Does this sound like a panic attack?

That doesn’t sound like the panic attacks I’ve had, but it does sound like something to talk to a doctor about.

That sounds like hypnagogic jerks. If so, they are normal and harmless.

My doctor has just dismissed it saying it’s panic attacks, I have had it on and off for about 8 years now…. so I’m assuming it wont be a weird brain tumor – however given I suffer from anxiety it’s definitely something I’m worried about, but 8 years is enough to say it’s probably not.
It’s just really annoying, it’s like panic but a ‘snap’

hey @crisw it sounds similar but mine feel like they are entwined with an electrical charge, and given it’s my brain it probably is exactly that – I just wonder if it’s safe, or if I’m going crazy.

Here’s a more detailed article. It’s often descrbed as feeling like an electrical shock. As the first link I posted states, you may be having them more often if you are losing sleep for some other reason. They are normal. You are not going crazy.

@crisw amazing thank you…. will read now.

This is it!!!! Omg I“m so relieved…......
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One is called an “auditory sleep start.” Here, instead of waking with a twitch, you wake to a very loud snap or cracking sound that seems to originate in the center of your own head. Sounds very unpleasant. Another, a “visual sleep start,” replaces the crack with a blinding flash of light, also coming from inside your noggin or your eyes. A final variation returns you to full consciousness with a “flowing sensation” that oozes over your skin. All the sleep starts may be accompanied by a grunt, as you exhale through sleepy vocal chords.

I get both the visual and the auditory response…. wow thank you I hope that this helps other people as well if anyone else is reading this.