symtpom i am scared off

Gottabestrong · 09-18-2006, 02:59 PM

this morning while sleeping on my side it seems (which i normally do) i remember breifly waking up for a second and "stutter breathing" like when you are crying or something, for a cpuple of breaths, then it felt like my chest stopped.....and i fell back asleep.......

this worries me as if i am going to stop breathing...... also, i remeber i had this happen about 5 times during the 4th (and last year) i was on paxil, albeit MUCH worse, i actually remember being conscious and stopping breathing and then "stutter" breathing or taking short gasps for air......and my body being paralyzed and me not being able to move nor fully wake up, and then i would fall back to sleep.....at that time since i was on paxil i didnt care, just thought panic attack and forgot about it.....

what do u guys think?

LCrawford67 · 09-18-2006, 03:00 PM

I'm sure you're fine, but have you ever considered being checked for sleep apnea?

Gottabestrong · 09-18-2006, 03:02 PM

hmmm good point.... never have considered it, since i dont experience this regularly, but perhaps i should, thanks

LCrawford67 · 09-18-2006, 03:02 PM

I think it would ease your mind, if nothing else.

Homerbcool · 09-18-2006, 03:05 PM

By all means get it checked out..prepare for some tests etc...but if itis Sleep apnea.it could lead to more dangerous issues...

Gottabestrong · 09-18-2006, 03:09 PM

more dangerous issues, such as?

fortherealz · 09-18-2006, 04:25 PM

I know that exact feeling, it is very scary. It does not happen any more as I am almost 18 mos paxil free. I would be laying there just having fell asleep for a nap and all of the sudden I would sit up real quick and gasp for air, It really freeked me out, but it happened probably a dozen times, it almost threw me into a panic attack, but it eased fairly quickly. I hadn't heard of many other having this but, yeah, I had it for awhile, probably until the 10-12 month mark. It has gone away for me. Keep on truckin, my friend you WILL make it.

Gottabestrong · 09-18-2006, 04:33 PM

thanks...actually though waht you describe i have experienced and dont experience anymore.. what im experiencced this morning is the same thing, but imagine that you couldnt wake up from it!! you would just fall asleep again.... (and thank God) wake back up later on...... i pray that its just panic and not apnea or worse.......

09-18-2006, 02:59 PM	#1
Gottabestrong Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 399	symtpom i am scared off this morning while sleeping on my side it seems (which i normally do) i remember breifly waking up for a second and "stutter breathing" like when you are crying or something, for a cpuple of breaths, then it felt like my chest stopped.....and i fell back asleep....... this worries me as if i am going to stop breathing...... also, i remeber i had this happen about 5 times during the 4th (and last year) i was on paxil, albeit MUCH worse, i actually remember being conscious and stopping breathing and then "stutter" breathing or taking short gasps for air......and my body being paralyzed and me not being able to move nor fully wake up, and then i would fall back to sleep.....at that time since i was on paxil i didnt care, just thought panic attack and forgot about it..... what do u guys think?

09-18-2006, 03:00 PM	#2
LCrawford67 Moderator "Everybody poops" Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 26,493	Re: symtpom i am scared off I'm sure you're fine, but have you ever considered being checked for sleep apnea? __________________ aka LC aka Laurie C. Paxil, 20 mg since 1997, for IBS Two unsuccessful attempts to quit. Started tapering 11/27/06 PAXIL FREE 12/29/07 If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants. ~Kevin James

09-18-2006, 03:02 PM	#3
Gottabestrong Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 399	Re: symtpom i am scared off hmmm good point.... never have considered it, since i dont experience this regularly, but perhaps i should, thanks

09-18-2006, 03:02 PM	#4
LCrawford67 Moderator "Everybody poops" Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 26,493	Re: symtpom i am scared off I think it would ease your mind, if nothing else. __________________ aka LC aka Laurie C. Paxil, 20 mg since 1997, for IBS Two unsuccessful attempts to quit. Started tapering 11/27/06 PAXIL FREE 12/29/07 If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants. ~Kevin James

09-18-2006, 03:05 PM	#5
Homerbcool "colors outside the lines" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 15,949	Re: symtpom i am scared off By all means get it checked out..prepare for some tests etc...but if itis Sleep apnea.it could lead to more dangerous issues... __________________ That's one of the curses of anxiety--we make possibilities into certainties.....Tim

09-18-2006, 03:09 PM	#6
Gottabestrong Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 399	Re: symtpom i am scared off more dangerous issues, such as?

09-18-2006, 04:25 PM	#7
fortherealz Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Laredo, TX USA Posts: 102	Re: symtpom i am scared off I know that exact feeling, it is very scary. It does not happen any more as I am almost 18 mos paxil free. I would be laying there just having fell asleep for a nap and all of the sudden I would sit up real quick and gasp for air, It really freeked me out, but it happened probably a dozen times, it almost threw me into a panic attack, but it eased fairly quickly. I hadn't heard of many other having this but, yeah, I had it for awhile, probably until the 10-12 month mark. It has gone away for me. Keep on truckin, my friend you WILL make it.

09-18-2006, 04:33 PM	#8
Gottabestrong Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 399	Re: symtpom i am scared off thanks...actually though waht you describe i have experienced and dont experience anymore.. what im experiencced this morning is the same thing, but imagine that you couldnt wake up from it!! you would just fall asleep again.... (and thank God) wake back up later on...... i pray that its just panic and not apnea or worse.......

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