Does anyone else get this? *Sleep related*

[sirrahbed]

wow this sounds so familiar! I have experienced something very similar and in my case, it is part of a syndrome with panic attacks and seizure-like migraines. It occasionally happens to me awake also - one side of my body goes slightly numb like a stroke, shortness of breath, visual spots, etc. It is so scary but not dangerous in my case. I had my first one when I was about 15 or so and had them quite a bit several years ago. Do you happen to get migraines?? The kind where you get the darks spots in your vision?

At my Neurologist, I was given EEG's and some deprived light strobe/sleep testing. Quick and pretty simple. I was given several anticonvulsant medications to try and now take Neurontin but am in the process of getting off of it. I am not sure the medicine helped me as much as knowing that it was nothing dangerous. I know that in my case, tiredness, anxiety & emotional fear makes everything worse. Just reading about yours made me remember how it feels

I don't mean to sound scary and hope I do not - just my experience. I am glad you are planning to see a doctor. Even being overly tired can mess up our sleep cycle.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

My friend gets that. He said it feels like someone is holding a pillow over his face and he cannot move to get the pillow off.