I can relate to what your having they are a form of night terror, I have them frequently since my mum died in 2010 I have about 4 per week, I wake up scared stiff, heart racing, etc. They are hard to deal with I find they usually affect the way I feel throughout the day.

Totally, they suck! Usually when this happens I know I'm going to have a shit day. Sorry about your mom, that's got to be hard for you. I don't know what I'd do without my mother.

I use to wake up from a nights sleep with horrible anxiety and could never understand how someone could wake up anxious when I hadn't been awake long enough to be anxious about anything! I want to give you some hope because the "waking with anxiety' does go away. At least for me it did and I"m hoping the same for you! Hugs GB

Yeah, this is pretty common. The part of your brain that is responsible for sending out all that adrenaline is actually MORE active when you are sleeping. If your brain thinks you have a reason to be wary of danger.....its not going to let you get too comfortable. Once your brain believes you are not in danger, it will relax and stop giving you nightly wake up calls. Worst thing you can do is dwell on it and over-analyze it. I know it feels terrible. I have been there MANY times. But over thinking it will only make it last. Hope you get some rest soon.

unfortunately I think I did end up over analyzing it. I had a terrible day yesterday because of it. And I got lil to no sleep. So now super tired with a head ache and a sore throat which makes for a grumpy gal. *thumbs down*

It's nice to know I am not alone thought!

I never actually connected the two, but I have always had bouts of night terrors ever since I was a kid. Only now when I wake up in the middle of the night, I go into a panic attack. Even when I know the dream is not real or isn't very scary, I'll still get shakes and have trouble with my breathing. And recently, even if I wasn't dreaming I will still wake up sometimes in the middle of the night and just waking up is enough to get me to start having anxiety. And now that you've mentioned it, I've noticed that my breathing changes right when I wake up too. So you definitely aren't the only one.

I had morning anxiety for a long time as well....not the panic attack kind but just the "dread" and "bad feelings" kind. I would wake up in the morning, groggy and out of it....and that was the only time of the day I ever felt "normal", as strange as that sounds.

But then because anxiety is such an addiction for me...I would immediately "remember" that I was supposed to be anxious and then BOOM....back to anxiety and morning dread.

I knew I was getting a handle on anxiety when I would go longer and longer periods of time before I would "remember" that I was supposed to be anxious.

For me, its just like a cigarette craving or a sugar craving....worry cravings and anxiety addiction is just like any other craving or addiction.

I'm rambling. lol Basically just saying that yeah, I get it..

Hope you are getting some rest! :)