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katrinkels
katrinkels

Hello everyone. Every night before bed I feel like I'm rocking in a boat and very spacey. It prevents me from sleeping cos I will almost jolt myself up to prevent myself from "dying". I dunno what it could be. I'm so scared sad I'm going to see a doctor tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be diagnosed with something. I'm just so tired of feeling so anxious and out of control.

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  • Ljfaith77
    Ljfaith77

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    I have the same things happen and so glad I'm starting to get it all under control, but I still have the feeling of being off balance, it's like when my eyes kind of shift a little as if a feeling of shaking side to side, but it happens in my head instead. It feels like I may fall but I don't. It all started with fluid and a ringing in my left ear last April. Looking back I wish I would not have panicked so much that it may be a brain tumor, the worst parts came after and it's all from worry. After the brain MRI was clear, I was relieved, but still had high anxiety and found I suddenly had to get my heart rate under control. I was constantly checking because it was I high all the time! Im assuming this was from the anxiety of the health scare. I was feeling depressed a, then the dizziness came and now a feeling of not being able to breathe that started in August, I feel something in my throat, but nothing there this is almost constant. I have had nearly every test more than one and only thing any Dr can come up with is anxiety. I also now enveloped cfs..I started taking natural supplements and dynamic greens, so I hope OCR time this will help. Good luck to you! Praying for answers and healing!!
    • hafiz92
      hafiz92 Ljfaith77

      Posted

      Now a days, I am feeling exactly the same as you described. Would be able to tell me what exactly did you do to overcome this disorder? Much apreciated!
    • sophia25262
      sophia25262 Ljfaith77

      Posted

      Hu sorry to hear about the lyme ! But atleast it's a real answer. How are you getting on? I have all of those symptoms above. Did you say a boat feeling? Falling sensation. Fuzzy head. Sensitive to everything? My doctor won't test me she said it's a waste of time as I don't have any other lyme symptoms. But I have been tested for everything else x
    • Ljfaith77
      Ljfaith77 sophia25262

      Posted

      Yes test for it, find a Lyme literate Dr who will help you, regular Drs don't have a clue about chronic Lyme. They cannot diagnose you by test it's by clinical symptoms. There are a myriad of symptoms, you can have one thing and it could be Lyme. 
    • sophia25262
      sophia25262 Ljfaith77

      Posted

      Thankyou il try. And how are you these days are you getting any better ? X
  • katrinkels
    katrinkels

    Posted

    Thank you so much! I went to see a homeopath and he has given me a remedy for shock which he thinks is causing my anxiety. I've gone through lots of stressful traumatic events over the last couple of years, and I probably haven't been dealing with it properly. So im going to take this remedy and start going for therapy again. I hope everyone who suffers from anxiety can sort it out! Love and light x
    • alpakka
      alpakka katrinkels

      Posted

      hey interested to see how you are now? I have been having the similar sensation..  Like just when I am drifting off into sleep I have a weird sinking/falling/spinning/surreal sensation which jolts me back up and doesn't let me sleep...I also have had lots of trauma and stress which I repressed and like you I also haven't dealt with it properly...instead i have intellectualised everything and disassociated from my body (if that makes sense...i.e. numbed everything from emotions to physical senses)...now I think I am coming back into my body more and this is why i am starting to feel these thigns and it freaks me out...
  • Ljfaith77
    Ljfaith77

    Posted

    I have had lots of really stressful events too, along with having 3 teenagers, which doesn't help the level of stress and worry go down very easily. Good luck to you! I have a question, has anyone had chronic breathing issues, even when things seem calm? I had my lungs, heart n oxygen checked back in September n everything was ok except my spirometry test was a little low, Dr said it wasn't too bad but probably just from being a former smoker, my oxygen was at 100%. He didn't seem to think heart or lung issues. But, why am I having breathing issues even on greats, happy stressless days? I feel they're missing something. Or maybe it's because I'm focused on it. I know when worried about my heart rate, it went up, now I rarely think about it and it's regulated. I know thoughts control a lot. I just choose to trust Jesus, that's all I can do.
  • stephan45716
    stephan45716 katrinkels

    Posted

    Hello! 

    I just recently had a similar situation about 3 hrs ago and I want to tell you that your not alone at all. I am a 25 yr old man with a pretty good bill of health yet I always feel like my days are numbered. Im a very anxious person myself and for the last yr or so I have been dealing with moderate anxiety starting with my first panic attack last summer. Prior to my panic attack, I was fired from my job, and my girlfriend who was pregnant at the time miscarried. Stress levels were raising yet I always maintained my mental stability strongly through it all. I was always able to surpress my emotions, especially in public or around family and friends yet deep down I was begining to feel bad about myself. I felt as if nothing was going right in my life and that I was hopeless. 

    One day last summer I was over a friends house and I was all alone. She had gone to work and left me at her apartment. It was there where it all hit me at once like a speeding train. I was being visited by all the negative thoughts and I first started feeling my heart begin to race. before long I started to fear that I was having a heart attack and then came the inpending doom and all the classic panic attack symptoms. This eventually subsided but during this bout, I thought for sure I was dying. This has happend to me a few times after that also with the worse case being in late November when I was slipped an LSD laced candy chew. This sent my anxiety spiralling out of control as well as my mental stabilty. I totally lost focus and felt as though I had in fact died. I had to be hospitalized to calm me down and since then thing's have been really hazy. I was attacked by a Pitbull in December as well and was hospitalized for about 2 weeks. While in the hospital I was mostly always sedated therefore I couldnt feel the head pain I feel now adays. I did however, begin to have strange dreams. 

    When I was released from the hospital, I was instructed to take Zoloft to help with my anxiety. This only made me feel like a zombie, with zero emotion. I would also have a really hard time getting to sleep. It would feel like I was falling backwards. I would hear a sizzling sound as well and my heart would ache. Often, I would jolt awake when I finally did fall asleep and it was very distressing. I was feeling like nothing was working and that I was going crazy. These feelings slowly began to subside but about a few weeks ago they started to present themselves again, stronger than before. (I would also like to make note that I stopped taking the Zoloft so that could possibly be the reason).

    Which finally brings me to the topic of discussion.Sorry if I talked you to all to death with my backstory rolleyes.  Anyway, yesterday I woke up at about 8am for a dentist appt. I was prompt and on time and was out of there by 10am. It was a really warm, bright sunny summer day and from the looks of things, I was on the start to a good day. I took a bike ride through the park and did a little shopping also then headed back home. I arrived at home at about 12:30pm. When I got home I layed across my bed to relax and ended up falling asleep. I woke up to a missed phone call at about 6:30pm. I tried going back to sleep but was wide awake. I knew then that I would have trouble sleeping later on that night and I was right. I tried to get back to sleep through out the night but nothing was working. I tried to watch a movie until I fell asleep and even listened to music. Nothing worked. Finally I fell asleep but due to a random phonecall I was jolted awake at 3:30am this morning. I talked to the person on the phone for about 5 mins, trying to get them off the phone. This didnt work however and what I thought would be a 5 min convo would become an hr long. I finally ended the call at 4:45am and tried to go back to sleep. Once again I was wide awake, only this time I was feeling heavy headed. It felt as though I had on a football helmet and this tension only began to get worse as time progressed. I tossed and turned but I could not fall asleep to save my life. I remembered I had a few Percusset pills left over from the dog attack so I took one in hopes that it would calm my head tension and possibly put me to sleep. about 30mins later I began to feel it working. I was losing the tension feeling and starting to get sleepy. As I fell asleep I noticed that my whole body was going numb however and I started to freak out. It felt as though I was paralyzed. I couldnt even talk. I was afraid that my heart wasnt beating also. I fell asleep finally at 6am only to be jolted yet again after a strange dream where I was hearing multiple voices and feeling as if my soul was being sucked out from my body. And here I am. Sluggish and sleepy yet afraid to go back to sleep. This clearly isnt new to me yet I am afraid of what I am becoming. I just wanted you to know that you arent alone on this. I am currently seeking all the help I could get on this situation and I hope you find help as well Katrinkels.  

    • kittykatmeowwww
      kittykatmeowwww stephan45716

      Posted

      Hey. I've had similar extreme feelings like this as well. I write now because last night I was jolted awake (from sleep) feeling like my soul was being sucked out of my body. I was floating and confused. I took a deep breath and realized I was sleeping on my back, which is not normal for me. So I turned over on my stomach and fell back asleep. 

      I think I do not breathe as well on my back, I have woken up gasping for air as if I stopped breathing for a good minute. Maybe a type of sleep apnea. This creates adrenaline and anxiety as well. Just another thing to add to the list. 

      What I feel helps with all of the anxiety attacks is thinking about what brought me there, and it is usually the thoughts about death. The fear of dying. So, in order to lessen my anxiety for good I am learning to be okay with the thought of dying. It is hard,

      I do not want it to happen, being a 26 year old who enjoys her life, but there is also a 100% chance that I am going to die, as with everyone else, and this sureness stresses me the most. 

      Sometimes I've even feared that If I learn to be okay with dying that right when I accept it, in that moment I will die. Which produces another panic attack and sends me into a tornado of fear and confusion. I think I'm confused because I am in fact, not dying. 

      I have not died yet and I have experienced many many times where my mind actually believed I was dead. Being alive, that is the biggest fear one could have. 

      So, I learn to have faith(Strength, courage and hope) that my automatic body functions, like the beating of my heart, are strong and will do there job well into my 80s. Learning to have faith in something, whether it is science, God or the universe helps you trust yourself. Learning to be brave when thinking about dying helps you learn how to actually live. 

      It is no easy task learning to accept the concept of death but I know people who are brave when thinking of the thought and they seem more free than I could ever be. So I try, I try every day to be brave and to accept the unknown for I understand all my anxiety comes from the fear of death. 

      Thought this might help someone. Examine your thoughts and face your fears, know that they are just thoughts, do not judge yourself for thinking them, just accept them and question why or how you can change your future thought processes to one of bravery and strength.  

      Be consistent and do not give up, it takes a lot of consistency to change thought patterns and in order create new leading neuronal pathways. Dig that pathway of health, strength, faith, positivity and you will feel more free.  

      Good fortune to all. 

    • golddance
      golddance kittykatmeowwww

      Posted

      I've been going through the same anxiety every night just as I try or am about to fall asleep.  The root of all of my anxiety is death.  As with a lot of people with this problem I have ptsd, mine is from witnessing parental suicide at a young age.  Tried therapy/pills/meditation, but it always comes back.  My faith is gone and don't know how to get it back.  Feels like it's slowly killing me.  Terrified of the darkness and the panic falling asleep creates.  So exhausted from all of this.  Any suggestions would be great.  
    • beth180092
      beth180092 golddance

      Posted

      Hello,

      My very sincerest apologies for you having to witness such an tramatic event that has unfortunately had long term negative impact on you. Dealing with something like that is not easy and I appreciated your courage in posting your story and wanting to seek advice. I have experienced panic attacks at a point in my life. The best advice that I had read was to, in the moment of the attack think of something that I loved and that brought me pure joy and a feeling of euphoria in life. For example, if you have a pet that you are very close with set some time aside and hug them. While you are hugging them remeber how they physically feel, how soft their is and how they look and smell. You may even opt to clip a little piece of their hair and put it in a little plastic bag so you have it with you at all times. If you don't have a pet if you have a favorite place in nature you like to visit then you need to imagine how it feels to be there physically,mentally, emotionally. When you have your attack this will indeed help keep you calm. Calm enough for you to understand that you are experiencing a feeling of panic so at the time it occurs you can channel your focus on good energy which helps take your mind off of the anxiety and onto another feeling of joy and happiness. This take technique may take some time to practice but I can say with confidence that this will help you as this technique helped me when I am all by myself experiencing a panic attack. I truly hope you are able to find peace soon! Wishing you all of the best and hoping you keep your her head held high when trying to get through this difficult situation.

    • beth180092
      beth180092 golddance

      Posted

      Hello,

      My very sincerest apologies for you having to witness such an tramatic event that has unfortunately had long term negative impact on you. Dealing with something like that is not easy and I appreciated your courage in posting your story and wanting to seek advice. I have experienced panic attacks at a point in my life. The best advice that I had read was to, in the moment of the attack think of something that I loved and that brought me pure joy and a feeling of euphoria in life. For example, if you have a pet that you are very close with set some time aside and hug them. While you are hugging them remeber how they physically feel, how soft their is and how they look and smell. You may even opt to clip a little piece of their hair and put it in a little plastic bag so you have it with you at all times. If you don't have a pet if you have a favorite place in nature you like to visit then you need to imagine how it feels to be there physically,mentally, emotionally. When you have your attack this will indeed help keep you calm. Calm enough for you to understand that you are experiencing a feeling of panic so at the time it occurs you can channel your focus on good energy which helps take your mind off of the anxiety and onto another feeling of joy and happiness. This take technique may take some time to practice but I can say with confidence that this will help you as this technique helped me when I am all by myself experiencing a panic attack. I truly hope you are able to find peace soon! Wishing you all of the best and hoping you keep your her head held high when trying to get through this difficult situation.

    • beth180092
      beth180092 golddance

      Posted

      Hello,

      My very sincerest apologies for you having to witness such an tramatic event that has unfortunately had long term negative impact on you. Dealing with something like that is not easy and I appreciate your courage in posting your story and wanting to seek advice. I have experienced panic attacks at some point in my life. The best advice that I had read was to, in the moment of the attack think of something that I loved and that brought me pure joy and a feeling of euphoria in life. For example, if you have a pet that you are very close with set some time aside and hug them. While you are hugging them remeber how they physically feel, how soft their is and how they look and smell. You may even opt to clip a little piece of their hair and put it in a little plastic bag so you have it with you at all times. If you don't have a pet if you have a favorite place in nature you like to visit then you need to imagine how it feels to be there physically,mentally, emotionally. When you have your attack this will indeed help keep you calm. Calm enough for you to understand that you are experiencing a feeling of panic so at the time it occurs you can channel your focus on good energy which helps take your mind off of the anxiety and onto another feeling of joy and happiness. This take technique may take some time to practice but I can say with confidence that this will help you as this technique helped me when I am all by myself experiencing a panic attack. I truly hope you are able to find peace soon! Wishing you all of the best and hoping you keep your her head held high when trying to get through this difficult situation.

    • anxious.afraid
      anxious.afraid stephan45716

      Posted

      Wow you have really been through a lot!!! I really pray that you get better.  I also completely understand all the feelings you are experiencing.  I've experienced it all 😒 I thought I had overcome it after a year of living happy and well with no symptoms but just recently it started creeping back into my life. My stress level Is through the roof and as I go about my daily life and tasks I feel so detached from myself and get this weird feeling like I know I am here but somehow I'm not or somehow I'm slipping away even though I'm quite awake. I've begun to feel very light and faint and I know  breathing but it feels like I'm not breathing right like I am suffocating. Then my kids spiral out of control and I have to whisper to them to please calm down because I find it difficult to carry on a conversation or to talk in this dreamlike state. I also experience the same as you with sleep. It's horrible! I want to be me again not this zombie I've become. I had postpartum and anxiety after my third child and it took almost a year to recover. I also have PTSD. I am a worry-wart. I fear death and I always feel as if I am dying. I wonder if I need to get back on Xanax then slowly wean off like before. Who knows maybe we will never be normal. Maybe this is our normalcy level and we just need to learn to accept and control it. Easier said than done, but I've beat it before and I will try to do so again as I hope you can too. God is greater than us and will guide us all through it for He will never give us anything we cannot handle. I feel as though I cannot handle my current condition, stress and situation but once I calm my thoughts and accept I will learn to control. I just entered to lay in bed all day and not have to face anybody or do any chores or get dressed 😢 but I have to. Good luck to you all and don't give up as I will also try not to.
    • golddance
      golddance beth180092

      Posted

      Thank you for your encouragement.  I've actually had a bit of breakthrough, very unexpectedly.  I was fed up with my medication (Wellbutrin) as I really didn't think I could feel any worse, and I went off of it.  I know this goes against what doctors tell you to do but I felt I had to at least see if not taking it would make my symptoms increase or decrease.  At the same time I begain taking Es (Estro Control) by ATP.

      It calls for two pills a day but I seem ok with just one.  Slowly I begain to notice I was getting tired at nighttime instead of my adrenaline kicking in.  I was starting to fall asleep without any help from ativan or other sleep aids.  Plus my anxiety has appeared to lessen.  I have no idea if this change will continue but for the time being it feels incredible to actually be able to sleep without terror and panic seeping through my body. biggrin

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