Insomnia Support Group

Yeah I had that last night, Iv'e had insomnia the last few nights and sometimes its like I forget how to sleep and my heartrate rises out of stress.

Not sure I understand this. You say "when I doze off, my heart rate seems to increase but a LOT and it wakes me up."

If you are dozing, how do you know your heart rate seems to increase? You're sleeping, right? And if you are sleeping, then by definition your heart rate, breathing rate, body temperature, etc. will all drop.

It could it be that you have actually slept an hour or two and are waking up between cycles of sleep. It's quite normal to wake up very briefly before entering another sleep cycle, which typically lasts 90 minutes or so. We typically experience 5 or 6 of these cycles each night, and usually forget about the in-between wake-ups by morning.

It's during these in-between cycle times that panic attacks, increased heart rate, night sweats, and so on, can hit hard. And especially so if you are already in a hyperstimulated state from excessive stress and/or anxiety experienced during waking hours.

If that's the case, you can try in-bed relaxation methods to help yourself calm back down if/when this happens. These methods include progressive muscle relaxation and deep diaphragmatic breathing, among others.

Good luck!

Good question Sleeptrainingsystem, I'll clarify.

I doze off and then when I awake fully, my heart is beating very fast. It happens on that time when the brain just starts loosing contentiousness.

I defiantly didn't sleep an hour or two because I feel loosing contentiousness. I also still wake up at night after a few hours sleep, but only for a few minutes and I dont feel any ill or strange sensations.

PS
last night was a good night again...

Also; when it does happen, it only takes me less than 30 seconds to calm down again. Once my brain is fully continuous and awake again, it realises what's going on and my heart rate goes down again. Until the next time it happens anywhere from 10-30 mins later.

if you told that to a doctor, they would say you got a panic attack.

when i was low on acetlycholine, that happened to me.

take acetly-l-carnitine + choline to fix.

Panic attack? Gosh... I'll see how it goes and book a session with a psychiatrist if it doesn't get better soon.

Well, I just want to report that the last 2 nights sleep have been... good. Well last night was almost FANTASTIC. But I havent tried anything different yet. Still on the Mulungu.

I may be getting better YAY. And occasionally have a bad night sleep and that's what it was.