This happens to me alot in the mornings.

Yes, every once in a while I will wake up in the middle of the night with a racing heartbeat, night sweats, and vomiting - all signs of panic disorder.

Sounds lovely ;p I do not currently have a pdoc, don't actually have insurence at all... Starving student over here.... any home remedies?

I've been an insomiac for years. I wake up not knowing whether I've dreamed, or if it is real. Often, it's really creapy. Was that a dream or reality... My dreams are way to literal. But I don't think it's necessarily manic. Many times it is just a fucked up sleep state. Not at all pleasant, but once I convince myself that it wasn't real I feel better.

I am not BP but I do have panic disorder...Yep that would happen to me all the time. My medication I take has stopped all that. My dreams are still very vivid and detailed. I think thats why I still feel tired after I wake up.

Yes, I have been in a bad mixed episode and under lots of stress. I woke up at 3:30 am in a cold sweat with one (read my journal).

I had a panic attack that woke me up the other night and it made my chest muscles really sore and I got up to take some pain meds and then collapsed before I could finish taking them... it was awful

I can understand you going through these night terrors panic attacks and that you are confused as to what is going on.

I'm going though a lot of anxiety and that was new to me. I am a depressive type of guy. I still have depression but recently the anxiety has been rearing it's ugly head.

I don't know what is going on, and my dang pdoc hasn't told me anything.

Are you dreaming when you wake up? Or is it just wake up and panic attack?

I am a mixed episode BP(it means you experience mania and depressive episodes at the same time.The mania ,dosn't always manifest it's self in HAPPY mania..it can be aggitation anxiety,rage ,crying)
I am this way.I can't sleep more than an hour or so ,wake up feeling sick to my stomac with fear and heart palpitations.
Pdoc and I are trying diff meds to see what will work for me to get some sleep.Seraquel was GREAT for the sleeping...but then I was so druggy and hung over all day ,I couldn't funtion.

Good luck.Those night time anxiety attacks are the worst for me....it makes me wonder WTF is going on in my brain while it's supposed to be resting!!!?

I have been waking up in the morning having panic attaches. Not sure as to why but then I can not go back to sleep.

That's the only time I have them! Wakes me up out of a sound sleep.

Used to happen alot, once they got meds right, only occassionally, thankfully..Be careful about taking meds too close to bedtime,they can have an impact..

I don't really have panic attacks during the night. I have them during the day sometimes, usually when I'm out in public around large crowds of people, so you can imagine christmas shopping is kinda rough this year.

often, when i've procrastinated and have unfinished tasks at hand...

yep, every so often i wake up feeling like the back of my neck is burning, and heart is going nuts, then i get sick. It usually lasts an hour or 2.