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For those of you who are not familiar with this -
Sleep paralysis makes you "wake up" in the middle of your nightmare. You can see everything that's around you, just the way you remember it when you went to bed. You can't move your body at all, and you just feel the presence of something terrible or you hallucinate monsters or ghosts or whatever you're afraid of. You scream from top of your lungs and no one hears you. I usually experience this when I'm extremely tired, or feeling anxious about something, and falling asleep on my back. I've lived with this for so long now that I usually know when it's happening; all I can do is try to fight the scary feeling and move my fingers to try to wake myself up. Is anyone else dealing with this? It gets to the point where I have to take Ambien or else I'm scared to fall asleep altogether. __________________ |
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It can be a symptom of narcolepsy. It is not the same thing as being in a nightmare and not being able to wake up, which many make the mistake of associating. It's actually when you are already awake and cannot move your body. I hear you on being afraid to fall asleep because of it. I have had many sleepless nights because of it. __________________ What if I fall? Oh, my dear, but what if you fly? Primary Dx: C-PTSD and Severe Chronic Treatment Resistant Major Depressive Disorder Secondary Dx: Generalized Anxiety Disorder with mild Agoraphobia. Meds I've tried: Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, Effexor, Remeron, Elavil, Wellbutrin, Risperidone, Abilify, Prazosin, Paxil, Trazadone, Tramadol, Topomax, Xanax, Propranolol, Valium, Visteril, Vraylar, Selinor, Clonopin, Ambien Treatments I've done: CBT, DBT, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Talk therapy, psychotherapy, exercise, diet, sleeping more, sleeping less... |
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I’ve discovered if I take melatonin too often or combine it with neurontin, I have experienced sleep paralysis and intense pain dreams so you might check and research what combos you’re taking when you have these.
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I have another sleep study shortly. __________________ May we each fully claim the courage to live from our hearts, to allow Love, Faith and Hope to enLighten our paths. |
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