Anxiety attacks in my sleep?

Question

Every once in a while, I have really bad dreams. Either of my boyfriend cheating, a scary *** tornado, or any other fears of mine.

Thing is, during the night, while sleeping, I cry in my sleep a lot, & feel a lot of stress. Sometimes, I wake up because I stop breathing.

Though last night is a perfect example of more. I had a dream that my boyfriend was cheating on me with another girl. He went out fishing on a boat alone with her and did stuff. When they came back, all they did was laugh at me and make me feel left out. For about an hour I dreamed of literally attacking my boyfriend, twisting his legs and braking them, scratching at him peeling off his skin, punching him all over, broke his nose, made him bleed and did all these other morbid attacks. He kept on getting back up though. I felt soo terrible, physically. My heart felt terribly stressed. I ended waking up because it was extremely hard for me to breathe, I had to continuesly keep taking deep breaths, was very dizzy, had a headache, and felt like I had to learn how to breathe again. I was crying in my sleep too. I felt terrible for about 20 minutes after I woke up. This happens almost every night, and it's pretty scary.

It's like I have anxiety attacks almost every night. If I don't get one, I at least wake up crying.

Answer 1

Maybe you should see a counselor about your anxiety. There could be an underlying cause or you might need medication. You'll get through it, good luck!

Answer 2

Try some relaxation exercises before bed, drink a cup of sleepytime tea, or play relaxing music while you sleep.

You may like to try a medication to help you sleep, you should speak to your doctor about that, but I recommend the first few things.

Answer 3

I have panic attacks also.I take prescribed meds from my Dr. now I was so anxious anything would bring on an attack.I have depression also.I focus on happier thoughts and with the meds I am alot better.Go to your Dr.tell him or her exactly how u are feeling.I also went to a very understanding Psycharist for awhile.Talk Therapy works.Take Care