Sleep paralysis is at a ridiculous level

My first time experiencing sleep paralysis was two nights ago at first I thought I was having a stroke. But later found out what it was and it happened every time i fell asleep that night for four hours over and over sometimes as soon as I would wake up I would lay my head back down and immediately go into it again. It was the most terrifying night of my life

I use to have it a few times when i was a lot younger, when i did have it i never gotten to the point of me seeing things or hearing things just as I'm not able to move. The last time i got it was probalby my most in depth and crazy time i had sleep paralysis.

it started as i was going to sleep, i remember falling asleep, you know how when you fall asleep you feel like your falling and jerk awake after it? well that happened but this time i was unable to move, i was stuck on my back with my eyes wide open. strapped to my bed i was at the mercy of my own brain. Now I'm a bit of a World war 2 lover and being able to speak German this had a heavy tie into my paralysis. I remember Hearing the sound of German soilders yelling at each other to do something about something, i could hear the running foot steps of them running on stone floor. I was unable to see much but i could hear these young soilders yelling and running. it lasted maybe 30 seconds and after that i feel alseep and woke up the next morning feeling normal. It was at no means scary if anything it was amazing. I wish something like  happed before.

Howdy folks. I have had sleep paralysis since I was a kid and now am in my 30's. It has recently increased in frequency in the last 4 years. It has been traumatizing and is hard to attempt to have a normal day after. I certainly can't sleep again until the following morning due to my racing heart from the horrifying visual and physical, usually life threatening waking dreams that I've just experienced. I wanted to share that I have not had it since I started using a new design of a comfortable eye mask. I don't know why this thought never occurred to me before, since my eyes are always open during the episodes. It is such a simple fix. It may be a placebo, but I am a believer and wanted to share this with as many people as possible, as I know it has gotten so bad for some that it's ruining their lives. This has been brought to light with the documentary "Nightmare." Please let me know if anyone knows a way to reach out to more people with this awful experience.

 

I know this is kind of an old thread. But I'm just now researching this issue and am surprised at how many people have these same experiences. It's something that affects your whole life. It's made me stronger. Not much to fear after that kind of fear. I've experienced night demons since I was very young. Everything else seems comically miniscule comparably. But that's just me. Good luck to all!!!

The rushing noise and other loud noises you describe could be caused by a tiny, pin point hole in the eardrum. This can be very difficult to diagnose. As for the sleep paralysis, have you recently started on a new course of medicine? Sometimes that can be a contributing factor. The fact that your sleep is disturbed by these loud noises etc could be the cause of the sleep paralysis. You are suffering from insomnia, which leads to general disturbance in all your sleep patterns. This is leading you to wake up when a large part of your mind is in deep sleep mode. When we are in this deep sleep mode parts of our central nervous system are dormant. Your sleep has become so disturbed that a part of your mind is waking up while other parts remain in deep sleep mode. This is a frightening experience. When a person is having this experience regularly it is a clear indication that the person is suffering acute insomnia. I think you need medical intervention to help you back into a normal pattern of sleep. You also need to have your blood pressure tested and I think you may need a referral to an Ear Nose and Throat specialist and perhaps the audiology department of a hospital. In the meantime you could try 20 - 30 mgs of promethazine (also sold under the name sominex). Promethazine is a sedating antihistamine, it,may help a little. If you tell your doctor everything you stated here, you should be given a prescription of a fortnights sleep aid such as zopiclone or nitrazepam, and hopefully a referral to find out what's behind the symptoms you describe. I hope you find a solution soon.

So, I've dealt with what is being called "Sleep Paralysis " since I can remember. Which is about 3 or 4 years old. I've just begun researching my experiences and am pretty shocked at how many other people have had extremely similar experiences.

I've read a lot of scientific explanations which have made sense. But there is one thing these scientific explanations have failed to even try to explain as far as my research has gone.

Why is it that so many of us seem to see and feel the same exact things? Except for some personal variations. The dark figure wearing a hooded cloak or some kind of hat? How could it be that so many different types of people from so many different parts of the world living all different types of lifestyles experience such similar "Shadow People "?

That's the issue that I'm having the most trouble with right now. But maybe I haven't researched enough yet.

Ive had this problem too for a year EVERY NIGHT was sleep paralysis . What i did that helped a lot Is I went to an orthodox christian church, After baptise you can confess and then drink thhe blood of Jesus and you get an awesome feeling through your body unexplainable feeling and after this my life went on without sleep paralysis. I also strongly suggest you stay away from drugs because if you take any kind of psychotic or drug it can interfere withyour life and sleep.

Hello! hope everything is going well for you!

My name is Alex, ive been going through sleep paralysis the last 12 years now...(im 24)so heres how i manage it.

The first time i had it, like most of us if not all; i was horrified. After years i finally managed to find a way "out" or "in" in my occasion...what i mean is that you dont have to look at it as a disability but as an "ability" try to embrace it and you will discover something remarkable known as "Lucid Dreaming".

Ofcourse there are other ways...

like sleeping sideways or putting some relaxing music or having some low lights in your room, healthy lifestyle, etc...

Embrace it...let it guide you...follow the voice...

Hey guys.....I used to get this a lot but now it seems to have been gone. What I've did when I used to get it a lot, I sprinkles salt around my entire the floor of my bed before I went to sleep and it worked for me.

Hello, I experienced sleep paralysis for the first time a couple nights ago and it happened again the following night but much, much worse and 4 times during that night, compared to just one time the night before. I was wondering if anyone has only experienced sleep paralysis once or a couple times and then it goes? or is it a continuous experience because it is making me afraid to sleep

Hi all, so really I just wanted to explain what happenes to me to see if anyone else has the same exprerience that I do as doctors in the UK seems stuck to what it might be...

So I will be asleep, then in my head I half wake up and realise my breathing has gone really shallow. I know I need to wake up but can't. I try to shout or move but nothing seems to happen. Sometimes I feel like I have moved to the floor shaking about to try and wake myself up but in relality I am still in the same position on my bed. I know I have to wake up and when I do it's with a big intake of breath. The best way I have described it is that my head wakes up but my body won't. I can feel like I am calling my wife and shaking her to wake me up but again I am not actually moving. It is not a pleasant experience in the slightest, mainly because my breathing is shallow.

This is something I have suffered with for 10 years, at the moment I am really healthy, great diet and lots of excersize. Have had a few sleep tests that have not shown anything or given the doctors any ideas.

Does this sound familiar to anyone else on here??

Thanks all.