Sleep paralysis your brain
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I am a 20F, I am currently taking adderol 20mg when I need to study, and Xanax to help me with panic attack, as well as Suboxone. I have been suffering with hypnopompic Sleep Paralysis- I wake up, usually from a day-time nap, unable to move or talk. I always brushed it off as a dream until it lasted for about an hour, I fell on the floor and was found there. During this time of Paralysis i got overheated, excessive sweating, and couldnt stop biting my tongue.
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.
What you are experiencing could be hallucinations and delusions and they can occur with certain medications, stress, sleep deprivation, in certain brain disorders and with schizophrenia or bipolar disorders. When sleep paralysis happens in sleep the person has difficulty moving his hands or feet. This is the symptom of a sleep disorder called Narcolepsy. You will need to consult your primary care physician for assessment.
Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
I have been experiencing brain zaps, or electrical chocks, since 20 years, exactly like Zeuz, sleep paralysis were often, i used to apply some internal mental push, or something like mind-produced force, to break free from the sleep paralysis. I used to have some brain zaps-free periods for more than 8 months, then they come back for a couple of days and disappear again.
This is why ppl sleep walk because their brain either does not release enough chemical to paralyze the muscles or none at all. So when your in sleep paralysis your brain simply wakes up and there is a delay as to when it stops producing the chemical. It usually last a few seconds or no longer than a minute or so. During this state your mind will be sort of half awake but think that it's still in REM therefore trying to make sense of the situation it sends you into a dream.
The leading cause of a terrible the reduced blood supply to the brain(sleep paralysis) when you sleep at night was that the blood flow is blocked due to the flexion of the neck. Of course, people with hypotension and anemia are more likely to have such a terrible the symptoms of the reduced blood supply to the brain (a terrible the sleep paralysis )than normal people.
They say sleep paralysis mainly happens:
- if you sleep on your back.
-if you're very tired
So avoid those...
another thing is to know exactly how it happens...Sleep paralysis happens when your body falls asleep before your brain (that's why your body wouldn't move yet your brain was fully aware) so if possible try to move your body every now and then when falling asleep..
It sounds like a combination of sleep apnea and being aware of nighttime paralysis. It is actually normal for your brain to release a chemical that is sort of paralyzing to the muscles of your limbs, but you should still be able to breathe and ideally you are also asleep so you don't notice. Your brain is just trying to keep you from hurting yourself when you dream so you don't act out your dreams.
The brain is so complex, I bet we'd all be surprised how intertwined the functions are. I couldn't scientifically substantiate what you say, but I'm thinking the same way as you.
With your history of sleep disorders, of all people, your brain does need to be bomarded with drugs and alcohol, or even lots of prescribed meds. I actually developed addictive and compulsive behaviors caused by a med I was on. By the way, have you had a sleep study done?
If you do and/or you have had long periods of not enough or poor quality sleep, your brain can get somewhat "scattered" and exhibit symptoms that are not what your brain with normal sleep would present with. I had many symptoms of narcolepsy, but most of them improved or went away after treating my sleep disorders and giving my brain the rest it desperately needed. If you get a sleep study, let us know how it turns out.
I had sleep paralysis several times, most recently I had one when got stuck in such a dream that I could really go crazy... The paralysis occurred at precisely the time when somebody started ticklishing me, and in life I can`t stand that. It was a really cruel torture, the trick my own brain done for me.. :/ Hope it will not happen again.
Learn to recognize your symptoms and the triggers of your sleep paralysis. Triggers could be things in your life you have no control over, like stress, environment, even your dreams. By establishing your personal triggers and working to avoid them will appreciably lessen the chance of experiencing sleep paralysis. It is best to discuss which treatment option is best for you with your doctor. This link may be helpful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis
Take care and keep us posted.
Have you tried scrunching up your face? I read a lot about it and heard that worked for some people. Didn't work for me. Next time it happens don't fight it and see what happens. Nothing will happen to you. Don't be scared, its only happening because you woke up from a deep sleep too soon and your brain didn't have enough time to tell your body what to do. What you're seeing is not there, its your mind making it up.
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.
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. He is actually able to "smell" fluctuations in catecholamine (adrenaline and noradrenaline, aka.
What you are experiencing is called sleep paralysis and hypnogogic hallucinations. Sleep paralysis happens when you start to wake out of a dream but your brain wakes up while your body is still paralyzed (during REM or dream sleep you are paralyzed so you wont hurt yourself acting out your dreams).
The hypnogogic hallucinations are related. Do you have panic attacks or narcolepsy by any chance? My doctor told me both those problems make your specific sleep problems more likely.
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