Sorry you can't sleep. I can't sleep either. I had the wake up "jolts" all night long.

I could not find a soul to chat with last night. I realize there are time zone differances. Guess no one on the eastcoast was having the same problem as I was.
Katie.....when you get the wake up jolts do you feel like you are going to stop breathing?

I still get "jolts" upon falling asleep. I mentioned this to my friend whose husband happens to be a respiratory therapist and he often conducts sleep clinics for patients that have sleep issues.

My friend told her husband about these jolts I was experiencing. He told me that there are various stages of sleep. Some people fall into a deep sleep to quickly missing a stage of sleep. It's common and harmless. We do not fall gradually into sleep. Due to this our subconscious "jolts" us awake. This can happen if experiencing stress as we are very tired when under stress.

It used to scare the crap out of me when I would be falling asleep then jolt but since he explained it to me it doesn't bother me any longer and it's more of an irritant than anything. I know that I'm just falling into a deep sleep to quickly and it's due to being tired because of stress.

Hope this helps :)

Oh and "yes" it feels as though you can't breathe. You "jolt" awake and take a big gasp of air like you stopped breathing. I think that's kind of like a trigger our body is sending to our brain telling us that we are falling into sleep. It really does have a lot to do with stages of sleep. Just know that's it's okay especially when under stress :)

You know even when you know all of this it still happens. That is what make me mad. I am still active, feel young and am healthy. I have a lot going for me but still have these attacks. I have been going through this for about fifteen years now. However, when all my best male friends died within seven months of each other things got worst. That was a little over four years ago now. I sometimes just feel left behind by them. It is hard to explain and I know I still have to be here to give support to my family. I am single and live alone which sucks but knowing that I still have family reminds me that I am still needed on occasion. I think I am starting to rambel on here. I just want to sell my place in CT and move to my other home in Myrtle Beach find a partner and sit on the beach. I never ask for much. It would be nice to have some inner peace and quite.