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Lately I've been cognizant of the fact that whenever I fall asleep it feels like I'm losing my breath and I start being scared so my heart starts racing been avoiding to sleep lately. People have told me I sleep as if I'm dead and I've noticed that?
Every night as I'm starting to fall asleep it feels like my heart starts racing and it feels like I can't breathe . Happens 2-3 times per night?
I've been noticing a few nights this past month(including tonight)when i barley start to fall asleep i instantly wake up with a racing heart and feeling like my whole body is shutting down like(shortness of breath)(doom feeling)but quicky goes away.
I have a oximeter that shows my heart rate. It does normal rythem. But it has been dipping down when my pulse goes up. I have been so tired that I fall asleep for 2 days now. No chest pains, no shortness of breath?
Woke up 2hrs after falling asleep, short of breath and a racing heart. Felt better and was able to go back to sleep within a couple of hours. Could this have been heart related or just a panic attack?
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