Woke up gasping for air.

[ImHere_Again]

I feel like I have been really anxious these past couple of days and I have been trying to just ignore it but I don't think I can anymore. I feel like this whole virus is starting to affect me mentally. It's currently 2:51 am and I woke up feeling like I couldn't breath. I'm still trying to catch my breath and now I'm going to be scared to fall.asleep. I have been sick for the past couple of days and at first I thought it could have been Corona virus because I had a sore throat and had a migraine two days prior still, I had mucus just like any other cold. My mind was at ease because of that. Seeing everything that is happening with the world is making me anxious and paranoid. I feel like I have been stuck inside forever because of this quarantine. I am starting to feel like when I was depressed. I didn't go out much and being inside the house use to make it worse. I feel like I am stuck. What comforted me before was that if I ever got bad,l I could just go to the hospital , but I guess I can't do that anymore. My anxiety comes with feeling out of balanced so lately thats what has been bothering me. My legs feel so heavy because I'm always so tense thinking I might fall or something. I don't know what to do anymore. I guess, for now, is get sleep but now I am scared. What if I wake up feeling like I can't breathe, again? I feel like I have to make sure I'm awake so that I can control my beating. I feel like bad things are just starting to pile up all at once and I don't know how to handle it.

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Hello

I could have written your post as I have been and am going through the same thing

I have been waking up having panic attacks which feel like I am not breathing and I am asleep and trying to wake up

Before all this virus thing started I am on inhalers and kept getting really bad thrush from them in my mouth , I have a sore throat and keep thinking have I got the virus , has the thrush come back yet no Doctor to see and to be honest I would not leave the house to see one so instead I sit suffering with constant fear

My mind never shuts up !

The only thing that is different is I am agoraphobic and have been stuck in 18 years this year so that bit is no different for me this is my life anyway , but the rest I relate so much to how you feel

Keep gargling with salt water that could help the throat

Know you are not alone and keep talking

Take Care x

[hypercat54]

Everyone is feeling anxious these days so you aren't alone. However breathing is an automatic function so you haven't got to control it otherwise it will stop. If there is any problem with it your brain will automatically wake you.

Try looking on YouTube for videos on tips to control your anxiety. x

[worrymagic2013]

It does sound like an anxiety thing rather than a breathing problem. Anxiety for me often has a similar effect. I find distraction helps - if I manage to read an absorbing book or watch a really good film then I can say to myself Listen, you've been breathing fine for 2 hours, there is no problem here, and it helps reassure me that the anxiety is causing the symptoms, not the oter way around.

Half the country is worried they might have had the virus, because most people won't have been tested. When the tests come out we will be more reassured, but also, you're not alone and a lot of people feel uncertain about symptoms which might also be a cold, or flu, or something else. Try to distract your busy mind and sleep.

When I feel like this I sleep sitting up, not sure why but it seems to reassure my mind that I'm OK! Maybe a spell on the sofa resting but upright will help-?

-worrymagic

[aneerj]

Its anxiety.all i can say is that its a sort of panic attacks..please just relax which i know is dificult right now..myself n family are so tensed bcoz of that virus.my brother will hv to do the test bcoz his colleague test positive..my brother is living in constant anxious feeling n so we are.am hving palps.indigestion.sore throat..you nane it.i was severe health anxiety to moderate but now this virus is making me feel down

[Jayde_96]

Hi there I used to suffer this a lot! Each night I went to bed I would be scared to fall asleep... it was like you jump out of your sleep gasping for air. I’m pretty sure this is anxiety where your brain Isn’t switching off. When you have these attacks try to calm and distract your self.... put the tv on watch something happy or read something and you may find you will fall back to sleep. It can be very scary but remember it will pass and one day you will suddenly realise you don’t get it anymore x