Scary thoughts and night time Panic attacks
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 2:53 pm
I am fairly new to this forum. I have had panic attacks in my sleep recently. they were severe as far as intensity goes. I handled these pretty well considering how intense they were. I still got up everyday for work thinking I am just stressed out and these will pass in time.
The derealization that followed these attacks was just aweful. My mind would race during the day of thinking about how the world around me looks in an unreal way and I would just become terrified by it. I know this is all obsessive thinking but I have become even more anxious because of it. When I would think about this the during the day or even think of a future event in this way, i would feel panic racing up my back. i can feel myself get humble and a little depressed around people because of these thoughts.
I think about this stuff 24/7 and it is beginning to control my decisions because of the fear involved. I still go to places I need to go but I am very apprehensive all the time. I have to even think if sex with my wife will bring on an attack. i still do it and no attack.
Anyone have any suggestions on how to gain control? I've been through this before and each time its the same thoughts and fears involved. The nightime attacks, are they a sign of some serious mental disorder? i am an older gentlemen and I think i would have known if I was psychotic by now or that I had a serious mental disorder. I was diagnosed with GAD years ago but just concerned that maybe the doctor was wrong.
The derealization that followed these attacks was just aweful. My mind would race during the day of thinking about how the world around me looks in an unreal way and I would just become terrified by it. I know this is all obsessive thinking but I have become even more anxious because of it. When I would think about this the during the day or even think of a future event in this way, i would feel panic racing up my back. i can feel myself get humble and a little depressed around people because of these thoughts.
I think about this stuff 24/7 and it is beginning to control my decisions because of the fear involved. I still go to places I need to go but I am very apprehensive all the time. I have to even think if sex with my wife will bring on an attack. i still do it and no attack.
Anyone have any suggestions on how to gain control? I've been through this before and each time its the same thoughts and fears involved. The nightime attacks, are they a sign of some serious mental disorder? i am an older gentlemen and I think i would have known if I was psychotic by now or that I had a serious mental disorder. I was diagnosed with GAD years ago but just concerned that maybe the doctor was wrong.