central apnea and sleep paryalisis related?
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I had posted this link and information about escaping sleep paralysis before, but I never saw any feedback on whether or not it worked. Thanks for the update, Beth. I am somewhat reluctant to suggest things unless I have some confidence that it might work for at least some people. I find it so much more comfortable recommending something when I can say, "This worked for me…." Kent Taylor Tal wrote in message …
|> A while back ABC News did a report on SP. The report suggested that you |> will snap out of SP if you move your eyes back and forth as they would |> during REM sleep. Because I no longer have SP episodes, I have not been |> able to test that procedure. The info from ABC News can be found at |> this link: |> http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/sleepparalysis99041 |> 1.html |> |> If anyone has tried this trick, I’d very much like to know if it worked |> for them. | | |I remember not only someone here posting about the eye thing to snap out of |SP – but also someone on another non-sleepdisorder related site saying that |it worked for them too. | |– |Beth in Australia |=================== |FAQ for alt.support.sleep-disorder can be found here |www.anchorweb.com.au/sleepdisorders |this site is a work in progress – feel free to submit info/articles | |
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> A while back ABC News did a report on SP. The report suggested that you > will snap out of SP if you move your eyes back and forth as they would > during REM sleep. Because I no longer have SP episodes, I have not been > able to test that procedure. The info from ABC News can be found at > this link: > http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/sleepparalysis99041 > 1.html > If anyone has tried this trick, I’d very much like to know if it worked > for them.
I remember not only someone here posting about the eye thing to snap out of SP – but also someone on another non-sleepdisorder related site saying that it worked for them too. — Beth in Australia =================== FAQ for alt.support.sleep-disorder can be found here www.anchorweb.com.au/sleepdisorders this site is a work in progress – feel free to submit info/articles
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Sleep paralysis [SP] is one of the symptoms of narcolepsy. It is normal to be thus paralyzed during REM sleep; otherwise you physically act out your dreams. SP outside of REM sleep suggests there might be a problem. I have narcolepsy and used to experience SP fairly often. As a child it was terrifying, especially because I couldn’t make my parents understand what was happening. When I learned that have narcolepsy after 37 years of it being undiagnosed, I began reading about it. That’s how I learned about SP. Oddly, I have had essentially no SP episodes since I learned what it is. A while back ABC News did a report on SP. The report suggested that you will snap out of SP if you move your eyes back and forth as they would during REM sleep. Because I no longer have SP episodes, I have not been able to test that procedure. The info from ABC News can be found at this link: http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/sleepparalysis99041 1.html If anyone has tried this trick, I’d very much like to know if it worked for them. I agree with Lee Babcock’s suggestion about having a sleep test. I suggest looking for a doctor who is a board-certified sleep doctor with a neurology background. Kent Taylor Eurydice Colette wrote in message
<131a7bbf.0212052207.68a2c…@posting.google.com>… |Hi, I have a question for all of you. |I had brain trauma at birth that resulted in my having central apnea |as a baby. I stopped breathing anywhere from 2-30 times a day, and was |on a monitor from birth until I was three. I obviously don’t stop |breathing like that anymore, but I often have parylisis dreams, in |which I cannot breathe. I wake up out of breath and very very tired. |They are very scary and unpleasant, and I was wondering if perhaps the |apnea and the smothering dreams were related. Anyone have any |thoughts?
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Hi, I have a question for all of you. I had brain trauma at birth that resulted in my having central apnea as a baby. I stopped breathing anywhere from 2-30 times a day, and was on a monitor from birth until I was three. I obviously don’t stop breathing like that anymore, but I often have parylisis dreams, in which I cannot breathe. I wake up out of breath and very very tired. They are very scary and unpleasant, and I was wondering if perhaps the apnea and the smothering dreams were related. Anyone have any thoughts?
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Eurydice Colette wrote: > Hi, I have a question for all of you. > I had brain trauma at birth that resulted in my having central apnea > as a baby. I stopped breathing anywhere from 2-30 times a day, and was > on a monitor from birth until I was three. I obviously don’t stop > breathing like that anymore, but I often have parylisis dreams, in > which I cannot breathe. I wake up out of breath and very very tired. > They are very scary and unpleasant, and I was wondering if perhaps the > apnea and the smothering dreams were related. Anyone have any > thoughts?
I would be more concerned that you currently are having episodes that are causing the dreams and that the dreams are in fact part of reality. Have you had an overnight sleep test? If not, I would have one and with your history, I would think you should see a sleep specialist who is a neurologist. I’m sure others here will suggest something similar. Good luck on getting to the root of this. Regards Lee in Toronto —–= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =—– http://www.newsfeeds.com – The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! —–== Over 80,000 Newsgroups – 16 Different Servers! =—–
