Has anyone else had panic attacks while trying to sleep? (1 Viewer)

[lexus]

I'm asking this because around a month or two ago I started getting panic attacks while trying to fall asleep. I'll try falling asleep and all of a sudden I'm hit with derealization really bad. It only lasts a few minutes, but when I get it, it feels like it won't stop. I've brought this up with my psychiatrist but it was kind of brushed off. I see him again in a few days and I'm going to bring this up again, but I'm scared of it getting brushed off again.

Has anyone else dealt with this? Were you able to stop it somehow?

 

[athenaaa]

Yes I have, it was nearly nightly. Due to trauma. Once I started accepting things related to my trauma was when it stopped/minimized

 

[Ahsoka]

I haven’t, but I’ve had anxiety about sleep back when I was having nightmares almost every day. But it was never to the point of panic attacks. I hope you manage to find out how to stop it soon

 

[lexus]

I haven’t, but I’ve had anxiety about sleep back when I was having nightmares almost every day. But it was never to the point of panic attacks. I hope you manage to find out how to stop it soon

A hug for both of us

 

[Chiara]

either be adamant that something is wrong or find a new shrink. Pretty sure a shrink should NEVER brush off something like panic attacks! it's like if when I'd called the cops on the guy who SA'd me they'd just been like "suck it up and move on". Like, bruh... this is a serious matter!

 

[HelloGoodbyeDie]

Only during the day for the most part
at night it is just self hate