On and off I get the weirdest nightmares.

Still asleep I would start calling out for help because I cannot breath. I physically stop breathing, get heart palpitations, skin goes hot and I cannot move at all. It is very scary.

By this time my husband would be in a semi-awake state and I would wake up completely, but terribly frightened, heart pounding etc. I would lay there trying to fathom what had just happened to me.

Sometimes I also dream that I am dying. I get so panicky while asleep/awake (don't really know). It feels like I am REALLY dying, physically, not in my dream. I would call out 'please help me, I am dying'. I wake up scared witless and close tears.

Anybody got anything on this?