[Armos]

So for the past couple months I've been having this issue, i got bipolar disorder and been having issues with sleep. I have been getting some rest. But when I'm having a anxiety attack I sometimes forget to breathe when I'm falling asleep. Now I don't know if this is normal or not. My chest has been hurting pretty bad wen i try to fall asleep. I've been to the doctor so many times I really don't want to get locked up for my doctor thinking I'm a hypochondriac. I was up all night, due to anxiety. I feel stress a little bit too. When I try to fall asleep, I'm WIDE awake. Like literally, my vision is off, I can't focus, it feels like the room is spinning, etc. When I try to fall asleep, my mind is blank. I start having hypogogic images "Typo" out of no where. I don't know if it's from anxiety or not. Or not getting enough sleep. It kinda terrifies me a bit. I am wondering if anyone has experienced the same thing. I am too afraid to fall asleep, thinking I might die or something. Which sounds pretty silly. I've had panic attacks in my sleep before. Doctor told me I don't have sleep apnea. I hope I'm not going crazy I've been up for about 20 hours or so. I can't fall asleep at all. This insomnia is killing me. I feel like I keep forgetting to breathe, I feel sweaty and I feel my nerves in my stomach are acting up. I just took my anxiety meds to help me fall asleep. But I highly doubt it'll work at all. It is 7:00am now. I went to bed around 10:30pm. Didn't sleep well, was up till 5am. I don't know how much longer I can take the anxiety. I feel it in my shoulders, my stomach, etc. And my neck and head. its almost hard to breathe too. And I do have asthma. But I just want to get some sleep. I have racing thoughts and it feels like I'm hearing voices when ever the fan is on, but I'm not. I feel like my alertness is on high mode. Is there a way to get rid of this at all? I'm seeing a therapist soon, hopefully I can get on some new meds that will help. I'm too afraid to ask my doctor about my problem, but I don't want to bother him because I've been seeing him for the past 3 weeks for a check up and he thinks I'm fine. Just when these dream like images flash in front of my eyes pretty fast and I feel like I can't breathe it kinda scares me a little bit. My anxiety is hurting my chest like I said, making me feel emotionally drained, I feel a little depressed too. Along with rushing thought. Idk what to do anymore. If anyone has experienced this or knows what I might be going through please feel free to share. Thank you. I've been feeling butterflies in my stomach too and solar plexes area. So it's not a very good feeling to have. I don't drink caffeine anymore either. So I don't know what's causing my behavior. I'll get back test results on Monday. I am currently taking Depekote for Bipolar disorder. Thank you.

[tmf1291]

Originally Posted by Armos

So for the past couple months I've been having this issue, i got bipolar disorder and been having issues with sleep. I have been getting some rest. But when I'm having a anxiety attack I sometimes forget to breathe when I'm falling asleep. Now I don't know if this is normal or not. My chest has been hurting pretty bad wen i try to fall asleep. I've been to the doctor so many times I really don't want to get locked up for my doctor thinking I'm a hypochondriac. I was up all night, due to anxiety. I feel stress a little bit too. When I try to fall asleep, I'm WIDE awake. Like literally, my vision is off, I can't focus, it feels like the room is spinning, etc. When I try to fall asleep, my mind is blank. I start having hypogogic images "Typo" out of no where. I don't know if it's from anxiety or not. Or not getting enough sleep. It kinda terrifies me a bit. I am wondering if anyone has experienced the same thing. I am too afraid to fall asleep, thinking I might die or something. Which sounds pretty silly. I've had panic attacks in my sleep before. Doctor told me I don't have sleep apnea. I hope I'm not going crazy I've been up for about 20 hours or so. I can't fall asleep at all. This insomnia is killing me. I feel like I keep forgetting to breathe, I feel sweaty and I feel my nerves in my stomach are acting up. I just took my anxiety meds to help me fall asleep. But I highly doubt it'll work at all. It is 7:00am now. I went to bed around 10:30pm. Didn't sleep well, was up till 5am. I don't know how much longer I can take the anxiety. I feel it in my shoulders, my stomach, etc. And my neck and head. its almost hard to breathe too. And I do have asthma. But I just want to get some sleep. I have racing thoughts and it feels like I'm hearing voices when ever the fan is on, but I'm not. I feel like my alertness is on high mode. Is there a way to get rid of this at all? I'm seeing a therapist soon, hopefully I can get on some new meds that will help. I'm too afraid to ask my doctor about my problem, but I don't want to bother him because I've been seeing him for the past 3 weeks for a check up and he thinks I'm fine. Just when these dream like images flash in front of my eyes pretty fast and I feel like I can't breathe it kinda scares me a little bit. My anxiety is hurting my chest like I said, making me feel emotionally drained, I feel a little depressed too. Along with rushing thought. Idk what to do anymore. If anyone has experienced this or knows what I might be going through please feel free to share. Thank you. I've been feeling butterflies in my stomach too and solar plexes area. So it's not a very good feeling to have. I don't drink caffeine anymore either. So I don't know what's causing my behavior. I'll get back test results on Monday. I am currently taking Depekote for Bipolar disorder. Thank you.

You're having the same thing i was having the other night i kept feeling like i wasnt breathing when trying to sleep and i keeo waking back up gasping for air i dont know abiut your doctor locking you up for hypochondria he shouldnt but then again im not a dr. -~Fluff-~
P.s you may also want to get tested for schizophrenia and you might be having reaccuring panic attacks

Check your medications for what they are intended to treat and what side effects they cause as a result. I am bipolar too and major anxiety has been a problem - it is peeking right now incidentally. I too have had problems in the past with sleep anxiety. Since I have been taking Seroquel (Quetiapine) I have slept a good deal better. But Seroquel has not entirely been effective.

Something else to consider: sleep apnea. This is a physical condition that affects sleep quality and can aggravate night time anxiety. Mental health is one such factor in contributing to the apnea in turn.

I was just diagnosed with such and have begun to sleep with something called a cpap machine. It has helped with my sleep quality which in turn seems to be helping with night anxiety. I sleep through the night as opposed to waking hundreds of times with somethingerather on my mind.

Have a discussion with your doctor. There is a sleep quality test that can be done overnight in your own home.

[Armos]

Originally Posted by tmf1291

You're having the same thing i was having the other night i kept feeling like i wasnt breathing when trying to sleep and i keeo waking back up gasping for air i dont know abiut your doctor locking you up for hypochondria he shouldnt but then again im not a dr. -~Fluff-~
P.s you may also want to get tested for schizophrenia and you might be having reaccuring panic attacks

I know I don't have schizophrenia. My doctor would of told me by now. Plus it would be in my medical records. I was also not diagnosed with it in the past as well and we don't have a family history of it. I am seeing my psychiatrist/psychologist on Tuesday to get the proper diagnoses. I honestly believe I am suffering from allot of PTSD, stress, anxiety at the moment. I tend to over react allot. As I've been told. Also my family has a history of having panic attacks. My mom gets them so I get it from her side of the family.

Originally Posted by justafriend306

Check your medications for what they are intended to treat and what side effects they cause as a result. I am bipolar too and major anxiety has been a problem - it is peeking right now incidentally. I too have had problems in the past with sleep anxiety. Since I have been taking Seroquel (Quetiapine) I have slept a good deal better. But Seroquel has not entirely been effective.

Something else to consider: sleep apnea. This is a physical condition that affects sleep quality and can aggravate night time anxiety. Mental health is one such factor in contributing to the apnea in turn.

I was just diagnosed with such and have begun to sleep with something called a cpap machine. It has helped with my sleep quality which in turn seems to be helping with night anxiety. I sleep through the night as opposed to waking hundreds of times with somethingerather on my mind.

Have a discussion with your doctor. There is a sleep quality test that can be done overnight in your own home.

I have begged my doctor to get me to get me checked for sleep apnea or any other sleep problem. He has told me that I don't need to and I don't have it. I'm currently taking depekote for moodswings. Panic/anxiety attacks wont stop either. I haven't gotten much sleep because of anxiety. I've been getting night terrors and I don't know why they won't go away. I've also been on Seroquel in the past but never helped before. Here's a brief personality of me. I tend to over analyze my problems. I've seen my doctor for about 4 times in the past week. He says I'm fine, I'm alright it's just anxiety and the bipolar acting up. I feel like my mania has gone away. So I feel like I'm doing a bit better now. But right now I feel like I'm dealing with some stress. I have been having odd dreams lately. When I tend to worry, I have dreams about the things I've been worrying about. So I am not sure if that is part of the anxiety or not. My anxiety sometimes gives me rushing thoughts. So I feel like my doctor doesn't want to help at this point. He just tells me it's anxiety. So I honestly don't know what to do anymore. I keep forgetting to breathe because of anxiety, and I feel like I've been hyperventilating a bit from it. My anxiety has been so bad to the point it's costing me sleep. I've been going to bed at 5am. And waking up at 2pm. I don't want to go to the ER to get the hyperventilation checked out because they'll just send me home. And my mom refuses to take me anyway. I've been feeling pressure in my head from the anxiety so it really does suck. My doctor ignores me. He's put me on allot of medicine in the past to help with my bipolar/moodswings. etc. Been on Zoloft, Abilify, Seroquil, Paxil, none of those helped.

Also like I said, I over analyze allot. I've been told I've been obsessing over my worrying that I'm worrying for no reason. Woke up this morning hearing a weird beep noise so that's got me worried. Also feel like my anxiety is playing tricks on me. I read that could been from the anxiety. I'm at the end of my rope now so I really don't know what to do from here. I'm afraid to find out what I might be diagnosed with on Tuesday. And my chest freaking hurts from it. I just want to feel normal again. I've been going through allot and feel like I've been going through allot of trauma. I'm guessing that could explain the dreams? :/ Sorry I just feel like complete crap at the moment. And I don't get outside much. I have never felt this much fear in my freaking life its pathetic. I've experienced it before in 2015. Went away. Now its back. So it's getting nuts. And I only experience anxiety at night. And I can't find a way to stop the panic attacks. I just want to feel normal, sleep normal, and dream normal. I feel almost on edge if someone makes a wrong move I jump. So I don't know what to do. xD I also feel like it's been messing with my hearing too so I really wish everything would go back to normal. When I try to sleep this morning I felt like I was having hypagogic images coming instantly. So I'm really freaked out about it. I don't want to take a chance of going back to the doctor too. Because I know if I do he probably wont give a ****. I was fine 10 months ago. But now I feel like I hit rock bottom. T_T

I am afraid of telling my therapist what I've been experiencing. I mostly feel fear all the time, and feeling stressed. When I get diagnosed should I bring it up? They are pretty decent people. My current doctor wont do a thing for me. I feel like he's given up. My therapist has doctors/nurses on staff. Hopefully it's just PSTD and anxiety all together. Just wish me luck. Doctor told me before I've been stressed from the bipolar. So hopefully I'm not going completely insane. "Sorry for the language' Just frustrated atm" PS. I take ClonazePAM 0.5mg for anxiety. But it doesn't help at all. I'm also Depekote "Volponic Acid" 250mg. Two in the morning and two at night. I feel like it isn't helping at all, I feel like it's making it worse. It's an anti depressant that helps with seizures and helps stabilize moodswings. I feel non of the above are helping at all. Sorry for editing my post. If I go back to my doctor again he'll probably have me committed. Should I toughen it out till Tuesday and find a new doctor? Thank you. Also he still wont give me a sleep study so that's out of the question.

The lithium killed most of my anxiety in a matter of two weeks. The gabapentin helps a lot—this is prescribed for bipolar anxiety especially.

Seroquel (quetiapine) helps me sleep. Just 25mg, or even split in half.

Your regular doc can refer you for sleep apnea—it doesn’t have to be the psychiatrist.

In my case, a cardiologist referred me for sleep apnea. It turns out I don’t have heart problems, just sleep apnea.

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I take gabapentin and used to take Vistaril (Hydroxyzine) for anxiety. I also have bipolar but Latuda is my mood stabilizer/anti-psychotic.

A sleep study doesn't just check your breathing. It also checks your brain waves and heart rhythms, among other things. If you're having anxiety before going to sleep, though, your psychiatrist can give you a sleep med or an anti-anxiety med that can make you drowsy. You can also learn techniques in therapy to clear your mind and let the panicky thoughts roll by. I used to panic at night so that helped me.