Panic feeling while trying to sleep

[Blessed]

Does anyone wake up startled and feeling panicky when trying to go to sleep? How can you make this feeling go away?

[Dweeb]

Yeah i do i just sit up sip some cold water and it seems to go :)

[Chris C]

I usually take a melatonin tablet before bed. Makes it easier for me to go to sleep.

[aharris2456]

The other day as I was drifting off to sleep I thought I felt my heart beat really really hard a couple of time and woke straight up and just sat there checking my pulse. It seemed ok so I just layed back down and went to sleep luckily.

[petrified]

Yeah it happens quite alot with me. Some nights its every time I'm just drifting over it happens, on those nights I usually grab a book and read til I'm so exhausted I just fall asleep.