Help

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I went to bed as normal last night but within an hour I
was awake with a feeling that I couldn't breath. I was
gasping for breath and thought I was going to die !!
I have never been so scared. I'm not really worried about
anything although the fact that I will be 40 next week is
really playing on my mind ( stupid I know but I have a
real 'thing ' about getting old )
This has only happened once before but that time I had a
cough so put it down to that
Could this be a type of panic attack ?? Is it possible to
die like this ??
Please reply someone and let me know I'm not going mad ,
I'm starting to panic about going to bed tonight
My husband nearly had a heart attack last night by being
woken by me I can't put him through it again

Well your not going mad!!! It is probably related to turning 40. It was probably just a panic attack. Have yourself checked out by your doctor. If he says anxiety then it's anxiety.
Don't give it any more power by being afraid of it. Nothing happened to you last night other than it felt awful. Accept that it happened. You might want to write out what bothering you about turning 40 this will help with any fear you have about that. writing it out takes the power out of your fear about it.

I agree with Lisa. I think some times ones thoughts can just become too over whelming, and if you are like me, then your mind works overtime and things that are not really an issue become one. People say that life begins at forty, so go out there with a bang....

Same happened to me last night!! I thought I was alone.. I went to bed and my dream was half real..I couldnt breathe or swallow and couldn't even move my body or open my mouth to call someone for help. It was my first time like this. And I'm 20 years old. It's really affecting my life right now. Like I had my first day of work the next day and it went real bad because I just kept thinking of how scared and lonely I got that night. Everything else seemed unreal and fuzzy. Now I am just very afraid. I am very afraid go back to bed and find myself choking on air again. Please help?