I seem to not be able to control my movement. I feel just frozen. Please don't tell me to see a doctor because I already am I just want to know if anyone has this problem or anything about such a thing?
2006-08-29 17:14:53 · 15 answers · asked by ~AB~ 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
The closest personal relatement I can make to this, is that there will be times when I wake up in the middle of the night, and I can't move. It's like my body is not attached to my brain telling it to move. It is definitely a scary feeling. I don't know if this is what you are experiencing, but regardless, I don't think that it is anything to worry too much about. It may just be a phase that you will grow out of eventually.
2006-08-29 17:17:25 · answer #1 · answered by Amy J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My girlfriend does this to. She says that she's awake and that she knows everything going on around but she's not able to move. She also says she has like waking nightmares were she thinks someone or at times something is holding her down and talking to her. It has something to do with a part of you brain still thing your asleep hence being frozen. It is a sleep disorder and she said it helped her fear of it happening just knowing that. I understand not wanting to see a doctor she did not either. But maybe you could check out a sleep center if you think you need help with this.
2006-08-30 00:32:32 · answer #2 · answered by THE CRAZY NUT 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have had this happen to me. Do you take any kind of meds? Check those out on the web. I already have and there are several that cause this. Everybody's body goes into a sort of paralysis in deep sleep (REM). Normally, you wouldn't wake, but certain meds alter this so that this temporary paralysis kicks in when you are just falling asleep or just waking up. It is not harmful, as far as I've read. When it happens, relax and remember it just takes a few seconds for your mind to bring you back out of the paralysis. I take elavil, and when I went from 40 mgs to 50, that's when it happened. I talked to my doc about it, she said that after my body got used to the dose, it shouldn't happen anymore, she also said it was not harmful as it is natural in everybody, I was just aware of it. I didn't like it so I dropped back down. Try http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums/index.php for personal stories
2006-08-30 00:31:12 · answer #3 · answered by ispoilmyself 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like your waking up from a nightmare or dream.Your body isn`t fully awake but you mind is.When your in a very deep sleep and you dream you are sort of parralized,though your not aware of it.I saw a show on it and said it was a way for us as we had a bad dream to keep from injuring ourselves.
2006-08-30 00:19:30 · answer #4 · answered by greenstateresearcher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i may not explain this very well but here goes.....when we sleep, our brain secretes a hormone that makes our muscles seem like they are paralyzed. they're really not, it's just a way your brain keeps your body from doing all of the things we dream about. otherwise we would all be sleepwalkers and do the weird sh!t we dream about. sometimes, you wake up too quickly and your brain hasn't had time to stop producing that hormone and we feel like we can't move.
hope that helps.
2006-08-30 00:21:38 · answer #5 · answered by feisty_wun 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This can occur if you haven't come out of your REM at the time of waking. When we sleep our brain paralyzes us so we don't hurt ourselves etc. And if you do this quite often you do need to see someone doctor wise concerning sleep disorders.
2006-08-30 00:21:36 · answer #6 · answered by rltouhe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah ive never heard of that. if your seein a doctor, u should be straight. wish i had a story to share or something, but yeah thats totally foreign to me. hope u get it figure out man. good luck
2006-08-30 00:21:04 · answer #7 · answered by af4sguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard of this; I think it's called sleep paralysis or REM atonia. Check it out here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis
2006-08-30 00:23:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And also think about a zinc problem. Happened to me because of too low zinc.
2006-08-30 00:24:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought I was the only one. Forreal. It scared the sh!t out of me the first couple of times.
2006-08-30 00:22:08 · answer #10 · answered by Jethro B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋