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What Are The Symptoms Of Sleep Paralysis?

Hi I came online to ask if you know what s wrong with me so for about a hole year or less I would always wake up and I would b paralyzed I couldn t move at all when I would wake up in the morning and while I couldn t move a muscle I also couldn t breath it was very very difficult to breath and my heart would just pound and pound so as I m trying to move in this state of being paralyzed and not breathing I finally started fighting myself to move and when I started to gain back my breathing and the movement of my body I would try to go back to sleep and forget it even happend but as I tryed falling back asleep it would happen agian and I would become paralyzed and couldn t breath but I always looked up on line to see if I could find any answers what was wrong with me and the only thing that was close enough was what is called sleep paralysis but sleep paralysis is kinda different what I have going on because I don t see things that are not there like a dream when I m in the state of not breathing and feeling paralyzed but this hasn t happend that much in the last 2 months but I just want to make sure everything is ok with me
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Hi,

Sleeping paralysis is a condition in which a person is unable to move or speak right as u r falling asleep or waking up. Usual causes that may aggravate the episode of sleep paralysis are anxiety, stress, jet lag, poor sleep hygiene or not having proper sleep habits. This episode makes you extremely tired throughout the day or keep you up at night. The signs and symptoms of sleeping paralysis are as follows-

Unable to move the body when falling asleep or waking up for few seconds to few minutes.
The sleeper is awake or half awake.
Unable to speak.
May have breathing difficulties.
May have chest pain.
May have headache, muscle pain.
May have hallucinations.
Excessive sweating.
Feeling of death is coming.
A sense of spinning, flying, floating, falling over one's body.

Antidepressants may help to restore the sleeping pattern. Exercising regularly, practicing meditation, abstaining from evening tea, coffee or alcohol, managing anxiety or stress, maintaining good sleep hygiene etc may help to subside the episodes of sleeping paralysis.

Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Zubayer Alam, General & Family Physician
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What Are The Symptoms Of Sleep Paralysis?

Hi, Sleeping paralysis is a condition in which a person is unable to move or speak right as u r falling asleep or waking up. Usual causes that may aggravate the episode of sleep paralysis are anxiety, stress, jet lag, poor sleep hygiene or not having proper sleep habits. This episode makes you extremely tired throughout the day or keep you up at night. The signs and symptoms of sleeping paralysis are as follows- Unable to move the body when falling asleep or waking up for few seconds to few minutes. The sleeper is awake or half awake. Unable to speak. May have breathing difficulties. May have chest pain. May have headache, muscle pain. May have hallucinations. Excessive sweating. Feeling of death is coming. A sense of spinning, flying, floating, falling over one s body. Antidepressants may help to restore the sleeping pattern. Exercising regularly, practicing meditation, abstaining from evening tea, coffee or alcohol, managing anxiety or stress, maintaining good sleep hygiene etc may help to subside the episodes of sleeping paralysis. Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Zubayer Alam, General & Family Physician