Sometimes when I try to go to sleep..I guess my body goes to sleep when I'm still up. If that makes any scence at all. Anyway what happens is I could be thinking about something with my eyes closed and then I can't move my body. I can't talk. All I can do is make the humm sound. I have to really consentrate on moving to get out of it. I feel like I don't have enough air when I am in this. And it is hard to take a deep breath. I know I am not dreaming because I can still hear everythng around me like I would when I am awake and I am thinking not having a dream. So does anyone know what this is, or have any suggestings to help stop it from hapining? And if it helps you to answer I am a 15 year old female who is in good heath as far as I know.
2006-09-02 09:48:14 · 8 answers · asked by darlin 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
What is sleep paralysis?
Sleep paralysis consists of a period of inability to perform voluntary movements either at sleep onset or upon awakening.
Sleep paralysis may also be referred to as isolated sleep paralysis, familial sleep paralysis, hynogogic or hypnopompic paralysis, predormital or postdormital paralysis
What are the symptoms?
A complaint of inability to move the trunk or limbs at sleep onset or upon awakening
Presence of brief episodes of partial or complete skeletal muscle paralysis
Episodes can be associated with hypnagogic hallucinations or dream-like mentation (act or use of the brain)
Polysomnography (a sleep recording) shows at least one of the following:
suppression of skeletal muscle tone
a sleep onset REM period
dissociated REM sleep
Is it harmful?
Sleep paralysis is most often associated with narcolepsy, a neurological condition in which the person has uncontrollable naps. However, there are many people who experience sleep paralysis without having signs of narcolepsy. Sometimes it runs in families. There is no known explanation why some people experience this paralysis. It is not harmful, although most people report feeling very afraid because they do not know what is happening, and within minutes they gradually or abruptly are able to move again; the episode is often terminated by a sound or a touch on the body.
In some cases, when hypnogogic hallucinations are present, people feel that someone is in the room with them, some experience the feeling that someone or something is sitting on their chest and they feel impending death and suffocation. That has been called the “Hag Phenomena” and has been happening to people over the centuries. These things cause people much anxiety and terror, but there is no physical harm.
What else can you tell me about sleep paralysis?
Some people with disrupted sleep schedules or circadian rhythm disturbances experience sleep paralysis
A study found that 35% of subjects with isolated sleep paralysis also reported a history of wake panic attacks unrelated to the experience of paralysis
Sixteen percent of these persons with isolated sleep paralysis met the criteria for panic disorder
How can I stop the sleep paralysis?
In severe cases, where episodes take place at least once a week for 6 months, medication may be used.
You may be able to minimize the episodes by following good sleep hygiene:
getting enough sleep
reduce stress
exercise regularly (but not too close to bedtime)
keep a regular sleep schedule
2006-09-02 10:00:12 · answer #1 · answered by Trevor B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like Hypersomnia, also known as excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), is an excessive amount of sleepiness, resulting in an inability to stay awake or alert. The are many reasons for this but you been 15 can be part of growing up ask you re relatives to listen to you wile you are sleeping to see if you make excessive noise like snoring and if you do the reason cud be sleep apnea . This can be solve with a Cpap machine also if you move allot in bed during the night and the pillows fly all over the bedroom, there is a problem also .If this problem persist the best thing is to consult a chest specialist or a pulmonologist .
2006-09-02 17:14:40 · answer #2 · answered by James 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow I used have this same exact problem! It doesn't really happen anymore though its been some months I'm guessing but I would be interested in the answer to this question as well. What I think happens is that sometimes you are very very sleepy but you body is fighting it so it is almost like you are half sleep or something kind of like you knowing you should have went to bed way earlier so you end of falling asleep but not all the way because you were trying to stay up
2006-09-02 16:55:48 · answer #3 · answered by CaramelCutiePie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure exactly what that is...definitely sounds like a sleep disorder...I do suggest you get checked out though.
2006-09-02 16:54:13 · answer #4 · answered by heathrocksla 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have 1 suggestion for u play games like basketball or etc. that u become very tired in night and this will result in very good sleep
2006-09-02 16:56:32 · answer #5 · answered by ashish v 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it sounds like it is time for a check up just to make sure everything is going ok
2006-09-02 16:56:58 · answer #6 · answered by angel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but that happens to me too
2006-09-02 17:06:32 · answer #7 · answered by brigette b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alien abduction
2006-09-02 16:56:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋