Throat feels like closing up, can't sleep. What should I do?
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I haven't been able to sleep at night for the past couple of weeks. I just lay in bed until around sunrise then fall asleep. Same thing happened tonight however a few hours ago a had a panic attack and now I can't go to sleep cause I feel like my throat is closing up and there is a large lump in my throat. I can breathe and swallow perfectly fine so I know it's all in my head. Whenever I have panic attacks I usually go to sleep and I'm fine afterwards but I can't even do that today. I have a class in a couple of hours and I'm not sure what to do. I'm very tired, been up almost 24 hours now but every time I lay down, I feel like my throat is gonna close up and I'll die.
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sunny48604 smirza
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I'm sorry you are experiencing this. I have a LOT of health anxiety and have experienced many things because of it- muscle twitches, dizziness, racing heart, chest tightening, and the feeling that my throat is closing. This has happened to me a few times while I was asleep. I would wake up gasping for air and completely terrified. I also began to fear going to sleep. It does pass. It will stop happening. For me, reminding myself that I was going to be ok and that I wasn't really in any true danger helped a lot. It is totally related to anxiety.