NaeNae
06-10-2003, 05:01 AM
I'm hoping someone can help me. It's almost 3am and I can't sleep because of something happening. I went to bed feeling a little dizzy. I'm on Effexor XR and Oxycontin for my back pain. As I'm laying there sooo tired my body is trying to wake itself back up. But I can't move any limbs, eyes, nothing. Except for my legs. If I try my darndest, I can move my legs around and that'll wake me up. In the meantime, my brain is awake and my heart is beating so hard it's scaring me. So when I am fully back awake, I try to relax, start over and then it happens. I'm so tired and want to sleep, but my body keeps doing this.
I do have sleep apnea and have been having some trouble lately with limb movements. It's worrying me! I'm only 29!
I do have sleep apnea and have been having some trouble lately with limb movements. It's worrying me! I'm only 29!
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blackbarf
06-11-2003, 05:36 PM
Forgot your question, but you are not alone, I am about to graduate so am looking to identify all my 'imperfections' as such. I did what you did, on the night before my oral presentation. Spent about an hour in that state, scared to sleep. What are the other symptons of your sleep apnea? I am considering the possibility that I have TMJ and have posted on the TMJ & vision thread in that section.
barry
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tracey2775
06-11-2003, 08:44 PM
ive been taking anti-depressants for 7 years and now and again i wake up and cant move. although my mind is awake and aware of everything and everyone around me, i just cant seem to move. im totally paralized. im telling myself in my mind to move but nothing happens. i aways feel as like ive stopped breathing as well and i cant start again.
allygirl
06-12-2003, 04:14 AM
That happens to me,too.
WRHaxen
06-14-2003, 12:10 PM
Me, too. usually its coupled with some kind of presence, thats either threatening or caring. its wierd. oh, well.
Phalcon
06-17-2003, 12:21 PM
That used to happen to me alot. I was not on any medication at all. I used to get to work 2 hours early to beat traffic,then I would sleep in a chair. That's when it would happen. I have not had that happen in the past few years, but it used to happen every day. It usually happend when I was in a chair or car, but I can remember lying on a hotel bed and my wife and friends were going to the lake. They called to me to see if I wanted to go. My wife said he is so tired and he has too be on stage tonight, so just let him sleep. I could hear them, and wanted to go, but all I could do was lay there on my stomach paralized. My mind was wide awake, but I could not speak or move. By the time I was able to move, they had already gone.
I heard that some people believe that they can make there minds travel to far away places, leaving there bodies behind. They believe that this is actually a gift we have. It is called remote viewing, and that what we call sleep paralisis is actually the first step to remote viewing. Anybody else ever heard that?
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I heard that some people believe that they can make there minds travel to far away places, leaving there bodies behind. They believe that this is actually a gift we have. It is called remote viewing, and that what we call sleep paralisis is actually the first step to remote viewing. Anybody else ever heard that?
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Excaliba
06-19-2003, 03:47 AM
Yes, I occassionally experience this as well, but not for a long time (I am not nor have I ever been on any meds).
Sleep paralysis is more common than most people realise.
Sleep paralysis: A complete temporary paralysis occurring in connection with sleep and especially upon waking (Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, Network Edition © 2002)
For your info, I have provided a couple of quotes from published articles:
"Sleep paralysis usually happens when someone is just entering or leaving sleep, and lasts from a few seconds to a couple of minutes. Most research has linked it with REM, or rapid eye movement, sleep which indicates dreaming. When the body and brain enter REM sleep, the muscles relax and the brain blocks signals that would normally allow the limbs to move, so preventing the body from acting out its dreams. One suggestion for the cause of sleep paralysis is that the firewall between sleeping and wakefulness temporarily drops, so that some sleep phenomena, of which paralysis is one, breaks into wakefulness." - © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2003 (full article http://www.observer.co.uk/life/story/0,6903,596608,00.html)
Another article also commenting on the impact anti-anxiety drugs have on this condition:
"... [Dr] Ohayon discovered that the problem is about five times more likely to hit people taking anti-anxiety drugs such as Xanax and Valium ... The effect lasts anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes, but it feels like forever... “The biggest effect is they’re scared to death, and if you add an hallucination, it’s even worse,” he says. “The very first thing to do (in treatment) is let them know it’s not going to kill them. They’re not going crazy, they’re not going to be permanently paralyzed.” ... " Copyright ©1999 ABC News Internet Ventures (full article: http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/sleepparalysis990411.html)
Exc.
Sleep paralysis is more common than most people realise.
Sleep paralysis: A complete temporary paralysis occurring in connection with sleep and especially upon waking (Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, Network Edition © 2002)
For your info, I have provided a couple of quotes from published articles:
"Sleep paralysis usually happens when someone is just entering or leaving sleep, and lasts from a few seconds to a couple of minutes. Most research has linked it with REM, or rapid eye movement, sleep which indicates dreaming. When the body and brain enter REM sleep, the muscles relax and the brain blocks signals that would normally allow the limbs to move, so preventing the body from acting out its dreams. One suggestion for the cause of sleep paralysis is that the firewall between sleeping and wakefulness temporarily drops, so that some sleep phenomena, of which paralysis is one, breaks into wakefulness." - © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2003 (full article http://www.observer.co.uk/life/story/0,6903,596608,00.html)
Another article also commenting on the impact anti-anxiety drugs have on this condition:
"... [Dr] Ohayon discovered that the problem is about five times more likely to hit people taking anti-anxiety drugs such as Xanax and Valium ... The effect lasts anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes, but it feels like forever... “The biggest effect is they’re scared to death, and if you add an hallucination, it’s even worse,” he says. “The very first thing to do (in treatment) is let them know it’s not going to kill them. They’re not going crazy, they’re not going to be permanently paralyzed.” ... " Copyright ©1999 ABC News Internet Ventures (full article: http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/sleepparalysis990411.html)
Exc.
Phalcon
06-19-2003, 09:40 AM
Thanks, Very good read.
I myself am not afraid of it, or ever thought I was dieing. I just don't like the feeling. I figured it was because you were kind of half way there and you brain just didn't give the signals to your body.
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I myself am not afraid of it, or ever thought I was dieing. I just don't like the feeling. I figured it was because you were kind of half way there and you brain just didn't give the signals to your body.
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NaeNae
06-19-2003, 10:19 AM
Thank you for those links! I enjoyed reading them. It hasn't happened since, but it's good to know I'm not going to die because of it. I honestly thought that, it was weird.
Thanks again,
Renee
Thanks again,
Renee
preciouskitty
06-19-2003, 06:36 PM
hello I've had sleep paralysis for about as long as I can remember. The first presently clear memory was when I was about 8 or 9. I remember moaning trying as hard as I could to "break through" my paralysis only to become exhausted fall back into a deep sleep and then wake up. I also remember feeling out of control with other aspects of dreaming such as nightmares and falling, and gliding or controlled falling instead of actual flight. Then one night during a nightmare where I couldn't run fast enough to get away I thought let me try to run like in the cartoons where they speed up in place and suddenly zoom away like a bolt of lightning. It worked and that same principle of belief followed by "dream action" worked in dream flight also focusing on the actual flight let me soar as far as wanted. During a moment of sleep paralysis I decided not to freak out or fall back asleep but to calmly see what I could see in my room as I lay there in a state of paralysis. I focused on the noises, my breathing and I could clearly start to make sense of my surroundings. I saw and heard everything in my room and everything in the surrounding rooms. I don't know when during this exercise I melded my dream into my reality but I distinctly remember conversations and people in other rooms of the house before suddenly waking up. I have since heard of other people traveling great lenghts in this state but personally have not had the opportunity of venturing past my house but would like to hear if anyone has had similar experiences.
sissywoman
06-20-2003, 03:21 PM
OMG!!! Is that what that is? I thought I was the only one!! It's only happened to me once, but I have never and will never forget it. It terrified me so much!
I was laying on the couch, my eyes were open but I could not move them, nor anything else, total paralysis. I could see my family but I could not speak or even moan. I really thought I had died. I was so scared, oh my God, just thinking about it again horrifies me. It lasted at least a half hour before I passed out and then snapped awake. I cried and cried and was so frightened to ever sleep again. I swear, if it was possible at the time, I would never have laid my head down to sleep again. I was not on any meds or anything, it just happened out of the blue.
Never, ever do I ever want to go through that again!!!!
What is the correct medical term for it?
I was laying on the couch, my eyes were open but I could not move them, nor anything else, total paralysis. I could see my family but I could not speak or even moan. I really thought I had died. I was so scared, oh my God, just thinking about it again horrifies me. It lasted at least a half hour before I passed out and then snapped awake. I cried and cried and was so frightened to ever sleep again. I swear, if it was possible at the time, I would never have laid my head down to sleep again. I was not on any meds or anything, it just happened out of the blue.
Never, ever do I ever want to go through that again!!!!
What is the correct medical term for it?
NaeNae
06-21-2003, 02:08 AM
I think the correct term may be Sleep Paralysis? Anyone know? It *IS* scary!
I'd love to stay calm and know I'm not dying, but my heart is palpitating so fast it's scary. That is almost what I thought was killing me, my heart!
Thanks everyone for the support. It's nice to know I'm not alone.
I'd love to stay calm and know I'm not dying, but my heart is palpitating so fast it's scary. That is almost what I thought was killing me, my heart!
Thanks everyone for the support. It's nice to know I'm not alone.
paulaann15
07-03-2003, 10:35 PM
Hi,
I'm new to this board. I have sleep paralysis. In my case it's a symptom of Narcolepsy. It's often followed by night terrors, esecially if I try to fight it and try to open my eyes. It's a very lonely feeling.
Paula
I'm new to this board. I have sleep paralysis. In my case it's a symptom of Narcolepsy. It's often followed by night terrors, esecially if I try to fight it and try to open my eyes. It's a very lonely feeling.
Paula