Am I having a small anxiety attack or heart palpitations?

[Cheyenne_mason]

Hello, my name is Cheyenne. I'm 20 years old. (Female). There is a history of depression and anxiety on my mother's side but I haven't shown much in the lane of anxiety yet. However. Last night, every time I'd start to fall asleep I could feel myself hault breathing. Which would wake me, obviously. This happened seven or so times when I decided I should walk around a bit, drink some water and hit my inhaler. After about five or so minutes I went to lay back down and this time, i could feel my heart stop. Or palpate maybe. I'm not sure. This happened three or so times before I just gave up on sleeping and ended up here. I'm anemic, hypoglycemic, and have hypothyroidism which I am medicated for, but I am not the best at taking my medication. I'm scared I'm going to die in my sleep. What's going on? Also, my heart rate is 83bpm 20 minutes after.

[Paxiled]

Too much for us, unfortunately.  You don't say why you're hypoglycemic, anemic, and hypothyroid.  Some get that way because of disease.  Some get that way because they don't eat right.  We don't know which you are.  And if you don't take your meds and it's not from poor eating then that could be your whole problem.  It also could be something called sleep apnea.  Whether it's anxiety or not is hard to tell when you have so much physiologically going on that can cause just about anything that can go wrong.  If it's from your diet and not, say, Hashimoto's and some anemia caused by a disorder etc. that could also indicate anxiety and depression.  But the fact there is some mental illness in your family doesn't mean you're going to get it.  You also say you have an inhaler, which indicates asthma as well or something with your lungs.  It's a lot of stuff to sort out.  Clearly, the first step is to see your doctor.  The next step will follow from that.