Anxiety symptoms without feeling anxious - please help!

[Hangingbellyofbabylon]

I have a long history of mainly anxiety and panic attacks with a side order of depression and ocd - yay! it's great to me.

Anyway, the anxiety and depression have been under control for a good while now. Before xmas I was taking anti-depressants and beta-blockers for post-natal hypertension. At xmas GP said blood pressure was no longer an issue so I stopped taking the beta blockers. I have been fine since and do not feel particularly stressed or worried at the moment.

2 nights ago after I'd been asleep about 10 mins I suddenly woke up 'panicking' - raising heart, very dry mouth, sweaty palms. It was as if someone has come and shouted 'boo' in my ear and scared the crap out of me. . But when I got up for a drink I didn't actually feel panicky in my head. The same thing happened again last night and after ignoring it for an hour I got fed up and took a beta blockers which stopped the symptoms and let me sleep.

Now I'm too scared to go to bed tonight cos it's like a self-fufilling prophecy.

I have got my period at the moment so I'm wondering if the hormonal imbalance has got to me and made me feel more mental.

I'm tired and scared now as I had years of uncontrolled panic attacks and anxiety and I can't bear the thought that it could all be starting up again.

Hello, I am not sure what is going on for you but I'm having hormonal differences in mood so it is possible. What I wanted to say to you was don't worry about it.easier said than done I know!! if you wake up in panic agai try to remember it is only feelings - it will always pass and won't cause you any harm. Just because you've had a couple of nights don't expect or fear more. Can you do some sort of relaxation? I find cocentrating on counting backword from 500 helps and I always nod back off before I get to 0. The main thing I want to say to you is that is is fear nothing more nothing less. thinking about it and giving it too much space won't help. I don't know what else to suggest. Hope you can not worry about your past effecting your future it doesn't have to. I wish you a good night.xx