Hello,
I get this maybe once every week or so where as I am falling asleep I can't move or feel my body and I also can't breathe. It feels as if something sucked all the energy out of me. I can feel the numbness take over my body. It is very scary because you cannot take a breath while this happens.
It takes a lot of mental effort to come out of it (usually I can within 15 seconds), but I have to concentrate on waking myself up!!!! It's a very strange thing that I cannot explain. It's like I have to retake control of my brain!
While this happens I am fully awake and can see the room around me, just can't move.
I feel one day I might not be able to wake up before I suffocate. I just saw one doctor, she said it could just be anxiety, but I'm not buying it. Unfortunately, my health coverage doesn't start until July so I can't even go for a sleep study yet.
I've had this for about 5 months now. I was hoping others could shed some insight on this. Thank You much! -Adam
2007-05-25
20:58:22
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