Hey everyone so last year i had some major issues with my anxiety attacks and it took a serious toll on me physically and mentally. I worked really hard to try and get a hold on it working with a therapist and trying medication. Meds didnt help but the therapist really made me see how i was in control and i managed to start working to make myself better’ish. Anyways id gotten to the point where my constant anxiousness had vanished and my night attacks had all but stopped.

So a few weeks ago as im going to sleep i start to get that fizzy heart racing sensation in my chest and it starts travelling to my legs and im laying there and thinking okay this is new and it turns into a full out anxiety attack. Now this continues for several night obvs my first reaction (as usual) is oh my god its my heart somethings wrong with my heart. So my wife says to me have i considered that its because ive been up most of the night (meaning from around 7pm to midnight) playing video games. I dont see how that would be causing anxiety attacks but i take it into consideration and leave of the games at night and after a night or two with just the fizzy chest sensation they disappear. Strange. So last night its friday and i usually play games with some friends online 7pm till midnight and bed time comes around start going to sleep and bang it hits me again fizzy chest heart racing head spinning feel like im gunna pass out the whole deal. I mean this is a strange one for me i dont understand how or why i cant play video games at night now without having to endure these attacks.

So i thought id come here and ask has anyone else experienced anything else like this at all. Gaming is like the thing that makes me happy and now my anxiety has turned it into just another fear. I seem to be losing everything that i turned to to relax anxiety is literally dictating to me what i can cant do. Does anyone have any idea what i can do or any advice at all. Thanks everyone.