Posted by noa on March 28, 2003, at 18:27:09
In reply to Re: Mine do. Yours Tina? (nm) » noa, posted by Dinah on March 26, 2003, at 19:51:31
I guess I was thinking possible sleep disorder. I know that before my apnea was treated, I woke in a panic a lot--from not being able to breathe. And when I've had myoclonus, it can feel like a sudden fall, which causes a kind of panicky feeling with heart racing.
There are apparently a lot of different kinds of sleep disorders.
Anyway, one sleep info site (http://members.tripod.com/~sleephealth/11ins.html#panic%20attacks) had this to say about how panic attacks can cause major sleep problems:
-PATIENTS WITH HISTORIES OF PANIC ATTACKS OR CHRONIC TENSION often appear hyperarousable in sleep.
"--In our experience, many of these individuals experience repeated partial arousals from non-REM sleep--with up to several arousals per minute, and often with abrupt increases in pulse, flushing of the face and clenching of the teeth. These arousals, too brief for the person to recall, can result in light, fragmented sleep, daytime sleepiness or both. Some patients even experience attacks of full-blown panic from sleep: with screaming, frantic behaviors and running with serious risk of self-injury, should the individual fail to awaken during the attack.
--Individuals who experience the above often seem to be extremely conscientious--perfectionists in an imperfect world. They typically appear to be striving to achieve the impossible, after which they sleep much as if they had "dragged a load of adrenaline to bed with them". We also have noted that many seem to have "two basic speed: off and way too fast"--a number of them swing between extremes of intense work at high speed, followed by exhaustion and fatigue."
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