panic attacks or something else

Woke up feeling like I was fainting again:( jerking feeling in the back of my head

Hi r.n.,

Was this sensation just as or after you had fallen asleep? If so, this is a completely normal reaction everyone has at some point, know as a hypnic jerk. It is just something the body will do right at the point of the body relaxing and drifting off.

If this occured after you had been asleep for some time...then yes, you could have woken with a panic attack. It used to happen to me all the time.

How are you feeling now? Better I hope...and sending wishes for an anxiety free day.;)

S.C.

The falling feeling? Like you wake up with a jolt? Happens to me all the time. Like S.C. explained its the hypnic jerk. I watched my boyfriend wake himself up like that the other day during a nap and its actually kinda funny when you're not the one who thinks they're falling! :)