Sleep paralysis in epilepsy

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Avatar f tn As I understand you experience episodes of sleep paralysis. When this happens in sleep the person has difficulty moving his hands or feet. This is the symptom of a sleep disorder called Narcolepsy. This sleep disorder is characterized by excessive day time sleepiness, sleep paralysis, cataplexy where the person has episodes of loss of muscle function while awake, hypnogogic hallucinations and automatic behavior.
865406 tn?1240128030 I must have been sleep deprived for years. The neurlogists, epilepsy specialists, think my sleep paralysis is related to ths. I'm aware that Clonazepam is an epilepsy drug, but I was told I definitely do not have epilepsy. Just an inability to sleep. Well worth getting a sleep study done if you can. Let me know how you get on.
Avatar n tn Keep this in mind while you are panicking. There are such things as sleep seizures, and this may explain the ringing in your ears etc. In your case it is definitely worth raising this with whoever is controlling your epilepsy. For some reason sleep paralysis is not taken seriously, unless it is associated with daytime uncontrolled sleepiness (narcolepsy). I think it should be researched more, as this is such a powerfully negative experience for so many people.
Avatar f tn There is the slightest posibility that you may have a type of epilepsy which only manifests in sleep, and it would be a good idea to either rule it out or see if it is present and needs treatment. Many people with nightime epilepsy never have fits during waking hours, so don't worry. My symptoms are different but if I was experiencing this I would tell your PCP. Also talk to family members, sometimes sleep disorders run in families.
Avatar m tn Q:Are they connected maybe? A:The answer literally is 'maybe'.....one of the problems with connecting isolated and completely different types of events months to years apart to being 'partial focal aware' seizure related activity, is the lack of similarity or repetition of what you've experienced with each event you've described is what makes epileptic seizures less likely than more.
Avatar f tn You are definitely suffering from some sleep disorder other than sleep paralysis. If you get up in middle of night, it can be also be due to sleep apnea. Loss of memory etc are due to incomplete sleep. Please consult a sleep specialist and get sleep studies done. Take care!
Avatar f tn hello. My name is Alex. I was diagnosed with aspergers syndrome when i was 12 and am currently 16. I come from a family with a history of autism and my great uncle had both autism and epilepsy which led to him being in residential care the majority of his life.
Avatar n tn use of EOG traces shows that eye movement is still possible during such episodes.When there is an absence of narcolepsy, sleep paralysis is referred to as isolated sleep paralysis (ISP). The paralysis may be accompanied by terrifying hallucinations (hypnopompic or hypnagogic) and an acute sense of danger. Sleep paralysis is particularly frightening to the individual because of the vividness of such hallucinations.
Avatar m tn A year ago I went to the beach and sunbathed and the next morning woke up with paralysis on the left side of my face. Started with my tongue left side with a mild burning feeling and numbness then couldn't blink my left eye or smile from left side..etc went to Ear NOSE and Throat Dr and he said I had Bell's Palsy which is caused by Herpes. Gave me antifungal, prednisone and herpes medicine (forget the name)..There was nor have never been sores on my lips or mouth...
Avatar f tn In general, if you are awake and aware of the symptoms that are occurring, and there is no convulsive activity (shaking) occuring of a limb, a seizure is less likely, though still a possibility. Some forms of nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy can be simple arousals from sleep.
Avatar f tn The symptoms of seizure like activity while sleeping or while going to sleep can be due to restless leg syndrome, sleep epilepsy, sleep apnea, low vitamin B12, low blood sugar, low blood pressure or due to arrhythmias. Since it happens only once or twice a month, look back to check, if this could be due to low blood sugar (missing your dinner or other meals). You need a lot of investigations and a detailed examination by a sleep specialist.
Avatar f tn Unfortunately, there is no practical way to decipher between normal REM sleep and sleep paralysis. This is because in normal REM sleep you experience the same paralysis as in sleep paralysis; the only difference is your level of consciousness at the time. So there's no way to develop a sensor that an app could use to address this issue. This also may be of interest to you: I have a service dog whose primary task is medical alert.
Avatar n tn memory problems, insomnia symptoms, chronic pain, taste hallucinations, smell hallucinations, visual hallucinations, and twitchy feelings and weakness and paralysis in muscles are actually very characteristic of narcolepsy with cataplexy. In fact, often times, people don't have "Bells Palsy," but cataplexy. Viruses and some vaccines (namely the H1N1) can actually precipitate this, but it can happen seemingly in random fashion, too.
488264 tn?1226520307 I'm not a medical professional but I've had the exact same symptoms for nearly 20 years. I don't hallucinate either. It is a terrifying experience to be paralyzed and to not be able to breathe. I had a sleep study done nearly a year ago and was diagnosed with central and obstructive sleep apnea. Since I started on my CPAP I haven't had one incidence of sleep paralysis. I don't know if apnea and sleep paralysis is linked. But I do know that I am much better.
Avatar n tn what makes sleep paralysis happen? what can i do to reduce the risk of suffering sleep paralysis? what medication is avalible for this disorder? how effective is it? how does it help? i would be very gratefull to hear off you.
Avatar m tn s like that my body start to paralyse and i go in deep sleep and then it holds me tightly pushing me in crushing way my heart beat faster but because i am use to it i relax myself when it comes and i fight it back and trying to twist it break it, even if i wake up and sleep straight away it will come back like 9 times in one night I have to totaly get awake and change my sleeping position, look if u have it in bad way and u scare to get u worse ask for someone who have big knowledge in islam onl
Avatar m tn Hi, suffered sleep paralysis for decades now. No voices etc, just paralysis. WHY doesn't the medical world take an interest in this phenomena, which is more common than I think is believed? It is left to the realm of cultural myths, alien abduction theories, generalized medical mumbling about anxiety - the definition of anything they do not understand or think will get them into trouble by not investigating.
Avatar n tn Rather, REM sleep--the phase of sleep in which most dreaming occurs--is simply malfunctioning. In a phone conversation McNally even likened the situation to getting a case of the hiccups". "Our bodies are paralyzed while we undergo REM sleep, and for good reason (lest we act out our dreams and injure ourselves). But in some small number of cases we can actually start to wake up before paralysis wears off, and yet still remain in a dreaming state.
568812 tn?1379165794 Like my mom said, I used to get it and be really frightened of it. But at some point I started looking up on the internet, found out about sleep paralysis and read up whatever articles I could find. The ones I found most reassuring where the articles that had a scientific/medical base and left out the supernatural element. Also I learned the parlysis part is natural when the body gets into REM mode. What isn't quite natural is that you are awake durring that REM stage.
Avatar f tn I have experienced sleep paralysis once, about 6+ months ago, where I was lying in bed and all of sudden my arms got really tingly and heavy, and so I just continued to move them and shake them, and then my legs got that feeling too. It was like my body was falling asleep before my mind was. So after awhile of moving my arms and legs around (luckily I didn't wake up my husband!) eventually it passed. This has been my one and only time experiencing that.
Avatar f tn Hi, this happens to me all the time. Exactly what your explaining. Last night I was laying in my bed watching a show when I suddenly realized that I was in sleep paralysis. I am completely frozen and I can't move but I can slightly rock my body or legs back and forth. This seems to help wake me up. Anyway all I think in those moments is please someone for the love of God shake me and wake me up! Then a shadow figure walked into my room and put his hand out to touch me.
Avatar f tn I actually get sleep paralysis as well... It won't harm your baby at all.
Avatar n tn My friend in her 50's has sleep paralysis. She was misdiagnosed and they put her on all these psch meds because of the panic attacks which are making her worse.