Sleep paralysis is so far still the subject of greatest concern to all. That is, we have hypersomnia, cataplexy but the dream world can be scary.
In Laura's blog (see the link on this page) is a very detailed explanation of everything that was happening throughout his life.
Despair at the time of feeling paralyzed will "control" over time, when we understand that we are not victims of a "demon" that holds us it is the short circuit between wakefulness and sleep. So far so clear.
Each time it happens, some do not, we may be feeling presences or listening sounds. There are also times when we think we get out of bed and go through the house, all in a confused manner. Are we in bed paralyzed? Are we up?
Let's divide this into two: fear and danger
What we perceive to be frightening, is a phenomenon produced by our brain and in any case whether images or sensations refer us to a story or situation in our life, we go looking. It may be that the "content" has any relationship or just what the phenomenon is shot and not worth getting lost in complex analysis looking for answers.
If we know that this happens to us, is just relax and wait out the state of paralysis. The problem here is that we wear and the day may be crossed by the episode, lower mental performance coupled with the desire for a "siesta" We complicated the day. If you are with proper medication, the paralysis is greatly reduced.
And here comes the second part you want to draw attention. Not to "fall" into another palsy do not want go back to sleep. Some of us want to smoke or eat or give us a coffee until losing the heaviness or discomfort caused but ... we care! There are involuntary acts can not remember and that lit cigarette to calm it was slipping from our hands to fall into any place or had the urge to turn and did not arrive again being captured by the dream ... then?
Advice from neurologists, never smoke in bed, you do not have near matches or anything that can be dangerous and lead to an accident. It is better to have a glass of water near the bed to get up to light the fire to make coffee. It is a hazy moment, we can not be sure that your reflexes are good, and we exercise control over our actions, so it is better to be forewarned and care a lot.
If you have had some experience and if you want to leave a comment so private "contact" to be answered well.
Much encouragement to all and good dreams ....
Sleeping Beauty
14th May 2009 at 16:14
Sleeping Beauty
Your page is cute, it really is, I draw much attention, however, the technical nature of your comments, I'm amazed by your spirit of service and look forward to your responses to find the optimal solution to your problem, if you consider to narcolepsy as a problem.
I do not know how to introduce myself, understand why lines down, I tell you something of my history, I summarize as much as possible, we advance that I love to talk a lot, but no more. I'm male, I have 33, live in Mexico. At 27, a day for no apparent reason I woke up very sleepy, and from that day until today, and tomorrow God willing, I have lived with sleep all day, every day.
- Idiopathic hypersomnia day! - Growled the first physician I attended, with the learned and eccentric air which characterizes almost all doctors, and scribbled in his notebook with illegible illegible letter the name of a drug. I did not know then, that doctor, the diagnosis and the drug, would be the first of many medical diagnoses and medications in a long, hard ride covering nearly seven years.
I consulted doctors names John, Peter, Robert and Mario, specialty in Neurology, Psychiatry and Quackery, with and without subspecialty in sleep, I have been diagnosed with primary hypersomnia and variations, narcolepsy, Kleine-Levin (the temptation is irresistible Kleine-Levine write, Clavin Klein-Levin or-Klein), nocturnal epilepsy and major depression medicated with stimulants, antidepressants, antiepilépicos, antipsychotics and anti-freeze, I have been psychological and psychiatric therapy, and yes, I've tried this remedy naturist whose presentation is in multiples of 3, omega 3, omega 6, omega 9, and so on.
Now you have combinations of names of physicians, specialties, diagnostics and drugs and you've reached a part of my life. In terms of studies also I have everything: three polysomnography, two MRIs, two multiple latencies, CT, two electroecefalogramas, and I do not remember how many thyroid profiles, blood counts and urine tests, and even a neuropsychological examination in which, I say immodestly, that I was something of a genius with sleep. To date, you know, still do not know what I suffer ...
I had terrible times, my dream demand amounted to 18 hours a day without achieving any rest, and while it might make me go to work, the day was unbearable, in fact even I do not understand because I was fired (by the fact that social security in Mexico is not fairly good, and no diagnosis or speaking), I slept the whole weekend, my life became, without exaggeration, in hell.
Thus, trial and error, and already out of despair and weariness, I found the combination of medical, specialty and medicine, not without problems, it worked, but never found the diagnosis. Also, and almost without thinking, I began to unload my frustration and anger in the forum under the pseudonym narcolepsia.com (silly me, not in you) Sleeping Bello (and that is the reason for not knowing how to introduce) .
Write on the forum has helped me in two ways: 1) with each participant response to my anguished forum called, began to diminish my feeling of deep loneliness because of my (our) very original way of getting sick, and 2) with each furious letter writing and posteaba rethought my position with the problem, and I finally concluded, after much work, who could not afford to stay sick, the latter also (and not a recommendation), I was allowed to leave the therapy and antidepressants, both of whom he hated with the soul.
I still take medicine (which steals 1/5 of my salary), I still support the weight of my body, and drag my humanity on the streets of my fair city (not so beautiful), there are so many strange things: reading , the smell of the nights of revelry and the false promise of Wayne MacLane, the main.
I welcome very much your work, I hope not cause you sleep with the extent of my words, I leave you with a hug.
for I.
14th May 2009 at 20:07
for I! thanks for your comments to the blog ... but your post has become interesting, no doubt.
If you think a little "technical" my speech is that I try not to be overwhelmed by the "knowledge" doctors and be on par with what they say.
It strikes me the story of us all, that can lead to an initial diagnosis to be diluted very tight in a "near narcolepsy" and especially when it comes to social security. One fellow said that neither yours polysomnography .... and .... let alone famous drug modafinil in several countries are trying to recognize their toll on Social Work .... not continue with the economic issue because it seems to add one more tip to this. Who would think that the "diseases" do not differ more socially so hard for the money than the symptom ... I left the subject.
I understand the loneliness of this oddity is intertwined with that in the open mouth of the others we recount. Well at yours knowing you can face life in your way, by this way of thinking is that I do this, but to hold a job and know that something must be taken. Do not get angry with medications, but with slight psychological interpretations ... alas! we've heard too much theory about our dream!
You made me laugh with that of crawling through your beautiful city, I do not know but you do not, it is beautiful. I go on the subway in Buenos Aires mornings wondering why it is so difficult to work on our subject. I think we have a great disadvantage. It is frowned upon to have sleep, dreaming, dreaming ... we eat the rage as others see us "lazy", right?
Remarked your narrative! The literary touch we need to survive that far from me dream woke me up!
A hug for you, I hope to continue trading.
Sleeping Beauty
May 15th 2009 at 8:50
Thanks for answering, in my first intervention used a false name (for I) did not want you to believe he had committed the nerve to steal the idea, but by a happy coincidence we are namesakes, please call me Sleeping Bello.
18th May 2009 at 14:11
I share your view of the great disadvantage that we face (I join without being narcoleptic, you know) to the low prevalence of sleep disorders (not apnea), and its obvious consequences: the very small number of doctors specializing in this type of disorder (I, I have to do an eight hour bus ride to Mexico City to meet with one), expensive studies of medicines, which are not always an answer and do not always work in a satisfactorily.
There is more: no, at least in Mexico, not one hospital or one belonging to the Health Sector (the Mexican public health system), which has the expertise and infrastructure to address the problems associated with sleep. Rather, the health system is focused on treating diseases of the masses, and that is why, dear Sleeping Beauty, my namesake, who in their struggle, respectable at all, because many obese people have achieved so much, here, in the country of the pandemic.
Oh Sleeping Beauty! by the distance of our findings I conclude that you must be at least five years younger than me What I lost time horizon? Where forgot that book so famous is said that in these pages is written that this world can be changed? Will I have slept so much that I even stopped to dream?
And I add, to the smallness of our numbers and the distance that separates us, and a few specialists and scientists who are dedicated to our problem, and the exclusion of which we are subjected by the public health system, our own sleepy condition makes us unfit for the organization and political action, and finally asked, and then who is to do the job but us?
I know I apologize for the length of my texts merely add words to my speech nourished, but good. Greetings.
May 21st 2009 at 18:59
Sleeping beauty of Mexico and other readers. You raise important issues that every patient and hence the word, the "patient" has to go around to achieve what is a right and not a favor of health systems. I myself am in a few days of anger about this issue. The pathologies of sleep, as you say taking the "polulares" not being considered. I'll do a survey in public hospitals in Argentina. Until a few years that specialists had lacked the proper equipment for polysomnography or had no stove .... for anyone to sleep one night!! Bottom line: pay.
Do not stop dreaming, and after that plan how we can hear us. Here was the same with the law of obesity and the recognition of the union-prepaid or ....
You and I and others are part of a society and the emphasis will be the result.
Going out and helping out of ignorance we will be more free to enjoy our rights ...
Do not apologize more, your contribution is still very valuable. I open the new post in this weekend .....
Thanks namesake!
Sleeping Beauty
October 14th 2009 at 14:20
K ... that happens to you should be orribble ... pk Encontres this page looking for information about sleep paralysis occurs .. km from ace time ... when sleeping or waking estoii m ... my body paralizaa tngo hallucinations .. i .. i see people all this without being able to move .. estoi artaa!: S
14th April 2010 at 21:24
Hello! I tell them I have 23 years, I'm Chilean and I have a beautiful 6 year old daughter, I'm still in college, but in the afternoon classes can not get awake, and with all my effort to try to take notes, but my arms fall asleep and then my head starts to fall. recently I started to wonder if it was normal that, because of my mom and it's exhausting, but finding out about narcolepsy, I think I have symptoms. could advise a medical specialty.
because I'm very ashamed that my teachers and see me! I also want to learn but to fall asleep, I leave the room, wet my face, hair, desabrigo me, not to give conditions to sleep, but I can not help. please! advise me! a hug.
17th April 2010 at 10:10
Hello, you're in Santiago? I would ask that you enter the forum, register there and you are getting someone from Chile will respond. Anyway here is a fellow yours and I'll ask what place you can go for a consultation.
A love and patience, it takes a bit to diagnose you .....
Sleeping Beauty
2nd June 2010 at 14:39
HELLO I ALSO AM OF MEXICO AND THE BEAUTIFUL DURMINTE HE WALKED LIKE YOUR DOCTOR TO DOCTOR, giving me a different diagnosis EACH AND ANOTHER ONE THAT SAID "SO IS THE GIRL LADY sleepy" (MY MAMA FOR YOU SINCE suffer I can remember), when I finally found a neurologist SPECIALIST WITH SLEEP DISORDERS DIAGNOSIS TO ME FINALLY daytime sleepiness OPPORTUNITIES WITH THAT IS THAT IS ...... NARCOLEPSY SYMPTOMS ARE THE SAME WITH THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THAT PRESENTS NARCOLEPSY CATAPLEXIAS and hypersomnia NO. FAR I HAVE NOT SUBMITTED ANY CATAPLEXIAS ATTACK, BUT DOCTOR SAYS THAT I CAN FILE FOR A MOMENT TO ANOTHER ONE OF YOU .... YOU SO HAPPENED?
I ONLY AGREE THAT AS LONG AS I NEED SLEEP MUCH NIGHT AND DAY, MY PROBLEM STARTED WHEN I HAD MY BABY WHY COULD NOT SLEEP AND MY SIESTA OF 4 OR 5 TIMES DAILY AS BEFORE, NOW TAKE Modiodal, BUT NOT SO MUCH MAKES ME EFFECT THAT SAY, I JUST READ ON A BLOG THAT ALSO HELPS THE OMEGA 3 .... SOMEONE HAS TAKEN? Has worked for them?
GOOD AS IT GIVES ME A LOT LIKE YOU HAVE FOUND A MORE DEADLY IN MY SAME SITUATION AND THAT IS NOT LIKE ME TO THE SITUATION IN WHICH YOU ARE, BUT NOW I HAVE TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCES WITH WHOM AND LUCKY TO GET SOME ADVICE.
I SLEEP NOW TWO short naps (HALF TIME) DAILY WHEN I HAVE OPPORTUNITY, BUT IF I DO NOT like a sleepwalker ANDO OR MEXICAN FRIEND SAYS THE CITY crawling LOL ..... Anyway, I hope YOUR COMMENTS AND GREETINGS,
SOFIA
11th July 2010 at 10:18
Do not tell God how big your problem ...........
better tell your problem how big God is,,,,,,,
March 25th 2011 at 21:26
I always get to sleep at my house and I lie down at eleven tired but I feel that someone comes to me and I feel something close to my bed then stops and I feel like making my whole body and fought defeat that feeling and achievement but lately before falling into deep sleep before being domri someone turns me and takes me to sleep
March 25th 2011 at 21:28
sounds ridiculous but so is
26th March 2011 at 16:52
Hi Omar, if you enter the forum or read the other reviews of Blog you will see that many people feel things like you, is something to read carefully, see what looks like symptoms, then consult a neurologist telling you all this. If a sleep specialist will not say it's ridiculous but you get the right treatment.
Regards
Sleeping Beauty
23rd April 2011 at 21:22
Greetings from Puerto Rico. Although I have not gone to a specialist to treat the condition, I get sleep paralysis since I was 17 years almost 20 years. At first I was scared because he could not handle it and saw it as something paranormal. However, over time I managed to control myself when I have the episode, to the point of analyzing me and study my behavior and what happens when I'm in the middle of paralysis. Lately I have been going frequently and have noticed that I feel a kind of electricity or pressure in the left side ... I been bothering area some time ago. During my years of study often occurred to me, so I understand it was because he slept little because he worked and studied.
It occurs either falling asleep or upon awakening. And if some night I've been reading or studying something that wakes me much attention, at bedtime, in advance was that night ... and I'll paralysis occurs. The episodes also have had it for short naps.
The times I've had fewer episodes of sleep paralysis was when I was subjected to daily exercise retinas. Well, do not panic, great self-control and learn of the condition. Greetings!
June 3rd 2011 at 23:28
And yes, your descriptions match what happens to most quenos. I hope you can continue with good humor and not bother you too even if you go to the neurologist.
Greetings from Argentina
BD
8th August 2011 at 12:35
hello I'm a little scared victory because my husband had a paralysis in a figure she saw what inmobilisaba q. my question is can have paralysis transformations. thanks and regards
10th August 2011 at 22:21
Hello Victoria.
It is probably a hallucination hipnogógica which are common during sleep paralysis. This can be auditory, visual or tactile.
Salty.