Frequent awakenings at night in adults: causes and treatment tips


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The psychological dream book compares the dreamed feeling of anxiety with a subconscious feeling of danger. Seeing such a plot for a young lady warns that the sleeping beauty should be wary of new acquaintances and connections with unfamiliar men.

Denise Lin's dream book states that any, especially negative, emotions in a dream are a reason to seriously think about your life. Most often, a dream of fear or anxiety does not predict any specific events, but indicates the current state of affairs of the sleeping person.

Esotericists, interpreting why one dreams of feeling anxious, proclaim the need to be alert and not to trust others too much.

Help with panic attacks

A person suffering from panic attacks at night cannot correctly assess his condition. Often waking up with a feeling of fear and anxiety is perceived as an ordinary nightmare, so they are in no hurry to seek help. But such episodes are becoming more frequent, and my health is getting worse. If panic attacks occur during sleep, treatment should only be prescribed by a psychiatrist or psychotherapist. At the initial consultation, the doctor collects an anamnesis. Only sincere answers and a confidential conversation with a doctor will help you make a correct diagnosis and choose the optimal therapy. The main goal of conversations with a doctor is to learn to quickly recognize your panic attack and, over time, learn to cope with it, learn to help yourself, gain personal experience of successfully overcoming, coping, and thereby minimize the risk of its reoccurrence.

For a sleep panic attack, symptoms and treatment vary. With a high level of anxiety, as well as with severe or frequent attacks, a course of anti-anxiety (anxiolytic) drugs has a good effect. Medicines are selected individually, and only with the consent of the patient.

If a panic attack occurs in a dream, how to deal with it without pills?

At the onset of the disease, relaxation and muscle relaxation techniques help to quickly calm down and normalize the nervous system. This is taught in psychotherapy sessions. Breathing techniques, therapeutic hypnosis, and cognitive behavioral psychotherapy are also effectively used.

Individual and then group psychotherapy is an important stage in the treatment of panic attacks. A person needs to figure it out and understand what makes up his individual causes of anxiety attacks during the daytime. Learn to respond adequately to various stressful situations. Find your own individual regimen that makes up a healthy lifestyle, strictly follow the recommendations of your doctor. Only in this case will the prognosis be favorable.

Details: reasons for fear

The Dream Book from A to Z, explaining why you dream of feeling anxious, draws attention to the cause of fear. So, experience excitement for:

  • children - foreshadows a change in family relationships;
  • work - speaks of the possibility of changing the attitude of management for the better;
  • love relationships - announces an upcoming surprise from your significant other;
  • unfinished business - promises a collision with unexpected obstacles in work.

Fright in sleep and rapid heartbeat

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Night terrors can cause heart-rending screams in sleep, as well as rapid heartbeat and fear. For a long time after waking up, a person may be in a state of severe stress.

If the nightmare appeared in the rapid phase of sleep, then the awakened person is well aware of what is happening. If a nightmare occurs during the deep sleep phase, the person does not immediately realize that he was sleeping and often cannot come to his senses, confusing sleep and reality. But such cases occur due to the fact that a person may have a high fever.

The causes of fears at night can be various psychological traumas inflicted in childhood or early adolescence. They can give rise to nightmares in adulthood. Usually, constant quarrels between parents, as well as physical punishment and deception, negatively affect the psyche. The cause of fear in a dream can be either illness or severe fatigue, as well as deep stress or long-term depression, a disease of the nervous system.

With a headache and fever, oxygen starvation of the brain, you may dream of various fights, scenes of violence or war. If you have breathing problems, you may dream that a person is suffocating and lacks oxygen. You may also dream of death or burial of a body. Therefore, you should listen to your dreams. They can become a guide by which one can identify certain mental deviations.

If you overeat before bed, this can negatively affect various biorhythms and processes occurring in the human body. At the same time, the brain experiences strong overexcitation. This can lead to various nightmares and fears.

Musicians, artists and other creative individuals have nightmares much more often than ordinary people for the simple reason that for most of their lives they may not be in the real world, but in a fictional world that they themselves have come up with. Night terrors can also be caused by irritants in the outside world, for example, extreme cold, heat, or loud noises coming into the bed. Various experiences can also lead to nightmares, for example, after the death of a loved one.

If you don’t want to wake up from your own screams, then don’t eat spicy food or alcohol before bed, which destroys brain cells and leads to nervous disorders. Also, stimulants that negatively affect sleep and cause night terrors include drugs. Try not to watch various horror films before going to bed. Psychologists strongly advise against watching scenes of violence in films for impressionable and vulnerable people. Oddly enough, routine and constant actions at work, brought to the point of automaticity, can negatively affect your sleep. After you wake up, you may feel groggy and stressed. If you constantly wake up from fear, then you should consult a doctor who will identify the cause of your fears.

  • Nightmares and night terrors

You can be scared at any age. The cause of fear may be a sudden threat to life (suffocation, electric shock, snake bite, etc.). Often, fear arises on psychological grounds prepared by the patient himself. For example, if you are afraid of ghosts that you constantly think about, you read a variety of literature on this topic, fear may occur when a door suddenly creaks in the dark or when a neighbor knocks on the window. The reason in this case is clear only to you and is justified only for you, because... other people won't notice the creaking or knocking noise.

There are many methods for getting rid of fear. Art therapy is more often used with young children. The child must draw what he is afraid of, and then work with the drawing and, adding details, create a non-fearful image. For example, if a child is afraid of Baba Yaga, he draws this fairy-tale character, and then draws on big ears, wings like a butterfly, paints a flowered dress, i.e. creates a funny image.

Other techniques are used with adult patients. For example, you can get rid of fear using hypnosis. A psychotherapist, putting a person into a hypnotic state, helps to get rid of those emotions that cause a phobia.

Seeing teeth falling out in a dream


It is popularly believed that a dream about rotten teeth falling out indicates the imminent death of one of your acquaintances, friends or family members. It is considered a very bad sign, however, this dream speaks of a person’s inner experiences and does not necessarily mean that it marks imminent death.

Rotten teeth in a dream mean a person’s suffering regarding his appearance. He is internally very worried that he does not look the way he would like, he is afraid of condemnation and rejection of others.

Seeing a snake in a dream


Usually such a dream promises big troubles, problems at work, envy and intrigue of enemies. This one-sided interpretation of this dream is primarily due to the fact that the vast majority of people experience disgust and fear at the sight of a snake, but since ancient times this animal has symbolized natural wisdom. A dream where you simply see a snake (it does not bite you or behave aggressively) is a very good sign. Such a dream suggests that you have already managed to achieve psychological maturity and acquired life wisdom. Now you are able to neutralize the negative influence and intrigues of envious enemies.

Run away from someone in a dream


Being chased is a very common nightmare. You are trying to escape from an unknown pursuer, and often he catches up with you. Usually this is where awakening occurs. This dream means your problems, which accumulate every day, and you are in no hurry to solve them. If you know how to manage your dreams, then try to stop. As a rule, nothing bad happens and the dream ends. If you manage to see the stalker, then his appearance and behavior can help solve your problems in reality.

Falling from a height in a dream


Typically, such a dream occurs at those moments in life when you are unable to control your life, are confused and fearful of future events. You are very worried about uncertainty.

Seeing yourself buried alive in a dream


A very common dream. You get trapped or buried alive in the ground. There are quite a few variations of this dream, and the sensations, to put it mildly, are not very pleasant. If you often see this dream, then it could mean your fear and despair. You cannot find your place in life, and this fact scares you. You feel like a hostage to the current situation.

Seeing yourself naked in a dream


It often happens that in a dream you find yourself completely naked, people are looking at you, and you feel completely defenseless and confused. This dream means that in real life you have problems with self-esteem. You care about the opinions of others more than necessary. You take every step in life with an eye on what they will think of you and how this action will be regarded by those around you.

In a dream you missed some important event


This dream is associated with your constant anxiety. In real life you cannot achieve success, you fail to realize yourself. You have not lived up to the expectations placed on you. If you often have such a dream, then try to worry less. Don’t think that you are failing at something in life and won’t be able to achieve the success you want.

The problem is this:

At night I wake up feeling that I don’t feel well. For a long time I couldn’t understand what was going on. Then I discovered that at these moments the pulse jumped to 150/min, the pressure increased to 140/95 (it used to be 190/130). (Usually my low blood pressure is 90/55 - 110/70).

In addition, I feel fear and panic. It often happens that I jump up and rush around in a sleepy state, not thinking well, I want to lie down, I feel weak, my arms and legs go numb, become weak, I FEEL choking (I inhale, but there is not enough air). I am shaking, my muscles are cramping, I have spasms, and as a result of this I always, excuse me, go to the toilet in a big way.

The attack lasts from 1 minute to 15-20. After the attack I feel weak and anxious. If I can’t calm down, my pulse rises again and the attack repeats.

If the attack is not very strong, I endure it, do without pills, the condition returns to normal on its own. If the pulse is high or does not go astray for a long time and I am suffering from suffocation, then I take anaprilin 10 mg under the tongue. After 10-15 minutes, the pressure drops to 90/70, the pulse can become 110-90/min.

Attacks can occur every night, or after a nap.

The attacks first appeared 6 years ago after prolonged stress. I was treated by a psychotherapist without pills, with sessions of suggestion and self-hypnosis. Six months later it became easier, the attacks stopped, and the anxiety level during the day decreased.

A year ago, again, one after another there were several severe stresses and fears. At first I constantly felt suffocated day and night, a constant rapid heartbeat of 90-110. The ambulance took me several times. This lasted a month. Then these attacks began during sleep.

I turned to a psychotherapist. Treatment: Rexitin (did not produce results), then it was replaced with Fevarin 100 mg, after a couple of months Grandaxin 50 mg was added in the morning (because in the morning I felt sleepy, tired, weak) and adaptol 25 mg before bed. In case of deterioration of the condition during stress, panic, fear, I took Xanax 25 mg per day. The treatment alleviated the depression, life began to be perceived brighter. But the attacks never went away.

Examined: Lungs are normal. The heart is normal (but cardiograms taken during attacks are not good). She underwent treatment: mildronate IV 10 ml - 5 injections; Mildronate tablets - for 2 weeks in the morning and evening; 9 droppers with potassium, propanorm 150 mg 2 times a day. After this, there were no attacks for three weeks.

Thyroid – I’ve been doing ultrasounds for the last 8 years, because I often feel pressure and heaviness, a lump in my throat. All was good. And only now they found a tiny bundle. The doctor said that he cannot give these conditions and there is no need to treat him, just observe him, he is very small, like a cyst and can disappear on his own. Tested for hormones: T3 sv-9.6, T4 sv-20, TSH-0.9, AtTPO-43

If the reason is still in the psyche, then what to do, how to treat further? The psychotherapist does not prescribe anything else. She was treated with antidepressants for 8 months. Although they improved the general mood and outlook on life, they did not relieve the attacks. I see no point in continuing to take these medications. I stopped using Grandaxin 2.5 months ago, gradually reducing the dose. I also reduced the dose of Fevarin: from 100 mg I went to 50 mg per day for two months; Now I’ve switched to 25 mg per day, I plan to take this dose for another 40 days, then switch to Noofen.

I'm a pretty calm, optimistic person. I don't put up with the disease. (this is confirmed by the psychological tests that I took in connection with my visit to a psychotherapist). When there are no attacks, I live and don’t think about them, I don’t cycle, I have a lot of interesting things to do. But when the attacks come one after another, or even two per night, I begin to fall into despair. For so many years I have not been able to find the cause of the disease and alleviate the condition.

I ask for advice on my condition. Are any other examinations needed? If nerve treatment is necessary, if possible, advise medications that will help.

A heartbeat in a dream is an alarming symbol. You risk finding yourself in a dangerous situation due to your gambling. Two outcomes of events are assumed. You can lose a significant amount of money, but retain your honor and dignity, or say goodbye to your reputation, but retain your capital.

Be more careful with your own savings. They will help you overcome a difficult stage in life.

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If you dream about your heart beating quickly, it means you are in anticipation of some exciting event that is of great importance to you. Such a plot promises the imminent arrival of the expected moment, but foreshadows the subsequent disappointment and regret.

The anticipation of a holiday is always better than the holiday itself. So expect the best, but don't set your hopes too high.

If you dreamed about another person’s heartbeat, it means that a certain person is interested in you and has sympathy for you. Soon this person will dare to confess his feelings, and this will be a big surprise for you.

Don't rush to give an answer. Listen to your feelings first.

Hearing your heartbeat in a dream can be a sign of unrequited feelings or a consequence of a recent disagreement with your lover. In any case, this situation causes you mental discomfort and despair.

Calm down and calmly analyze what exactly is causing you concern. Sometimes a frank conversation can help resolve many controversial issues.

According to the dream book, if your heart is beating so hard that it seems like it’s about to jump out of your chest, it means that one of your loved ones may be in trouble. He will need your help and participation. It is possible that the problems will be related to health.

Try to do everything in your power to help the person you care about.

Listening to a heartbeat in a dream means that significant changes in your lifestyle are expected in the near future. They will be associated with changes in marital status. Even if you are single now and do not plan to tie the knot, the situation will change very quickly, and very soon you will become a happy family man.

You shouldn't think too far ahead of your future. It can change rapidly at any moment. Be prepared for this and don't resist.

Cheer up!

The dream interpreter advises people who dream of a drill to diversify their lives with bright events. Take a vacation, spend time with family and friends, visit exhibitions or museums

The interpretation of a dream about anxiety is sometimes associated with the sleeping person’s dissatisfaction with his life. You think that you live a boring and ordinary life, dreaming of a beautiful and rich life. However, you do nothing to make your desires come true, esotericists are sure.

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In addition, sleep is normalized by sedative herbal infusions and relaxing baths, smart meals and increased physical activity during the day.

Stress, increased fatigue, and neuroses require taking sedative pills, such as Persen, Novo-Passit and others.

Another thing is CPAP therapy. However, there is no need for it in the case of sudden awakenings.

Of course, special drugs from the group of sleeping pills can also be recommended, and in case of severe diseases, tranquilizers can also be used. Such potent medications are prescribed exclusively by a doctor. Only a specialist can correctly determine the duration and dosage of administration.

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