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Re: Sleeping Disorder

Posted by simon on February 14, 2005 at 07:22:32:
In Reply to: Sleeping Disorder posted by SleepingBlues on February 07, 2005 at 14:57:12:
I just found this information which may help you. It's from a site which conducted a survey with over 10,000 sleep paralysis sufferers, some like you who experience it going in to sleep and before waking up:
We have not found SP to be especially associated with depression or anxiety although there is some suggestion in the literature that it might be and some people, though not all, have reported reduction in SP episodes when on certain anti-depressant medications. We have recently found experimental evidence supporting anecdotal and clinical reports that some people experiencing SP are also experiencing high concurrent levels of stress. I suspect SP is triggered by a rather specific quirk in individual sleep patterns exacerbated in some people by stress and/or irregular sleeping habits (e.g., shift work). Occasionally, it seems to be triggered by novel settings or certain locales. For others it seems to come and go in a quite haphazard manner. Although SP is typically regarded as a relatively benign disorder, the actual experience itself can be quite distressing, particularly for those who have the experiences very frequently. Beyond treatment with medication, avoiding stress (easier said than done I realize) and regular sleeping habits may sometimes reduce or even eliminate SP for those experiencing frequent episodes. A traditional method for overcoming the paralysis when it does happen is attempting to move one's fingers and toes. More recently, a number of people have been suggesting rapidly moving one's eyes back and forth as a way of bringing a bout of SP to an end. If you are having multiple or repeated experiences at one time it may help to get up briefly and move around before trying to sleep again.

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