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Waking up in Terror/Panic attack
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Oct 23, 2023 | Replies (56)Comment receiving replies
I wake every morning with chest pain that has been ruled out as cardiac. I sometimes have it during the day. I am having a lot of anxiety with it. I’ve tried mindfulness, anxiety and depression classes and I take Clonazepam upon awakening. This has been going on for about 6 months. I don’t want to wake in the morning. But it wakes me up. I don’t recall any dreams or nightmares.
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@carolynmcn - I often wake up with chest pains during the night as well as in the morning. Sometimes these come on several times during the day too, after the morning attack.
In my case I know it is caused by GERD (Gastric Esophageal Reflux Disorder). These attacks happen despite not eating and drinking after 9:00 p.m. the latest, taking a Prevacid every night at bedtime and having the head of my bed raised on bed risers. Sometimes acid reflux can happen if I sleep in a position that puts pressure on my abdomen (even simply an arm resting across my abdomen), which in turn puts pressure on my stomach, causing acid to migrate into my esophagus.
As an additional measure I always keep a bottle of water at my bedside table so whenever I get these pains I take a few sips of water and the pain subsides each time. I always have a bottle of water on hand to sip whenever a pain comes in, even during the day.