I've been having nightmares almost everytime I go to sleep. Today I woke up in the middle of the night again. Everytime I have it, I'm aware that I'm dreaming but it feels like it's real. It's so exhausting. When I woke up today I felt like I was gonna have a panic attack or something. 

I thought that it could be a side effect of the SSRI that I'm on, but I had a lot of nightmares before I started taking this new medication as well.

I've been getting a lot of shortness of breath too. My counsellor told me it's part of panic attack. Not sure what it's called but I think it's something like free- floating panic attack? I don't have any health issues like asthma at all.

How do I stop it? I'm sick of feeling this way. I don't even wanna tell anyone about it cause I dont wan't them to worry about me. I have semester tests and assignments coming up next week and I'm exhausted. I dont know what to do or how to calm myself down