I'm pretty sure I have it and I'd like to know how to get it treated- my doctor has never heard of it.
2007-09-19 02:02:02 · 5 answers · asked by Who's sarcastic? 6 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Sleep paralysis occurs as a disconnection between REM sleep and your consciousness. Normally in REM sleep (since you are dreaming), your body paralyzes itself so you don't act out your dreams. If you wake up while int his state, you'll be paralyzed even though you're awake.
If you get it often, it can be treated with a medicine called clonazepam. You should see a neurologist, particularly a sleep specialist to help you.
2007-09-19 03:49:45 · answer #1 · answered by nicedoc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have had it and so has my mom, brother and uncles. It's one of the scariest things in the world and its very hard to deal with. I can actually feel myself going into a sleep paralysis "trance" but its too late to back out of it. I can hear whats going on around me but I can't move. In those dream, trances I try my best just to move a finger or a toe because I know that if I can then I'll wake up. I have been awoken by my husband many times during the night because he can hear me whimpering and I've told him that when he hears that to please shake me and wake me up because I'm "stuck"...it is the worst feeling ever.
My mom and I have been to sleep specialists and they said its rare. Basically your body is caught between sleep and awake. Your brain is "sleeping" but you are still consciously aware as well. My doctor told me to not take naps during the day because it can make it worse and to also sleep in the bed. (Usually the paralysis happens when I'm napping n the couch)....
Good Luck!! I know what you're going through.
Also---do you ever feel like during those dreams like you can't move? Like someone is chasing you and you just can't run--as hard as you try you just can't make your legs move....thats another symptom of sleep paralysis.
2007-09-19 02:14:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Miss Kitty I have exactly the same as you and it is quite horrific sometimes. The last time I had it, I could see my bedroom around me and I dreamt that I saw a horrible man come in my room (looked a bit like Freddie Kruger) and he put string around my neck. Then he took it off mine and started putting it around my husbands who was lying asleep next to me and I couldn't move a muscle!
Sometimes the panic is so bad I can force myself awake but you are exhausted afterwards and usually fall straight asleep again.
I have learnt to shout 'wake me up' with my throat and my husband usually thankfully hears me and comes to my rescue with an elbow to the ribs!
I also find that I only have them when I have been stressing about something when I go to sleep so I always try and think about nice things as I am dropping off now.
2007-09-19 02:40:19 · answer #3 · answered by lilmissdisorganised 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard of it, but in weird situations, like someone wakes up and thinks that an alien is abducting them, and can't move. The ye olden times the alien was a witch and in ye olden Japan it was a demon. You wake up and can't move. I don't know the cure, but it would e scary.
2007-09-19 02:09:21 · answer #4 · answered by Dukklord 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
your doctor has never heard of it ,get another doctor please,there is no cure ,but avoid over tiredness and stress,as you realise it is harmless it will happen less and less,also if you google it you might find out more,but it is fairly common,yes its happened to me about a dozen times ,i was terrified the first time ,then you learn to relax and it soon passes
2007-09-19 02:08:18 · answer #5 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋