Comments on: A Basic Overview of Sleep Paralysis

By: admin1

admin1 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:44:08 +0000

Hi Laura…

Yeah, Sleep paralysis can be cured with Anti depressants, but they have got their own side effects. You can learn about other cures of Sleep Paralysis at following page:

http://www.sleepdisordersguide.com/sleep-paralysis-treatments.html

By: laura

laura — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:31:21 +0000

i think sleep paralysis can be treated with anti depressants, but i am also reluctant to go to the doctors in case they laugh at me for wasting their time. i have had what i believe to be sleep paralysis for a few months now.. and no one seems to take any notice of me when i tell them. It happens only when i am waking up, i never know whether i am actually asleep or awake coz i can hear but i am completely unable to move. the worst thing is feeling a presence in the room with me but not being able to open my eyes or help myself… no amount of trying to move works.. i find it better to relax into it, however scarey and hard that is at the time.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:02:43 +0000

I have been suffering from what I believe to be sleep paralysis for about 2 years now. I first noticed it while I was home from college in the summer and my mother brought clothes in to hang up into my closet. I was awoken but could not speak or move while she was there. Sometimes it will occur a couple days a week and sometimes it will be a month between occurrences. Also, if I just close my eyes and allow myself to fall back asleep I will just wake up unable to move or speak again. To regain movement I try to vigorously shake my body or try to flex my muscles and jerk. It takes several attempts but I usually am able to regain my motor functions. This morning was a different story. I was unable for several minutes to do anything and it was a complete feeling of helplessness. The fear associated with this is great. I feel if I go to a doctor there is no way to test for this and if there is I won’t have an instance of this while being tested. Is this indeed sleep paralysis or should I continue to find other possibilities?

By: admin1

admin1 — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:20:08 +0000

Hi Tammy,
It seems that you are suffering with Sleep Paralysis. Sleep paralysis is due to an ill-timed disconnection between the brain and the body.

Sleep paralysis occurs when the brain is awakened from a REM state into essentially a normal fully awake state, but with the bodily paralysis still occurring.

This causes the person to be fully aware, but unable to move. In addition, this state is usually accompanied by certain specific kinds of hallucinations.

This state usually lasts no more than two minutes before a person is able to either return to full REM sleep or to become fully awake.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:52:45 +0000

I suffer from terible HSP. It’s had a great impact on me. I’m terified to go to bed at night!

As soon as my head hits the pillow, I start panicking. It feels like only seconds have gone by. Then I’m paralysed. I can’t speak or move a muscle. I try my very best to move my arm and it won’t budge. But what does happen is I see my ’spirit arm’ coming out of my actual physical arm. Thats what I see anyway. It’s like i’m dying and my ghost is leaving my body. Plus there’s always an evil being hovering over me. I also hear what sounds like thousands of people chattering.

This is an awful, terifying experience, which i have, sometimes 3 times a night, sometimes 3 times a month. It varies.