Hi all
Is there anyone who shares a similar experience with me and could possibly comment on how they deal with it ?
I regularly suffer with sleep paralysis. (Basically, I will partially wake from my sleep but not be fully conscious. During this time, I feel a strong weight on my body, I am unable to move and I am unable to breath. I can feel myself attempting to move and trying to shout, however I am completely paralysed in my sleep and am unable to do anything).
In addition to this, (almost every night), withing 30 mins/1 hour of falling asleep, I wake up and I have intense adrenaline rushes through my body leading to panic attacks. The sensations I feel are as if someone is giving me an electric shock. When this happens it feels as if I am going to die and I feel physical tension in my chest.
I was worried I may be on the verge of a heart attack but my doctor has said this isn’t the case. I am taking beta blockers, but these are slowly losing their effect. I think this is all related to stress at work, however this has got worse over the last few months.
Anyone got any similar experience or thoughts.
Thanks