxiety drift away from me for the last year.. but right now all i can say is im with you its a terrible feeling id love to have an answer for you and I but thats what im here for. =)  i mean at the very least we tire ourselves out worrying about it enough to fall asleep.. =)  hopefully we will get some feedback here as to whats happening but for now dont let it control you i know its scary and im a bit worried myself but the one thing i learned about anxiety and panic attacks is the more you think about it the worse it gets ive got a really good method that helped me out a lot during my major panic/anxiety days ill send it to you if you drop me an email @ your_kiss_kills***@**** cause i know the feeling... good luck with the night issues.. if i hear anything ill let you know here and if you hear anything that makes it a bit better let me know ..

[curranimal]

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[curranimal]

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[Kristi509]

im 16 years old as well, and i just tried to fall asleep and i did for about 10 minutes and i woke up in this terrible panic and i couldnt breathe and i literally felt like my heart was going to stop.  so i tried going back but it continuisly keeps happening.  i dont know what to do anymore ):

[aceofspanx1985]

im also 23 and have had sever panic attacks. i take 25mg Zoloft and have them under control. but i do wake sometimes in the night and have these mini attacks. mine happen right before i wake up for good for the day. MY BIGGEST PROBLEM is the Derealization that i feel on a day to day bases. this is the only thing now that sepereates me from total freedom of this panic disorder. joe barry program has helped me dedfeat the fear of the attack but i still get genereal anxiety and it comes from the Derealization. if ANYBODy and i mean ANTBODY knows how to get rid of this derealizaton please email me at ***@****. i see the light at the end of the tunnel and once the drealization feeling goes away then its hello world IM BACK

[tired145]

I am also having the same problems funning feeling in chest, like a dropping feeling, then heart beats fast arm and legs feel weak. They only happen at night right when i am about to fall asleep.I feel I wont wake up in the morning, like I will have a heart attack or quitt breathing I am a smoker for 30 years now, so maybe it is my lungs.