Does anybody have fragmented sleep,where you fall asleep for a few minutes,begin having irrational,scary thoughts about going crazy,then wake up startled within minutes,afraid & feeling anxious?
Also,does anybody have trouble concentrating & feeling forgetful as a symtom of your anxiety? I suffer from Panic Disorder & am on a daily dose of 25mg of Zoloft. My biggest fear is losing control of...everything! My life,my mind especially. I've suffered from anxieties for years,having my 1st attack back around 1990. However,between 1990 & Sept of 2004,I managed to not have any panic attacks at all. Just anxiety symptoms once in a while brought on by fearful thoughts,like Do I have cancer? Do I have some strange illness that I'm unaware of,etc. But in Sept of this year,I woke up from a bad dream to a full blown,hardcore whopper of a panic attack! The 1st one in 14 years! I went to see a therapist & she officially diagnosed me w/PD. September was a bad month. October started out bad,but around the middle of Oct,all subsided & I actually felt 100% better...Till 2 days ago when I had a setback & felt panicky again. Now,I can't sleep,I'm back to being afraid of going nuts,or that I am going to get alzheimer's because I am experiencing forgetfulness. (I'm 39 years old) No,not forgetting my name,or my kids names or my wife's name or anything like that,just stupid,little things,like the name of a movie,or a book title,etc. Things that I normally would have rapid recall before! Well,this is the "latest" thing that's causing me anxiety & reason to want to panic. Can anybody relate?
Thanx!
