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can't sleep, feels like heart is going to stop

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angel-baby
angel-baby

All night I have been trying to sleep, but every time I start to drift off something stops me. Sometimes my heart will skip a beat or its speed will dip, sometimes I'll get a sudden rush of panic, and once in a while I'll get an anxious pressure in my head. Every single time I have started falling asleep one of those things has happened and I'm nearly going insane. I'm extremely exhausted, all I want to do is rest, but my body just doesn't want to let me. My chest hurts now and it feels like my throat is swollen shut. I'm tired, angry, frustrated,and terrified beyond belief and I don't know what to do. It's now 3 in the morning and I'm sitting in bed trembling because I'm terrified my heart is going to stop.

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  • Star586
    Star586 angel-baby

    Posted

    I have this too its so so scary. Have u had any tests done? Iv had an ecg but still dont feel reassured xxx 
    • angel-baby
      angel-baby Star586

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      Lots. I've had at least four EKGs so far and all of them have come back clear. Medically I'm in perfect health so the doctors claim, but when stuff like this happens I can't help but feel like they're missing something.

    • Star586
      Star586 angel-baby

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      I have had 2 ecgs and a 24hr 1 but i still feel like theres somethin medically wrong. I keep thinking maybe sleep apnea or sumthn. I feel like my heart is beating way too slow xxx
  • Bethany89
    Bethany89 angel-baby

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    If you've had the tests done, chances are they are correct and you are okay. I understand how you feel. I've been to two different doctors believing I have a heart issue and I have had bloodwork done. I honestly believed I would die before 2018. A lot of my symptoms went away after I got a new primary care doctor and spoke to him so I know it must be anxiety like they say, yet I still have moments where I question it. Last night, every time I went to fall asleep, I had that sinking feeling in my chest, like when your stomach drops and you realize something terrible. I took my lorazepam and eventually fell asleep.

    Have you tried meditating? I find guided meditation sometimes help me when I'm feeling anxious. It's also been recommended I get a therapist but haven't done so yet. Just believe in your doctors, keep talking to them but remember that anxiety is going to keep telling you they are wrong and you have to fight it. Otherwise, it will never go away.

    • angel-baby
      angel-baby Bethany89

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      Meditation is a bit difficult for me, since I'm autistic and can't sit still for very long. I've tried it a bunch of times but I always end up breaking myself out of relaxation by fidgeting. I have a therapist but it's a very slow process. I've had anxiety my entire life and it's never caused a major upset like this before, which makes it so much scarier. 

      As a side note I did manage to get to sleep, but it was extremely fitful. I woke up every hour or so in a blind panic, and had to coerce myself back to sleep. Being so restless really won't help my condition any so maybe I'll try some melatonin if this happens again tonight...

  • julie92859
    julie92859 angel-baby

    Posted

    Hey there must be loads of us sitting up in bed at night feeling the same I go to bed quite comfortably go to sleep for a couple of hours and bang wake up feeling dreadful it drains me it goes on most of the day
    • Star586
      Star586 julie92859

      Posted

      Julie this is me every bight. What medication are you in? Im convinced its my fluoxetine causing heart issues xxx
    • Jennings
      Jennings Star586

      Posted

      Hi Star,

      I recently was switched from Lexapro to Fluoxetine and after about a week on Flux I ended up only getting 2 to 3 hours of sleep each night.  I was switched back to Lex but I'm still having sleep issues and my anxiety has gone through the roof.  I've only been off the Flux for a week, waiting for it to get out of my system.

    • Star586
      Star586 Jennings

      Posted

      Please let me know how you get on. Im really interested in this as although they have worked wonders for my depression i wasnt having these heart symptoms b4 i started. I have been on them 13 weeks now si the start up anxiety should be gone. How do you find lexapro xxxx
  • Jennings
    Jennings angel-baby

    Posted

    This has been happening to me for the last week ever since I switched to Flux from Lexapro.  I get tingling in my arms and legs, which is what I usually get prior to a panic attack.  I'm getting 2 to 3 hours of sleep at most, I don't know how people manage high anxiety with no sleep.

    • angel-baby
      angel-baby Jennings

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      Me too. Getting no sleep is only making my symptoms worse but I'm too panicked to sleep at all, so all day I'm exhausted even when I haven't done anything. I had a friend who went a week without sleep and tried to kill themself as a result-this stuff is serious. Push comes to shove I'll probably try some sleeping pills.

  • emily95365
    emily95365 angel-baby

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    Wow. This is sort of what I have been feeling lately too. I have been getting terrible sleep the past week and my body is so tired but everytime I try to sleep I feel this. I am 18 as well, both parents had anxiety. I am terrified to sleep but I am so tired. Looking for some relief.
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