Does anyone else ever wake up in the middle of a panic attack at night? I don't know if I'm explaining this very well but it's as though a panic attack starts during sleep and I wake up scared of nothing in particular and I'm dizzy/sick/shaking etc. I don't remember dreaming about anything so I don't think I'm having nightmares, it's just a feeling that something bad will happen. I told my GP and he gave me sleeping pills and while they help me get TO sleep quicker I don't STAY asleep and I still get anxiety, plus I don't like the hangover feeling the next day so I don't tend to take them often. I'm just wondering if anyone knows anything that can help. I'm doing all of the sleep hygiene crap and it's just not working and I'm at my wits end. I've even tried sleeping with relaxing background noise and that doesn't work either.
I hope that I haven't babbled and this makes sense, sorry if this is gibberish but I'm extremely tired. I can't remember the last time that I slept all the way through the night.