07-11-2018, 05:20 PM
Hello.
Well, Mr. Hind, my experiences don't quite match the intensity of the panic attacks you've experienced but given the circumstances in which they happened on a regular basis and time of day, they certainly posed a serious problem for me.
As I got into my late 20s I began noticing that immediately upon waking, even before stretching or getting out of bed, my heart would jump up to 170 bpm and couldn't think because my mind was preoccupied with figuring out WTF my body was in a state of shock. After 5 minutes or so it would slow down and level out around 100 bpm until I got to work where it would go down further to about 70.
3 psychiatrists and some behavioral therapy sessions later (didn't help) it was determined that I was having panic attacks upon waking. No concrete explanation except that I wasn't releasing stress through normal mechanisms and my subconscious, along with a nice shot of adrenaline, were creating the perfect environment for a panic attack upon waking.
I know it doesn't sound like much. But geez. What a pain it was to wake up (still do sometimes) and immediately go into a panic attack before you've even had 1 thought or even smelled the coffee brewing!!! AHH!
Well, Mr. Hind, my experiences don't quite match the intensity of the panic attacks you've experienced but given the circumstances in which they happened on a regular basis and time of day, they certainly posed a serious problem for me.
As I got into my late 20s I began noticing that immediately upon waking, even before stretching or getting out of bed, my heart would jump up to 170 bpm and couldn't think because my mind was preoccupied with figuring out WTF my body was in a state of shock. After 5 minutes or so it would slow down and level out around 100 bpm until I got to work where it would go down further to about 70.
3 psychiatrists and some behavioral therapy sessions later (didn't help) it was determined that I was having panic attacks upon waking. No concrete explanation except that I wasn't releasing stress through normal mechanisms and my subconscious, along with a nice shot of adrenaline, were creating the perfect environment for a panic attack upon waking.
I know it doesn't sound like much. But geez. What a pain it was to wake up (still do sometimes) and immediately go into a panic attack before you've even had 1 thought or even smelled the coffee brewing!!! AHH!