Panic Attacks Support Group
A panic attack is a period of intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting no more than thirty minutes. Symptoms include trembling, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sweating, nausea, dizziness, hyperventilation, and sensations of choking or smothering. Panic attacks can be very sudden, appear to be unprovoked, and are often...
Hello all! I've been struggling lately and thought I'd come on here and see if what I've been experiencing is common at all.
Its VERY real to me! I have been prescribed to take clonazepam and I do. But something I have noticed recently or maybe not so recently, is that if I miss out on sleep, I totally feel like I'm withdrawing from my clonazepam. Its not like, oh I feel sleepy or even a little on edge. I fell like I do when I miss a dose of clonazepam (which I dont do anymore). But I feel so much angst and stiffness and shortness of breath! I feel like my heart is being strained! Not so much like its racing but that it feels like its just got alot of strain on it! I have with-drawled from clonazepam before. I used to forget a dose or something and by the next day, feel like I had to take twice my dose or more to survive it! My body is very much dependant on this drug! I hate it but I take it bc I do have panic attacks sometimes.
Anyway, anyone that has ever with-drawled from clonazepam (klonopin), knows how very uncomfortable and scary it can be! And I get this feeling every time I miss sleep! Like if I get any less than 4 hours of sleep. And I exaggerate not, its just as intense as withdrawaling too fast from clonazepam!
Am I alone on this? I mean more than just the regular "a little anxious if I dont get good sleep".
Nikki
Its VERY real to me! I have been prescribed to take clonazepam and I do. But something I have noticed recently or maybe not so recently, is that if I miss out on sleep, I totally feel like I'm withdrawing from my clonazepam. Its not like, oh I feel sleepy or even a little on edge. I fell like I do when I miss a dose of clonazepam (which I dont do anymore). But I feel so much angst and stiffness and shortness of breath! I feel like my heart is being strained! Not so much like its racing but that it feels like its just got alot of strain on it! I have with-drawled from clonazepam before. I used to forget a dose or something and by the next day, feel like I had to take twice my dose or more to survive it! My body is very much dependant on this drug! I hate it but I take it bc I do have panic attacks sometimes.
Anyway, anyone that has ever with-drawled from clonazepam (klonopin), knows how very uncomfortable and scary it can be! And I get this feeling every time I miss sleep! Like if I get any less than 4 hours of sleep. And I exaggerate not, its just as intense as withdrawaling too fast from clonazepam!
Am I alone on this? I mean more than just the regular "a little anxious if I dont get good sleep".
Nikki
if you dont like benzos, try an antihistamine tranquilliser
I know that what I feel when I dont get enough sleep is REAL! I'm a level headed person who has been doing great coping with my anxiety lately. I have suffered from it for over 18 years and been to therapists and doctors my whole life! I've read books, done programs, I know what I'm talking about.
Further more, with all due respect, I know my own body. Its not my imagination!
I will consult my doc with this but I dont appriciate being told its just my imagination when I know its not! Feeling like that, that intensly, its very real thank you!
I'd like more responses from others tho.
How does your anxiety do when you dont get enough sleep?
It has been over a year and I almost off of it. Now I dream....I don't like that part.
It helped all around.