Sudden wake at night with a pounding heart rate & a feeling of doom

[BemjamenFrankline]

Hello guys! This has happened to me about 4 times this year already. The most recent, a month ago. So I had no major activity that day, (just the normal day to day) so it was bed time, I had super and went to bed at 9:00 pm feeling healthy, then suddenly, about 2 hours later (in deep sleep) I suddenly woke up with a pounding heart rate and a feeling of pending doom, could hadly realize I was me, breathing slowed down (I was struggling to catch my breath) moving around the room struggling to find out what’s happening to me. I looked at my hands and the looked as if though, they don’t belong to my body. I felt like I was going to die the next minute. It happened for about 15 minutes. Now I had suffered from anxiety disorder until about a year, so I just told my self it might be it coming back and went back to bed , but couldn’t sleep till morning, was scared the whole night that it might happen again. Please I need to know you’re with me, help me. I’m 24’ 6’0, 180 pounds.

[beeebles]

no one replied back to you? I'm new here and just now reading this ..I hope things have gotten better..I'm struggling too with similar

[BemjamenFrankline in reply to beeebles]

Oh yeah Beeebles! It’s gotten way better now, and thank you so much for replying. Good to know I’m not alone. Welcome to the forum😎

[beeebles]

no one replied back to you? I'm new here and just now reading this ..I hope things have gotten better..I'm struggling too with similar

[CDreamer]

Those symptoms can be caused by an arrythmia such as Atrial Fibrillation, AF for short. If it happens again take your pulse and if it is fast ie 120+ or irregular then do go see your GP as soon as possible. AF is not immediately life threatening but can sometimes feel like it & many people with AF report the sense of pending doom, palpitations, racing heart & breathlessness along with very frequent peeing.

AF can be caused by sleep apnea so also ask about a sleep study.

[BemjamenFrankline in reply to CDreamer]

Thanks! CDreamer. I’ll keep an 👁 on that.

[sleepydayz]

You are definitely not alone! I have had this happen multiple times throughout the past two years and I still do not know what causes it. But it is very frightening. Some of my episodes have lasted a few hours. Let's let each other know if we end up determining anything regarding this issue.

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I,ve had this for years, Don,t seem as bad now but I see people and spiders and snakes instead.