Have you ever experienced Sleep Paralysis?

[MrYAK]

i've had something like this a few times, i'll be half asleep and in a dream and know that i am half asleep and dreaming, then i try to wake myself up, then all of a sudden my body wont respond to wake myself up then in my dream i cant move either. i'm even telling myself to wake up in my dream. its really weird.

 

[element]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: element
could you open your eyes? could you blink? I've never experienced this.

Yes, my eyes were open. I could not get a sound out of mouth, had trouble catching my breath, could not move my arms or legs. Scary stuff.

sounds scary. were you able to blink? like if someone said blink once if you're awake, would you have been able to?

 

[upsciLLion]

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: aircooled
If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

true sleep paralysis is a sleeping disorder.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
<---polysomnographic technologist (AKA a sleep tech)

I'm working at the lab reight now...ask yo slepp questions!

What is it that makes me take 2-3 hours to fall asleep at night while easily dozing off in class?

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: element

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: element
could you open your eyes? could you blink? I've never experienced this.

Yes, my eyes were open. I could not get a sound out of mouth, had trouble catching my breath, could not move my arms or legs. Scary stuff.

sounds scary. were you able to blink? like if someone said blink once if you're awake, would you have been able to?

I really don't remember if I was able to blink or not.

 

[djNickb]

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: aircooled
If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

true sleep paralysis is a sleeping disorder.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
<---polysomnographic technologist (AKA a sleep tech)

I'm working at the lab reight now...ask yo slepp questions!

I had a sleep study done because I suspected I might be narcoleptic and also have experienced sleep paralysis, mostly when taking naps during the day. It is terrifying you almost feel as if you are dying. When I get them I feel as though my mind is awake, I can wiggle a toe or a finger tip and my eyes try to open, sometimes I can fight through it and wake up other times I just give in and fall back asleep. Haven't had one though in a few months.

 

[crab]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: element

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: element
could you open your eyes? could you blink? I've never experienced this.

Yes, my eyes were open. I could not get a sound out of mouth, had trouble catching my breath, could not move my arms or legs. Scary stuff.

sounds scary. were you able to blink? like if someone said blink once if you're awake, would you have been able to?

I really don't remember if I was able to blink or not.

Not in my case.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: crab

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: aircooled
If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

true sleep paralysis is a sleeping disorder.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
<---polysomnographic technologist (AKA a sleep tech)

I'm working at the lab reight now...ask yo slepp questions!

I have one. Pretty much every night, just as I'm dozing off, I get startled awake. My entire body seems to jump (well, what still works, being a quadriplegic)...I wake up scared sh!tless for a split second, I feel just like I was nearly killed. It happens while I'm still barely awake, so no image is associated. It's very weird.

Do you feel like you are falling? I think that's pretty common.

 

[crab]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: crab

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: aircooled
If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

true sleep paralysis is a sleeping disorder.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
<---polysomnographic technologist (AKA a sleep tech)

I'm working at the lab reight now...ask yo slepp questions!

I have one. Pretty much every night, just as I'm dozing off, I get startled awake. My entire body seems to jump (well, what still works, being a quadriplegic)...I wake up scared sh!tless for a split second, I feel just like I was nearly killed. It happens while I'm still barely awake, so no image is associated. It's very weird.

Do you feel like you are falling? I think that's pretty common.

Nope...I'm pretty much still alert.

 

[Jmman]

I have had this a few times. I also have had the sensation that someone is holding me down, a somewhat evil presence. I have seen programs that have pondered whether sleep paralysis is the basis for the alien abduction phenomena. Strange stuff.....

 

[mcveigh]

Originally posted by: djNickb

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: aircooled
If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

true sleep paralysis is a sleeping disorder.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
<---polysomnographic technologist (AKA a sleep tech)

I'm working at the lab reight now...ask yo slepp questions!

I had a sleep study done because I suspected I might be narcoleptic and also have experienced sleep paralysis, mostly when taking naps during the day. It is terrifying you almost feel as if you are dying. When I get them I feel as though my mind is awake, I can wiggle a toe or a finger tip and my eyes try to open, sometimes I can fight through it and wake up other times I just give in and fall back asleep. Haven't had one though in a few months.

what were the results?

 

[mcveigh]

Originally posted by: upsciLLion

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: aircooled
If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

true sleep paralysis is a sleeping disorder.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
<---polysomnographic technologist (AKA a sleep tech)

I'm working at the lab reight now...ask yo slepp questions!

What is it that makes me take 2-3 hours to fall asleep at night while easily dozing off in class?

cold be many things, sleep apnea, poor sleep hygene, food eaten in the afternoon.

what's you age?
what do you eat in the afternoon till bedtime
how much caffine a day
how much sleep a night?

 

[ghostman]

A while ago, when I had trouble sleeping or near when I should be waking up, I would drift off into a near-paralyzed state where I was vaguely conscious of my surroundings. For example, I would "wake up" and see my room. When I try to lift my arm, I'm either too tired or too numb or something, but I can't do it. At this point, I'm aware that I've fallen into another one of my self-described "dream" states. The only way I can break out of it is to shake my head (with difficulty, yet I'm always able to do it) violently. When I snap out of it (and don't automatically fall back into it because I'm tired from sleep), my room actually looks like how I remembered it, but I question whether I actually had my eyes open and whether I did shake around violently.

I don't know if that's the same thing. I never had trouble breathing.

 

[Bryophyte]

This happens to me pretty frequently. I've had it happen since at least my early teens. It's terrifying.

 

[djNickb]

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: djNickb

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: aircooled
If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

true sleep paralysis is a sleeping disorder.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
<---polysomnographic technologist (AKA a sleep tech)

I'm working at the lab reight now...ask yo slepp questions!

I had a sleep study done because I suspected I might be narcoleptic and also have experienced sleep paralysis, mostly when taking naps during the day. It is terrifying you almost feel as if you are dying. When I get them I feel as though my mind is awake, I can wiggle a toe or a finger tip and my eyes try to open, sometimes I can fight through it and wake up other times I just give in and fall back asleep. Haven't had one though in a few months.

what were the results?

Well they kept me overnight and the next day for daytime nap studies, I only registered 'sleep' on one of the naps so they said based on that I did not meet the criteria for narcolepsy. I'm lookin at the printout of the results.

Their comments were:
General EEG features were atypical for this patient. Overall arousal index was midly abnormal. Alpha intrusion including K-Alpha arousals were noted in sleep stages.

The diagnosis on the printout is:
-Inadequate sleep hygeine
-Insufficient sleep syndrome
-Delayed sleep-phase syndrome, possible
-Long sleeper, possible

 

[upsciLLion]

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: upsciLLion

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: aircooled
If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

true sleep paralysis is a sleeping disorder.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
<---polysomnographic technologist (AKA a sleep tech)

I'm working at the lab reight now...ask yo slepp questions!

What is it that makes me take 2-3 hours to fall asleep at night while easily dozing off in class?

cold be many things, sleep apnea, poor sleep hygene, food eaten in the afternoon.

what's you age?
what do you eat in the afternoon till bedtime
how much caffine a day
how much sleep a night?

I'm 22.
I usually eat a light lunch (sandwich, some fruit, couple cookies maybe)
For dinner I usually have some kind of meat, vegetables, and fruit.
The only caffeine I taken in during the day is in any chocolate I eat. I don't drink pop, coffee, nor tea.
I typically get in bed anywhere from 12 to 1 and get up around 8. So depending on how much time I lay awake, it's anywhere from 5 to 6 hours per night. On the weekends I usually sleep from 2-3 until anywhere from 11 am to 1 pm.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: aircooled
If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

true sleep paralysis is a sleeping disorder.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
<---polysomnographic technologist (AKA a sleep tech)

I'm working at the lab reight now...ask yo slepp questions!

Why do I wake up sometimes and Mr. Winky is at full attention?

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: aircooled
If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

true sleep paralysis is a sleeping disorder.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
<---polysomnographic technologist (AKA a sleep tech)

I'm working at the lab reight now...ask yo slepp questions!

Why do I wake up sometimes and Mr. Winky is at full attention?

You should be asking your wife what she's been doing to you while you sleep.

 

[slpaulson]

I've had this happen quite a few times, but it only happens if I'm taking a nap on the couch. It seems to happen when I wake up mid dream and can't quite get back to the real world.

It sure freaked me out the first time it happened a couple years ago. I just had it happen a couple days ago and I guess it doesn't seem like a big deal anymore.

 

[djNickb]

Originally posted by: cRazYdood
I've had this happen quite a few times, but it only happens if I'm sleeping on the couch. It seems to happen when I wake up mid dream and can't quite get back to the real world.

It sure freaked me out the first time it happened a couple years ago. I just had it happen a couple days ago and I guess it doesn't seem like a big deal anymore.

This is exactly when it happens to me too, either napping on the couch or in the recliner, but almost never when sleeping in my bed.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: aircooled
If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

true sleep paralysis is a sleeping disorder.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
<---polysomnographic technologist (AKA a sleep tech)

I'm working at the lab reight now...ask yo slepp questions!

Why do I wake up sometimes and Mr. Winky is at full attention?

You should be asking your wife what she's been doing to you while you sleep.

:lips:

 

[slpaulson]

Originally posted by: djNickb

Originally posted by: cRazYdood
I've had this happen quite a few times, but it only happens if I'm sleeping on the couch. It seems to happen when I wake up mid dream and can't quite get back to the real world.

It sure freaked me out the first time it happened a couple years ago. I just had it happen a couple days ago and I guess it doesn't seem like a big deal anymore.

This is exactly when it happens to me too, either napping on the couch or in the recliner, but almost never when sleeping in my bed.

Yeah, I don't think it's ever happened during the night when I'm sleeping. It only happens if I fall asleep in front of the tv or something.

 

[mcveigh]

Originally posted by: upsciLLion

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: upsciLLion

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: aircooled
If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

true sleep paralysis is a sleeping disorder.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
<---polysomnographic technologist (AKA a sleep tech)

I'm working at the lab reight now...ask yo slepp questions!

are you overweight?, do you have a recessed chin?
do you snore?

it's hard when your in college but try to get to sleep earlier, say 10pm and get up around 7am, do this consistently, it's hard, you have to change habits.
sleep in a quiet dark room no tv, no music.

try that for a month. no naps during the day either!

What is it that makes me take 2-3 hours to fall asleep at night while easily dozing off in class?

cold be many things, sleep apnea, poor sleep hygene, food eaten in the afternoon.

what's you age?
what do you eat in the afternoon till bedtime
how much caffine a day
how much sleep a night?

I'm 22.
I usually eat a light lunch (sandwich, some fruit, couple cookies maybe)
For dinner I usually have some kind of meat, vegetables, and fruit.
The only caffeine I taken in during the day is in any chocolate I eat. I don't drink pop, coffee, nor tea.
I typically get in bed anywhere from 12 to 1 and get up around 8. So depending on how much time I lay awake, it's anywhere from 5 to 6 hours per night. On the weekends I usually sleep from 2-3 until anywhere from 11 am to 1 pm.

 

[takeru]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
I used to get it once in a while. It's terrifying. You wake up and you can't move, can't catch your breath, ugh. I haven't had it in a few years though...

i only had that happen to me twice in my life. both times exactly the same:

fell asleep in my parents room on their bed (this is in a basement level). in the dreamworld i continue as if i was still awake. i get up and sit up on the bed, suddenly a large rush of water/sand/mud rushes in from the doorway, affectively crushing me flat and smothering me on the bed. i wake up, unable to move, speak or breath practically for the next few minutes, and i still had that feeling of being crushed. after the second time i never fell asleep in that room again. and with that i never had that happen again either...

 

[mcveigh]

Originally posted by: djNickb

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: djNickb

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: aircooled
If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

true sleep paralysis is a sleeping disorder.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
<---polysomnographic technologist (AKA a sleep tech)

I'm working at the lab reight now...ask yo slepp questions!

I had a sleep study done because I suspected I might be narcoleptic and also have experienced sleep paralysis, mostly when taking naps during the day. It is terrifying you almost feel as if you are dying. When I get them I feel as though my mind is awake, I can wiggle a toe or a finger tip and my eyes try to open, sometimes I can fight through it and wake up other times I just give in and fall back asleep. Haven't had one though in a few months.

what were the results?

Well they kept me overnight and the next day for daytime nap studies, I only registered 'sleep' on one of the naps so they said based on that I did not meet the criteria for narcolepsy. I'm lookin at the printout of the results.

Their comments were:
General EEG features were atypical for this patient. Overall arousal index was midly abnormal. Alpha intrusion including K-Alpha arousals were noted in sleep stages.

The diagnosis on the printout is:
-Inadequate sleep hygeine
-Insufficient sleep syndrome
-Delayed sleep-phase syndrome, possible
-Long sleeper, possible

where'd you have your study done? they threw a lot of stuff in there.
what is your sleep schedule like? do you work odd hours?
did you actually talk to a sleep specialist? a board certified sleep doctor?

can you tell me any meds you are on? PM if you want privacy.

 

[Literati]

Yes, once.

It was an awful experience.

I've also had it mild since then. Subconscious suggestion so on and so forth, but those only last until I realize what's going on, about .5 seconds into it. Those aren't bad. They're rare and very mild.

But that one time, wow. It had to be one of the most terrible things I have ever experienced.

No institution of credit yet acknowledges this I don't think? Anyways, my theory is that it happens in between atonia in REM and waking. Kind of like a mental lag I guess.

The atonia in REM is there to keep you from acting out your dreams and hurting yourself etc. But you are not supposed to experience it awake. Blah blah glitch in the matrix, body REM muscle paralysis yadda yadda.

Anyways, like I said, it was awful.