In my journey through some blogs I found that surprisingly, sleep paralysis is not considered by sufferers as part of a condition.
So goes another review and new readers can help.
Gelineau syndrome or narcolepsy is characterized by:
Excessive daytime sleepiness (as distinct from other hypersomnia)
Cataplexy
Sleep Paralysis
Hypnagogic hallucinations and hypnopompic
Hallucinations that occur between sleep / wake and sleep / wake hypnagogic and hypnopompic are.
There is a tendency to mix with "paranormal" phenomena, "demonic possession" and even "alien abductions" ......
Each time we enter the dream (I will not elaborate on the steps of) the people who suffer from this, we can begin to "dream" as soon as we close our eyes. We leave the place little by little conscious and entered a space that can appear ghostly. If at that point paralysis ensues, we are like two planes at once, dreaming and listening to what happens around us. We can not say a word and whether we believe we are moving a body part in the attempt to awaken ... little disappointed to see that we did nothing about it, still lying in the same position.
We did not move, not lit the lamp, do not call anyone (at least not the voice came out of our throat). We may feel to some contraction in the face as a result of this desperate attempt to get out. There are sounds such as squeaks, footsteps or voices, ringing that seem generated by a mechanical (eg, a sawmill machine)
We feel a presence "invisible" and sinking our bed like someone to sit with us. There is a slight difficulty breathing through the paralysis of voluntary muscles.
If someone calls us by name or just touches us more easily we can get out of this trance.
We are invaded by terror, we already know all, and in time you understand that there is no danger but no one can feel comfortable having the body totally paralyzed and aware of it.
Hallucinations and differ much from that presented in the cases of psychosis and this comes through the research conducted by neurologists who specialize in the subject, a preliminary evaluation and eventual closure and start of treatment.
How many have paralysis in the night, week or month depends on the quality of sleep.
Why did not understand the excessive daytime sleepiness where this was the night?
Sleep is fragmented with several involuntary awakenings, we realize it or not, so what is told and then you wake up with the desire to go back to sleep to recover from it all!!
But no, we must rise and take our daily activities.
Antidepressants (such as inipramina) will alleviate cataplexy and paralysis, modafinil keep our vigil at a relatively acceptable (not a panacea!) And is also advisable to make a few short naps of 15 ', but you have to go to your class or taking the time to lunch at work.
It is important to be clear to those involved and especially for family, friends, fellow students or work groups, and others who surround us in everyday life, as described above does not imply a decline in intellectual ability individual. The rhythms are different, maybe.
It takes another time, if we could explain the concept of time, because sometimes it is diluted without our awareness of how it happened. Perhaps the concept of "duree" in Bergson ... but that is another issue.
The greetings and best sleep ...
Sleeping Beauty
I want to thank Mr. Carlos Maria Jordan, Coordinator of the Unit for People with Disabilities and Vulnerable Groups, Ministry of Labour.
I was greeted by him and by his secretary with dedication and kindness. We talked about this disease and I know about the various tasks that they carry forward for the labor market. Thank you!
September 14th 2009 at 2:51
Sleeping Beauty Hi and hello to everyone else! The first time I experienced sleep paralysis, I felt confident that some supernatural presence was walking around my house, and I fear I spent several days waiting for me and one slammed a door or lights blinked on and saw a ghostly figure. This did not get to tell ever, another type of fear, I redacted a madwoman. Even not know it was narcolepsy and never have occurred to me to associate these situations with the dream that happened during the day ... There have been times I've left the trance listening, finally, my own screams, after "eternal second" screaming and trying to move because I was sure my baby was asking me for help. Once awake was aware that all was quiet around me. Good to know that is a symptom of a disease, and that helps a little to understand this type of situation. A greeting and to prontooooooooo
14th September 2009 at 13:01
public usually genetic issues, including narcolepsy can join ... Regards. Cerasale
September 15th 2009 at 22:20
Thank you for your interest, I will send an email to extend the subject
A greeting!
BD
September 15th 2009 at 22:26
Hey Ocean! They always miss you around here ....
There is something very important in what you say:
"It did not get to tell ever, another type of fear, I redacted of crazy"
Me and some of us felt the same ... You have no idea how many people have been diagnosed by that? Some are wandering between psychiatrist and psychiatrist nor be given in the key for the complexity of symptoms, and poor patient receiving incorrect medication while wondering, I will be mad?
It's a good thing to take into account.
A kiss for you and one for Spain!
Sleeping Beauty
17th September 2009 at 21:24
Hi all!
I am delighted to have this space, I'm grateful to Bella for this initiative, also coming soon in the forum we have topics of conversation according to different interests, that it will make us all ...
It is very important to talk about what happens to us, share experiences, in this disease that can be filled with skepticism to those around us. In my case the symptom is excessive daytime sleepiness, just tell me to sleep, not study much and rest more, to take drugs is not good, lately my mom tells me that "If one looks diseases, is "and, well, I'm not a hypochondriac, and I know that the attacks of sleep affect my quality of life, my quality of study and my quality of work, modafinil has helped me have a better time awake, sometimes I have yet Sleep attacks, but in days of fatigue and long hours of study, what I consider normal ...
I'm still new at this, I need to take a lot to learn and live better with narcolepsy, but I am a person with all the capabilities, as smart at all, with many things to bring to the world simply must do things in a different time, with some different strategies to the average person. I also know that medical treatments largely help me, but part of the improvement depends only on me, my attitude, my decision to fight, to do things right, to take care (following the treatment, medical advice and what knowing me it will need) and not to shield myself in a condition to feel sorry for me, and expect others (sorry) I do what I do for myself ... This is my motto and is what I try to do every day (and as they say "One Day at a Time").
Regards,
Marcela
27th September 2009 at 20:52
good at all!
I wanted to comment a week ago I was diagnosed narcolepcia is still something that I can not believe, as in my 26 years I suffered something that made me believe it was normal, I never knew that the disease existed and today I feel very different with the mere fact enconrado have an explanation. I have to thank very much the Fleni and professionals, you can live a normal life with this, and I am very excited to see that it is not planning a day thinking I'm going to fall asleep, I know it is to organize an end week of a normal person, I think I missed a lot yesterday and buy modafinil and want it to be Monday morning to begin my new life, hope not to be deposited demasida confidence in pharmacology, but I have not heard more than positive comments, thank god I have not developed cataplexy until this day, sleep paralysis and the rarely suffer.
Greetings to all
28th September 2009 at 10:01
Hi Sebastian!
And follow us telling how you feel!
Well modafinil is very useful, is a very good option for us and we can live a normal activity, given some care and sleep well and eat well, not everything can be left to the pharmacology but if it helps a lot, so quiet ... Tomalo easy
A hug,
Marcela
28th September 2009 at 18:42
Hi Sebastian, as you see here you have a response to your concern. If it's something I myself took me a year to decide to take modafinil. That's it, nothing happens terrible, yes, says Marcela is important that acomodes some things in your lifestyle. I kept telling us how it goes and if you want to comunicate in private mode info@tengonarcolepsia.com.ar
All is well and not give up!
A hug
Sleeping Beauty
3rd October 2009 at 19:09
Guys, interesting stories! I invite you to learn more about this phenomenon (and share their experiences) in http://www.paralisisdelsueño.net .
I hope you find it useful!
8th January 2010 at 6:33
Thank you very much for your information. My mother has narcolepsy but recientemenete very young is that they have been able to diagnose. His condition has changed a bit and now suffers cataplejias longer and react in ways that really scary, do not know where or who we think is crazy and sometimes it seems as if I had a supernatural presence Homeownership or as someone said here . I have read that the word means grieo Narcolpesia in possession and from what I read around here, think what happens is normal and the explanation of sleep paralysis helps explain many things. Thank you so much because we can be a bit lost and no idea how to help. On the other hand I have a question, while you have a paralysis of the dream, I could speak or move, as if another person but without it being aware? I would appreciate your response and thanks again for this page.
8th January 2010 at 15:27
Hello Yajaira, we do not know what's scary, that's natural. I do not understand why he increased cataplexias taking medication, should be reversed.
I have a lot better or had sleep paralysis before medication. At that time're fully aware that you are between sleep and wakefulness, clear images, sounds, etc.., Are not always "real" and that's called hypnagogic hallucination. But they are "visions", shall we? It's like part of the "dream" got into the Awakening (to explain it simple).
Return to a neurologist, who is well informed. In general there are tricyclic antidepressants before bedtime and it will relieve these symptoms.
I wish you luck and hope you continue writing. Log in to the forum and you state your questions there!
A love
Sleeping Beauty
4th March 2010 at 5:52
You've described perfectly!! especially when you say you have the feeling that someone is sitting next to you, the truth is that it's scary!
it took many years and am one of those "wanted" to send directly psychiatry, but I chose to go to a neurologist, and nearly 11 years after that I just diagnosed with narcolepsy.
I would love to go back to school and going to tell those who were my teachers "see???? was not sleeping at night, not that I do not care what contabais "
many times I had to hear that I am very vague, I'm a sleepyhead! that this was going through my stay and watch TV until late!! but if I fall asleep before the roar of the lion that starts the movie!!!
encourage the tod @ s @ s comrades who have this disease! and compression for those who do not!!!!
20th June 2010 at 3:23
hello! how are you? I spend today what you just described a while ago and thought I knew what to do ALL the theories thought demonic possession, aliens I'm weird when I tell everything and tell me I was dreaming that I get for sleepy now that it that I have I will be able to live a little more relaxed because when I go and I will not scare as if a ghost by my side or if the aliens want to kidnap me because it is a disease, I started years ago but never did nothing and know exactly what makes me feel much better THANK YOU!
June 20th 2010 at 21:51
Alejandra Well, at least despejaste we all had doubts sometimes. When you feel the need, you know that a neurologist is the one that comes and if not, see your way how to dissipate the problems, everything is in time. Log in to the Forum and you will find stories with login .... we are many in the world. A greeting and take care!
Sleeping Beauty
30th June 2010 at 23:25
Hello how are you?, I have 17 years and I have narcolepsy. The doctors realized they had some type of sleep disorder when I was 14 and recently when I was 15 I started could put nombre.n taking modafinil and at first I into effect until this year, so I started taking Ritalin. The issue here is that I have 17 years and took more pills than my grandmother. The dose of modafinil may increase me not because I am too young, take 3 tablets of Ritalin Vigecir and 3. Today, both drugs failed to effect me. I have sleep all day and I not only also is affecting academic level, but for the first time this affected me socially. I have 17 years I am in 5th year, my senior year, what I love most is going out with my friends and have fun, not be aware of whether or not take the pill. Be taking care of that when I'm not taking a drop of alcohol by mistake. And the truth I'm tired and arta of this disease. And nose like seguir.Vivo tired, cranky, always with an anguish that nothing gets me. Without understanding why I can not be like the rest?. Because in school I get some "benefit" (if I fall asleep I wake up gently without challenge me), I know I must be grateful, but at the same time not, because I do not like "special" treatment. Honestly, I was the desire of all, I have no desire for anything more. I do not care about school, going out, and everything that a person of 17 years cares. My only concern is to arrive as early at my house to sleep. I'm hoarse, lower my level of education not because they have the intelligence but by narcolepsy. Find that where I want to study, the college you want to go where I want to study the race is the best given where I am able to go, I can not go by narcolepsy. I can not just more, I am tired of living my pills yet, my mood swings, from feeling with this impotence to know that whatever you do, take pills now, not going to work. Not as overcome the impotence of knowing there is a minimal probability that something will change. In this brief commentary is a summary of what I feel. Maybe some of you understand me more than my friends or my family because they do not know what living with narcolepsy.
MUUCHAS THANK YOU for taking the time to read the problems of a girl of 17 years. Really appreciate that. In turn, thank you very much for taking this space to us. this is excellent thanks pagina.muchisimas.