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12883

New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Jul 2005
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Night Anxiety
Posted: 07-30-05 20:51pm

Hello;

has anyone here experienced anxiety while sleeping? I sometimes will wake up from sleeping in the middle of the night with a fast heart rate (120bps+) or I will wake up with a normal heart rate but have a pounding heart (at 65-70bps) but feel like I am sick and nauseas.

I been having this for a past 2 months. I have gone to my doctor but he said he is stumped. I have had chest x-rays, kidney and adrenal gland x'rays and sonograms. I have had a brain mri, an echocardiogram, and a ton of blood work. Everything is coming out great. He is sending me to an endocrinologist. I know some of you posters have been diagnosed with panic disorder (i believe that is what I have) so is there anything else I need to do or tell my doctor to get on the road to recovery? I dont want to be sick anymore or feel sick. I am tired and want to start getting heatlhy. I am keeping a symptoms book for my doctor so I can tell him what I am feeling.

Any suggestions on my next road would be greatly appreciated!!!

Thank you so much!
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Jemini

Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 May 2005
Posts: 58
Location: Australia

Posted: 07-31-05 02:02am

I suffer from night terrors, another form of anixety but only get them about once or twice a week. It's when i'm dreaming so normanly but then suddenly my heart heart goes up, my breathing gets faster and then i'm suddenly awoken with a scream.
Could you be suffering from night terrors instead?
It's nothing that can be "healed" or medicated by a doctor, its something that you have to face yourself.

Just a thought.
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vitamins

New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Jan 2005
Posts: 15
Location: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Posted: 08-02-05 13:22pm

Hey

my cousin has the same problem. You might be suffering from night terrors. During one of the stages of the sleep, a person might scream, run or break something etc. It is usually during this time that the heart rate increases. The interesting part is that most of the people don't even realise what they are doing (even though they seem to be wide awake and in their full senses)

as long as the behaviour is not destructive or harmful, I don't think there is anything to be worried about.

If you are really concerned about it, I will suggest you ask some one to sleep in the same room with you for few days. Or you may go and see a psychiatrist.

I hope this will be of some help to you.
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KellyR

Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Aug 2005
Posts: 90

Posted: 08-02-05 15:17pm

I googled a little....Maybe this will help you better understand your problem... Http://www.Nightterrors.Org and http://www.Nightterrors.Info
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