Posted by MB on August 20, 2001, at 15:10:34
In reply to Re: OK, am I just a freak? (long) » MB, posted by karenR on August 13, 2001, at 13:20:45
> Hi MB,
>
> I was wondering about this "panic attack" that you had. Have you had this
> sensation before? From what you wrote, it sounds like it could have been
> a night terror.Well, I did have an experience that was like a panic attack that woke me up out of my sleep. The fear was unreal, like as if I had awakened to a murderer standing above me with an axe.
All the other experiences happen throughout the day. They last hours.
I've been suffering from these for my entire life. Only in
> the last 7years did I find out they weren't nightmares. You wake up, heart
> beating SO HARD, but not fast, you think you are going to die because your
> heart beats so hard. You are afriad of something, but can't place it.
This is exactly like my nightime experience. I bet it's what happens when a person has a panic attack in there sleep.
> hard to wake up from it too. Ironically, I don't remember these episodes'
> too often, unless I am alone. Anyway, it's worth looking into.My experience wasn't hard to wake up from. I sat right up in my bed with enough adrenaline going through my veins to kill an elephant, yet I had no idea what I was afraid of...but there was a sense that something was in the room with me (a vestige of a nightmare, maybe?). My heart was beating about 50 bpm, but so hard that my body shook and I could hear the blood in coarse through my ears. It made my chest hurt. Pretty freaky.
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