Panic Attacks in sleep

[Indignant]

Tea does contain caffeine, and chocolate, while very moderately, also does contain caffeine.

Try to adjust the time of your ritual, maybe a little earlier if you can't bring yourself to quit it entirely.

When was the last time you had sex, or a massage?

i'll try doing that this week and hopefully it will help, controlling my intake of caffeine i mean. does smoking affect sleep as well?

sex - last year most likely, massage last week.

[vashti]

Yeah, that was the biggest shock I've had since being licensed. I had absolutely NO idea how many people are medicated.

[Indignant]

Thanks Vash. I mentioned the worst thing and doctor in the same sentence before because there seems to be some stigma attached to this condition. When the doctor looked at my stats he gave me that "You know, I could be helping somebody with a real problem right now" type of a look, which made me feel a bit embarrased. I wish there was some kind of catch all technique or at least a place to go to which deals specifically with these types of things. Because, these anxiety attacks when they happen can be pretty scary especially for someone who doesn't know what's going on. I read that a lot of people with panic attack outbreaks end up in the emergency room because they think they're having a heart attack only to be sent home embarrased with a bill.

that's exactly what i felt from my doctor. he said that someone my age shouldn't be so paranoid. i guess he is right.

[Indignant]

Yeah, that was the biggest shock I've had since being licensed. I had absolutely NO idea how many people are medicated.

i've always believed that i'd rather suffer than lose all sense of reality.

[IndiReloaded]

Yeah, that was the biggest shock I've had since being licensed. I had absolutely NO idea how many people are medicated.

So, how many of those are our actual health professionals?

(serious question, btw)

[vashti]

So, how many of those are our actual health professionals?

(serious question, btw)

I couldn't really say... I've only had a few of those as patients (one doctor and a couple of nurses). They have not been addicts.

Of course, there are those that are. Once in a while, I hear about someone who has been busted for stealing drugs....

On the whole, though, I don't see many doctors or nurses being willing to go down that road. We see on a routine basis how ugly it gets.

[Indignant]

busted from stealing drugs from the hospital? that is so nurse jackie

[Gigabitch]

I'm worried about you now!

Are these dead people you're seeing just random corpses or people you knew?

[Indignant]

people i knew and it's really horrifying. i see them in all conditions.

[Gigabitch]

Oh, that is really disturbing. I think you need some trauma counseling. Something in your unconscious mind is clearly wanting some attention.

[Indignant]

but i am not a fan counseling at all. i am a do it myself girl. i guess i need to read up on it a little.

[qwertz]

Indig, i feel for you. I have had panic attacks in my sleep on and off for the last 18 months, they arent nice. They only started to lessen when i started to deal with the root cause of them.
I know you say you arent a fan of counselling, but neither was I- it took me a while to get the nerve to go to sessions and see them through. They have helped me to an extent, so maybe they can help you?

[Indignant]

could you please comment on how they have helped you?

[qwertz]

They have helped in a few ways. They helped me outwardly acknowledge what had happened (the reason i needed the counselling in the first place) and start to be accepting of my emotions i felt towards this.
My panic attacks were/are of a trigger event, and they always are of this one thing that is related to death. Just talking and expressing my feelings to someone who is really actually listening without judging was the biggest factor for me, because in talking openly about these things, it was like opening myself up to allow myself to heal...until i started my sessions I was kidding myself thinking that I was ok, it wasnt until i started them properly that i realised i really wasnt.

I know everybodies reasons/circumstances are different, and counselling helps in different ways for different people, but just thought it might be of some help as yours seem to focus around death?

[Indignant]

but i can't really say that i was traumatized by death