Nocturnal Panic Attacks Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

Soooooo I was doing pretty good. I did find out that my Palpatations were caused by either having real bad anxiety and yes the time of the month. I didn't want to believe that but it does. I take birth control three years now I thought that's supposed to help with the hormones. Didn't have this problem before but then I was on an AD as well. So last night I felt like two palps then my heartbeat went up to about 100 then to 140 of course I got up went downstairs laid on couch heart racing hands sweaty and short of breath. After exactly 10 min it all went down. I notice at night if I wake up with elevated heart rate I drink oj and it goes away. That did not work last night. I fell asleep for over an hour and woke up to this ugh. I have one more week of birth control pills then I start new pack. This month is not as bad with the palps though. I don't like getting the fast heart rate. I have a pulse ox so my heart can get to 170's if I let it. Ugh had to vent I'm at work and I'm
Tired and I have 45 patients to see today.

Hi PK,

I am sorry to hear of your rough night.:( The nocturnal P/A's are the worst!

If you are going to bed with an empty stomach...or exercising late at night...maybe a low BGL is causing your fast HR? That would make sense why the juice calms things down? In any case...getting up as you did, and practicing some relaxation techniques is helpful.

Maybe making an appointment with your gyno to talk b/c alternatives may be in order. I know I changed over time, and could no longer tolerate my previous pills after a while...

I hope that you can pace yourself in spite of your heavy workload...and steal some time to practice your coping skills...

Here's to a better night tonight!

S.C.

Thanks guys. Yea I'm not sure bc sometimes if I drink a lil bit of OJ probably will be 100 would go down to 83 so that I know was my blood sugar. This unfortunately was a panic attack lasted exactly 10 minutes. I hate when this happened but I think I made it worse myself because I was just laying there my heart rate was only at 101 and then it shut all the way up to 130 because I got very nervous when downstairs and like I said I tried to calm myself but It already kicked in 130 bpm shortness of breath started the sweaty palms and then skipping heartbeats on top of that. Finally, my slowed down and still was a little on edge afterwards then I took a Xanax and I was out like a light.

Rspwed,

I did not get that impression from your post in the least...just that you were encouraging and sharing your experience...:)

(I know you didn't ask me...but...just wanted you to feel reassured)

S.C.

Omg rspwed no not at all. Thank you for sharing your story with me makes me feel better. Do you ever wake up a lot throughout the night? I can go to bed at 9:30 wake up at 12 then 2:30 then 4:30. Sometimes only once a night it's very frustrating.

I miss my full night of sleep :(