Bipolar Disorder Support Group

Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

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WAKING up from.....

deleted_user
deleted_user
.... a nap or in the morning:

Do u have a racing heart??? for some reason this happens almost every time i wake from a nap, not so much in the morning... but it's a heart racing from hell, I feel panicky, irritable, and lately really scared.... and i don't know why it's getting worse... maybe because I am getting less sleep at nite....

anyone have this happen????
nobody666
nobody666
it happens to me in the middle of the night i only sleep for 4 or 5 hours then wake up like i'm wide awake but i know i need more sleep but then i try to stay awake
deleted_user
deleted_user
Could be a panic attack, could be your heart in tacycardia. I'd have it checked, don't take any chances.
deleted_user
deleted_user
This same thing happens to me in the morning.I just had some med called in for that.:(
deleted_user
deleted_user
i can't stand it because it's an uncontrollable fearful feeling.. like i'm searching for what i'm scared of...
deleted_user
deleted_user
i already take klonopin.. and this mostly happens with naps... anytime from like 2-7pm
deleted_user
deleted_user
Dreams maybe?????
deleted_user
deleted_user
That type of thing happens to me if I am overly tired from staying up too long and fall asleep in the middle of the day, when waking up from a nap I feel like that sometimes and also completely confused. Like I don't know where I am or what day it is, I get really loopy then for some reason. In the morning that stuff doesn't normally happen.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Thats exactly why I dont nap ..I will fight it as long as I can, I always wake up depressed and weepy. Natious sometimes even
deleted_user
deleted_user
I can't think of anything that would help you with that other than trying to sleep well at night so you wouldn't have to sleep during the day if possible? I know it's a horrid feeling so I hope it stops happening for you somehow
deleted_user
deleted_user
yeah, #7, it's worse when i havent had much sleep the nite be4, well and like #8, i avoid naps.... so obviously, when i do take one, it's gotta be like less than 4 hrs. sleep.... and i'm always disoriented and nauseaus... yuck
deleted_user
deleted_user
Could it be low blood sugar?
2kidmom
2kidmom
I have it too more before seroquel but I think it is either a part of the racing thoughts or just part of BP. I can get it from thoughts I produce too and it sends adrenaline throughout my body. That adrenaline wakes me up if sleeping immediately and can make me shaky if it is produced from thoughts almost like butterflies. I hate it! Is it similar to you?
deleted_user
deleted_user
used to...I have a sleep aide now that has helped
deleted_user
deleted_user
watch out thomas! the boards are x-rated tonight.
i love how you published the letter wherein you reported me to doug. oh, for shame, couldn't we just all get along?
deleted_user
deleted_user
I've been waking up lately paniky and really scared but haven't had the racing heart. Don't know what that's all about but it's getting old!
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