I can sleep during the day with no problems, but when I try to sleep at night, I start to fall asleep and then suddenly feel like I quit breathing, and I freak out and am instantly wide-awake again. I have to try to breathe deep measured breaths and then again as soon as I start to drift off, I feel the sensation of quitting breathing again. This happens repeatedly each night, and it usually results in me just getting back up, and staying awake until I am so tired I just can't stay awake anymore.What's wrong with me. My boyfriend says I should get checked out by a doctor because he thinks I'm crazy and says this all makes no sense, and that a person doesn't just stop breathing like that.