Wake myself up from sleep

[Ohlucy7]

so this is what I'm experiencing for several months now. I go to bed. I begin to fall asleep. Within a few minutes to 30 minutes I feel a sinking feeling in my stomach with an adrenaline surge. I realize than I'm drifting off to sleep and I wake myself up. Sometimes I just fall asleep and wake up with racing heart and horrible fear. I don't know what this is. My doctor is baffled. My doc believes it's anxiety driven but why? Why do I wake myself up ? I tell myself that there is nothing to fear about going to sleep and I try to go back to sleep but it's no use. The next day I'm over the top anxious and depressed with lack of sleep. I have had the other choice then to go on seroquel for sleep and anxiety which helps but when I try and sleep without it, the same problem comes back. It's ruining my life and I feel so alone. Anybody else experience this and what helped to get over it? Thanks

[miche31263]

I don't think the therapists have a clue what this is like :(

[Ohlucy7]

It's good to know I'm not the only one out there. My therapist tells me I have to face it and ignore it and keep trying to fall back asleep. The more I get be into it, the fear, the more it remains.

[miche31263]

Hello,
Yes, I do this too.  And I will also wake up every hour to it as well.  I think mine is night terrors or anxiety driven but not sure.  I have maybe 3-4 hours of interrupted sleep every night for the last 2 weeks and at 5am I finally give in and get up.  I hope it will settle soon.  I hope yours does too.