Hi, I have the same problem. It seems that when I just reach level 1 sleep, (on the fringe of falling asleep), I am woken up by a huge fright wave. Kind of like when you awake suddenly from a bad dream, only there is no dream. This panic will be accompanied by either involuntary twitches, or a gasp or just sitting up. This happens about 6-10 times over the next hour or two, and then I finally fall asleep. Once asleep, I usually stay asleep. I don't have any concious anxious thoughts beforehand and yet they still happen. Now I am frightened of sleeping and I used to love a good sleep. Also, when you are tired, it makes it just that much harder to keep myself in the state of mind to relax during daytime panic attacks. Does anyone know why the body or mind is doing this unconciously? Thanks :confuse:
