panic attacks and sleep stuff Posted: 06-24-08 11:31am
I've had panic attacks where I've made
myself so nervous I've thrown up...did
that almost everday for months....I
couldn't keep anything down because I
always had butterflys... Now I get
panicky, not horribly often but completely
random. I told my therapist this and she
just told me to do stuff I already do. I
put on music, clear my head, breathe. It
usually doesn't help. I just wondering
what else does everyone else do? I also
told my therapist about how I've had
messed up sleeping lately(getting up every
hour for no reason, waking up 1 or 2 hours
early) and she just said.".oh that sucks
when that happens huh?"
so just wondering what everyone else
does...btw with sleep, I end up laying in
bed for an hour or two without being able
to fall asleep.
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MandMs
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Posted: 06-27-08 10:38am
For how long you've been suffering from
panic attacks?
What's usually triggers them?
As I understood you have problems falling
and staying asleep.
Do you wake up multiple times during the
night?
Is that provoked by some panic feelings?
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blackcherry2002
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Posted: 06-27-08 11:21am
My panic attacks come and go with my
depression. The summer where I would make
myself so nervous I would throw up...that
was about age 14 or 15. I'm now turning 19
soon. My panic attacks are usually
triggered by phobias. I'm afraid of cops,
driving on the interstate. Though one time
I was being almost kind of delusional,
because I was "spying" on my boyfriends
computer/email and was so certain he was
cheating on me, though he's given me no
reason to believe that. Also this
"delusion" has just started and I've been
going out with him for a year and a half.
Sometimes I get these thoughts that when
he goes to work he's actually meeting up
with some other girl. And it's weird cuz
this happened when I wasn't depressed and
when my self-esteem was actually pretty
high. I have no clue what's wrong with
me.
I used to worry right before bed but now
I've broke myself of the habit. I just
randomly wake up. Like my body just thinks
I've had enough sleep and it's time to get
up. So I just force myself to go back to
sleep. I usually wake up every hour on the
hour when that happens. My sleep problems
only happen when I'm NOT depressed.
