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• Sleep Paralysis.
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• "Sleep Paralysis".
• Welcome to the very confusing, and often terrifying, world of REM paralysis!.
• The second good news is that, once you make an appointment to visit a sleep doctor, you will know for sure just what the cause of these "attacks" really is.
• "REM paralysis" is a natural event that occurs each time we enter a period of REM, or dreaming sleep. Indeed, REM paralysis is actually what protects us from getting out of bed at night - and acting out all our strange dreams.
• Usually we don't notice these periods of paralysis during sleep, but if we wake up during REM, in what you accurately describe as a "lucid" state, we often can feel the weight and heaviness of our suddenly unresponsive bodies.
• Sleep paralysis is mildly associated with a more serious sleep disorder called narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is characterized by unwanted intrusions of sleep and dreaming - and paralysis - into waking life. If you are consistently tired during the day, and find it easy to "sleep anywhere," and if you often dream on your naps, you are advised to visit a sleep doctor at a sleep disorders center to have your "sleep attacks" investigated further.
• What's the message of this dream? It's time to make an appointment with a sleep doctor. Tell him or her your history of REM paralysis, and be sure to provide as much background on your sleep habits as possible. ... In the meantime, I hope you are relieved of the burden of wondering about evil spirits, and I wish you a speedy return to a healthy night's sleep!.

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• Narcolepsy is a chronic disabling but benign neurological disorder  that affects the control of sleep and wakefulness. Recent discoveries indicate that people with narcolepsy lack a chemical in the brain called hypocretin, which normally stimulates arousal and helps regulate sleep. It is often described as an intrusion of the dreaming state of sleep (called REM or rapid eye movement sleep) into the waking state. ...
• Sleep paralysis:  inability to talk or move for a brief period when falling asleep or waking up. It may occur in people without narcolepsy as well especially when sleep deprived. ...
• Hypnagogic hallucinations: vivid and often scary dreams and sounds reported when falling asleep that may seem very real and often occur with sleep paralysis.   As with sleep paralysis these may also occur in people without narcolepsy when sleep deprived. ...
• Restless sleep sometimes. ...
• Polysomnography or an overnight sleep study is the best test to diagnose sleep apnea and to determine its severity.   It records, through recording wires glued to different parts of the body, a variety of body functions during sleep, such as the electrical activity of the brain, eye movement, muscle activity, heart rate, respiratory effort, air flow, and blood oxygen levels.
• The Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) measures the speed of falling asleep. ...
• For photographs and description as to how this is done click on the following link: Tests done at our sleep lab.
• National Sleep Foundation.
• National Center on Sleep Disorders Research (NCSDR).
• For the catapelxy, sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations antidepressants are usually prescribed. ...

• Narcolepsy & Sleep.
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• What is Narcolepsy? Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder affecting parts of the brain that regulate sleep and wakefulness. ...
• Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS): Frequent drowsiness throughout the day, even after getting enough sleep at night. ...
• Sleep Paralysis: Temporary inability to talk or move when falling asleep or waking up. ...
• Sleep Disruption: Fragmented nighttime sleep with frequent awakenings. ...
• Further Medical Information Mechanism The mechanism of Narcolepsy is considered to be, in part, an abnormal intrusion of REM sleep into the waking state. During normal sleep, REM cycling is tightly regulated; REM periods occur at approximately 90-minute intervals, with increasing duration of each period as the night progresses. Dreaming and skeletal muscle atonia occur during normal REM sleep, which may explain the hypnagogic hallucinations, cataplexy, and sleep paralysis in Narcolepsy. ... Only 11% to 14% of all persons with Narcolepsy present with all four classic symptoms1 (EDS, Cataplexy, Sleep Paralysis, Hypnagogic Hallucinations). The variable presentation of Narcolepsy, the fact that excessive daytime sleepiness is associated with other primary sleep disorders and medical conditions, and the mistaken belief that cataplexy must be present for a diagnosis of Narcolepsy all contribute to the under-recognition of this disorder. ...
• Diagnosis A minimal criteria for diagnosis of Narcolepsy, as defined by the American Sleep Disorders Association (ASDA) include recurrent daytime sleepiness (frequent naps and lapses into sleep) and cataplexy. ...
• Diagnostic Criteria for Narcolepsy A - Complaint of excessive daytime sleepiness or sudden muscle weakness B - Recurrent daytime sleep episodes for at least 3 months C - Cataplexy D - Associated features: sleep paralysis, hypnagogic hallucinations, automatic behavior, disrupted major sleep episode. E - Polysomnographic findings: sleep latency < 10 minutes; REM sleep latency < 20 minutes; MSLT findings: mean sleep latency < 8 minutes, two or more sleep-onset REM periods F - HLA-DR2 positivity* G - Medical or psychiatric disorders and other sleep disorders are not the primary cause of symptoms Minimum Criteria: B + C   Or   A + D + E + G From The International Classification of Sleep Disorders, Revised: Diagnostic and Coding Manual. ...
• The broad objective of behavioral therapies is to regulate sleep schedules and relieve sleepiness with regular naps while encouraging greater stimulation during waking hours, such as exercising regularly and avoiding repetitive or sedentary tasks. ...
• Sleep disorders. ... Sleep/Wake Disorders: Natural History, Epidemiology, and Long-term Evolution. ... American Sleep Disorders Association. The International Classification of Sleep Disorders: Diagnostic and Coding Manual. ...

• Sleep Paralysis -- Unable to Move, Unable to Speak and All You Did Was Wake Up.
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• The alarm sounds and you lie helpless in bed, unable to move or even speak for several minutes; you have a condition known as sleep paralysis. ...
• Sleep Paralysis -- Unable to Move, Unable to Speak and All You Did Was Wake Up.
• PAUL, MN -- The alarm sounds and you lie helpless in bed, unable to move or even speak for several minutes; you have a condition known as sleep paralysis.
• Two out of every one hundred people experience sleep paralysis at least once a month, according to a report in the April 12 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
• Sleep paralysis is characterized by the inability to move and speak for several minutes after awakening or just before falling asleep; the disorder can also be accompanied by hallucinations.
• Approximately 6 percent of the study group experienced sleep paralysis at least once in their lifetime.
• The condition can be caused by sleep deprivation, anxiety reducing medications and mental or sleep disorders, according to researchers. Users of anxiety-reducing medications were five times more likely to report occurrences of sleep paralysis.
• "People experiencing sleep paralysis on a regular basis should seek medical attention," said Ohayon. "In most cases sleep paralysis is relieved by treating factors which can cause the condition. ...
• Researchers report that people with sleep paralysis often feel sleepy during the day and have difficulty falling asleep at night. ...
• And, nearly 30 percent of participants with severe sleep paralysis experience hallucinations during the episode.

• Another common element of visitations is their occurrence at night while going to sleep or early in the morning upon waking from sleep. ...
•     Hypnogogia is a well described neurological phenomenon that can occur when one is waking up (hypnopompic) or going to sleep (hypnogogic). ...
•      Also associated with hypnogogia is temporary paralysis. Normal sleep contains periods of REM (rapid eye movement-dream sleep) during which the brain stem inhibits, or turns off, the motor neurons in our spinal column, preventing any movement except for the eyes. Normally, this only occurs during dream sleep. The apparent reason for sleep paralysis is our safety. ... Paralysis persists during waking dreams because the affected neurons have not been reactivated immediately as they normally should. Therefore waking dreams are in a sense a fusion of normal wakeful consciousness and the distinctive characteristics of dream sleep. We are indeed awake but the paralysis and bizarre imagery typical of dreaming have not yet loosed their hold. ...
•     Many sleep specialists are familiar with hypnogogia and sleep paralysis. They frequently encounter a sleep disorder called narcolepsy in which sufferers can, within moments and at any time of day, drop into REM-dream sleep (referred to as decreased REM latency). Other symptoms include excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy (sudden weakness often resulting in dropping to the ground), disrupted nighttime sleep, paralysis, and hypnogogic imagery. ...   They can often occur in normal individuals who have had recent sleep deprivation. ...
•   Also, it is easy to imagine how an individual who has had a hypnogogic hallucination with sleep paralysis, and who is not familiar with the neurological cause, will likely interpret their strange experience in terms of their cultural beliefs. ...

• More Sleep Paralysis - Jul 27, 2001.
• I swear I only get sleep paralysis now when i am utterly exhausted which is worse because I am so tired it's hard to stay aware of what's going on. If you are unfamilar with Sleep Paralysis go here. The short story it's a condition where upon falling asleep or waking up you get caught between this sleep/wake state. ... If it happens to a person who does not know what sleep paralysis is it could easily be mistaken with demonic activity and even alien abduction. I have no doubt in my mind SOME People who think they were abducted by aliens infact had a sleep paralysis episode. ... The sleep paralysis happened once more, and I guess my brain had had enough, I kept thinking, wake up wake up wake up and I couldn't. ... Finally I woke up, sat up for a few minutes and was able to fall to sleep NORMALLY! Analyze this Dream .

• Study Finds 6% Of Subjects Have Experienced Sleep Paralysis .
• Study Finds 6% Of Subjects Have Experienced Sleep Paralysis.
• PAUL, MN -- April 12, 1999 -- The alarm sounds and you lie helpless in bed, unable to move or even speak for several minutes; you have a condition known as sleep paralysis. ...
• Two out of every 100 people experience sleep paralysis at least once a month, according to a report in today’s issue of the journal of Neurology. ...
• Sleep paralysis is characterised by the inability to move and speak for several minutes after awakening or just before falling asleep. ...
• Approximately six percent of the study group experienced sleep paralysis at least once in their lifetime. ...
• The condition can be caused by sleep deprivation, anxiety-reducing medications and mental or sleep disorders, the researchers write. Users of anxiety-reducing medications were five times more likely to report occurrences of sleep paralysis. ...
• "People experiencing sleep paralysis on a regular basis should seek medical attention," Ohayon said. "In most cases sleep paralysis is relieved by treating factors which can cause the condition. ...
• Researchers report that people with sleep paralysis often feel sleepy during the day and have difficulty falling asleep at night. ... Overall the condition occurs most often upon awakening in the morning and nearly 30 percent of participants with severe sleep paralysis experience hallucinations during the episode. ...

• Isolated Sleep Paralysis: A Web Survey .
• Sleep Research Online 3(2): 61-66, 2000.

• SmallShop : Health: Conditions and Diseases: Sleep Disorders: Sleep Paralysis  (3) Description .
• The Periodic Paralysis Resource Center .
• This site provides information on sleep paralysis as well as daytime paralysis. ...
• Sleep paralysis .
• A thread dealing with sleep paralysis (19951997). ...
• Sleep Paralysis and Related Experiences .
• A comprehensive site dealing with sleep paralysis, hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations. ...
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• Scared Stiff - Sleep Paralysis.
• Body paralysis is a natural part of the sleep cycle that we all undergo every night. ... However, conscious awareness during sleep paralysis can arise and it can feel like your mind is awake but your body is not. ... ) Sleep paralysis researcher Jorge Conesa, PhD. , has kindly agreed to help shed some light on this fascinating phenomena and point out how sleep paralysis can be connected with lucid dreaming.
• <LG> What first interested you in (SP) sleep paralysis?.
• After that, similar experiences would follow a period of paralysis. ... Unfortunately, through all those early years I never told anyone about these events and did not know about sleep paralysis until I read Hufford's (1982) classic on night terrors in 1985. ...
• Although dream researchers may disagree about the exact correlation between dreaming and REM sleep in general, the fact that SP is about paralysis makes it a REM phenomenon. Part of the normal nighttime cycle of human sleep includes roughly four periods of desynchronized sleep (D-sleep) accompanied by rapid eye movements (REM). ... Some individuals can become aware of this normal state and report the paralysis and other accompanying phenomena. Because the period from being awake, to becoming drowsy and finally moving quickly into D-sleep consists of a very dynamic series of consciousness states, then in addition to the awareness of the normal paralysis the sleeper can experience any number of ideatic phenomena. ...
• <JC> Actually, it would be fair to ask: what causes some individuals (normals, experiencing Isolated Sleep Paralysis) to be aware during normally occurring periods of paralysis associated with REM sleep? That is the million-dollar question. ... One way to an answer would be to say that during REM sleep our brain is closer to being awake than in any other sleep stage, and a segment of the population, or all of us at some point in our lives, are more aware of this particular state than others. ... More specifically, others have reported (Takeuchi et al, 1992) that individuals who experience SP may exhibit sleep onset REM (SOREM) or the ability to slip into REM sleep while bypassing NON-REM sleep stages. ... This grand variable, increased awareness prior to sleep, may be moderated in turn by a variety of culturally diverse sleeping situations and expectations, personality profiles, psychological states, and environmental circumstances. ... The bottom line is this: some individuals maintain self-awareness into sleep processes that are usually unconscious. The insatiable predormittal preoccupation with stressful events increases the probability of self-awareness during sleep. Unfortunately, Isolated Sleep Paralysis has not been researched comprehensively; therefore, much case-study work needs to be done in order to learn basic information about the personality and the environmental context of the sleep paralysis dreamer. ...

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• Sleep Paralysis and its Causes.
• Sleep Paralysis and its Causes.
• Sleep paralysis, although not an uncommon phenomenon, is generally not well understood. ... Research on a range of psychic phenomena; however, suggest that in many cases, episodes of sleep paralysis are related to the out-of-body experience (OBE).
• Sleep paralysis refers to the sensation of being unable to perform voluntary movements either at the onset of sleep (during what is known as the hypnogogic state) or upon awakening (during the hypnopompic state). Although many people have the feeling that the paralysis lasts an unbearably long time, in reality, these experiences are generally no longer than a few seconds’ duration. ...
• Individuals who have reported experiencing sleep paralysis commonly describe being fearful of the condition. ...
• Whilst a number of cases of sleep paralysis are associated with narcolepsy (a neurological condition in which the sufferer involuntarily falls asleep, with no warning, at any time of the day, even whilst performing an activity), a high percentage of occurrences are not. ...
• It is these cases (which have no relation to narcolepsy) that are of particular interest to researchers of the out-of-body experience (OBE) who have established that sleep paralysis is a sensation that sometimes accompanies the separation of the astral body from the physical body.
• 57% percent of individuals who have had an OBE claim to have experienced sleep paralysis in association with this phenomenon. These individuals who reported having had OBEs also attested to having no known existing health condition that would trigger sleep paralysis. ...
• It is important to note here that in the case of those who suffer from narcolepsy, sleep paralysis is an actual incapacity to move the body. However, in cases of projective catalepsy, the paralysis experienced is not an actual incapacity to move the body, but only the sensation of being unable to do so. It is worthwhile for those people who experience sleep paralysis to understand the causes related to the sensation of paralysis. ...
• Projective catalepsy (the sensation of paralysis) occurs when an individual becomes aware of departing from or returning to the physical body with the astral body, and at the moment at which the two bodies are not fully aligned. ...
• The ideal means by which to control sleep paralysis and the range of psychic phenomena associated with dreaming and the out-of-body experience, is to be able to master one’s own subtle energies, also known as bioenergy, chi or prana. ...

• Why Do Some People Experience Isolated Sleep Paralysis?.
• The goal of this paper is to answer two questions: Why does isolated sleep paralysis occur, and why does it matter?  These questions stem from a distinction that exists between the terms, ‘sleep paralysis,’ and ‘isolated sleep paralysis. ’  Sleep paralysis (SP) is the state between sleep and wakefulness characterized by the inability to move.   Isolated sleep paralysis (ISP) describes the experience of SP by people who do not suffer from the symptoms of narcolepsy. ...   ISP occurs without the other components of narcolepsy, which are sleep attacks, cataplexy, and hypnagogic hallucinations (Takeuchi, Miyasita, Sasaki, Inugami, and Fukuda, 1992).
•   During an episode, the eyes usually function as they would otherwise (Spanos, McNulty, DuBreuil, Pires, & Burgess, 1995), however psychological symptoms frequently accompany the paralysis. ...   Although these symptoms do not persist after the paralysis wears off, and their short-term effects appear to be slight, there are indications that the fear and anxiety brought on by ISP cause insomnia, paranoia, and depression (Ohayon, Zulley, Guilleminault, & Smirne, 1999). ...
•   The last two studies try to find biological explanations for ISP, including abnormal rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and correlations with other disorders. ...
•   Based on the fact that over one sixth of the GO+ subjects remembered certain unusual conditions before having an SP experience, the authors also hypothesized that exhaustion and sleep disruption can cause SP. ...   The authors finally concluded, “that isolated sleep paralysis is very common among the healthy population. ...
•   According to a data table in this article, 13% or more of the GO+ subjects suffered from sleep attacks or cataplexy. ...
•   Since the questionnaire did not contain any questions related to sleep attacks or cataplexy, the authors could not have determined the true prevalence of kanashibari.   By the authors’ definition, “In the present study, we focused on an isolated sleep paralysis called kanashibari in Japanese” (Arikawa, et al. ...
•   The authors created a questionnaire about sleep that they distributed to 1798 psychology students. ...
• (1995) developed the core of their conclusion, “the salience hypothesis of sleep paralysis. ...   If a person had no desire to move their body, then they would probably not discover the paralysis. ...

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• Until relatively recently , sleep and dream researchers did not believe lucid dreams were possible. ...
• The physiological explanation of sleep and dreams has been largely defined through the study and interpretation of the EEG or electroencephalogram, an instrument which measures brain wave activity, or specifically, the electrical bursts of neuronal activity, muscle tone, and eye movement. ...
• There are five distinct phases of brain activity in sleep: Stages 1, 2, 3, 4, and REM or rapid eye movement phase, the latter also referred to as paradoxical sleep, in which dreaming occurs. The first stage of sleep is light and usually lasts no more than 10 minutes. ... Stage 2 follows, lasting another 10 minutes characterized by slower and more rhythmic theta brain waves of light sleep. ... Deep sleep takes place in stages 3 and 4. ...
• The next phase of sleep, REM - where dreaming occurs - is considered paradoxical because brain wave activity resembles waking consciousness except for relaxed, paralyzed muscle tone. Some believe that the simultaneous muscle paralysis of REM sleep is natures way of protecting sleepers from acting out their dreams which could be harmful - even fatal. Sleepwalking and night terrors do not occur in REM sleep, instead they occur in stages 3 and 4. Both sleepwalking and night terrors are considered a sleep arousal problem occurring mostly in young children. ...
• Throughout the night, the normal human sleep cycle repeats itself 4 to 5 times, each cycle (stages 1, 2, 3, 4, and REM) lasting approximately 90 minutes. As each sleep cycle progresses, REM time increases and stages 3 and 4 decrease. ... In rare cases of narcoleptic sleep paralysis (and even sleep deprivation), the sleeper may enter REM sleep almost immediately, often consciously and with hallucinations. ... This, however, is different from narcoleptic sleep paralysis. ... ") The last two hours of sleep contain the largest amounts of REM dream-time, and it is usually these dreams that we can recall most readily upon awakening.
• So what is the biological or evolutionary significance and function of REM sleep? It is known that the theta brain wave rhythm is associated with REM sleep. ... All placental and marsupial mammals share theta rhythm during REM sleep. An interesting observation is also the inordinate amount of time spent in the REM cycle of sleep in newborns and very young children, suggesting that dreaming is intimately connected to learning and memory storage.

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• AL: Is there any evidence of factors which cause SP (stress, anxiety, depression, sleep deprivation, etc)? .
• Imipramine improves the availability of serotonin, a neurotransmitter that is also involved in both "agitated depression" and in REM sleep (and thus in SP). ...
• I refer to SP as "bounded lucidity" to describe both the paralysis and the self-awareness of the paralysis experience. ...
•  A supine position is antithetical to the more natural fetal sleeping position, when humans first experience REM sleep. ...
•  Functionally speaking, sleeping on one's back may preserve a state of vigilance and therefore lead to the greater probability of self-awareness during REM sleep. ...
•  The dormittal context is not one of "I intend to sleep in a fetal, primal position," but rather one of "Ooops, imagine that, I fell asleep on my couch while waiting for. ...
• To put it simply: if I "wake up" with total self-awareness during the normal sleep paralysis of REM and experience a dream, it would seem as a hallucination to me. ...
• For example, "feelings" of oppression, chest pressure (the "old hag", the incubus) have been reported in stage four of non-REM sleep, not in REM. But then again, immediately after stage four, REM sleep follows with the greater probability of introducing the visual imagery absent in a generalized "feeling of pressure" in the earlier stage. ...
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• Sleep is an integral part of human existence. ... Sleep influences our physical, psychological and social well being. About 70 million Americans suffer from a sleep disturbance which may be comprised of a broad range of problems. Many sleep disorders cause an increase in daytime sleepiness and an increase in road traffic accidents. ... Some of the most common sleep disorders are listed below. Sleep Medicine Associates of Texas can offer solutions to these common and debilitating sleep disruptions by providing proper treatment of the disorder. ...
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• Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), the most serious sleep disorder, is periodic obstruction of the upper airway during sleep and has a prevalence rate of three to eight percent. ...
• Pauses in breathing during sleep.
• Choking/Gasping/snorts during sleep.
• Non-refreshing sleep/inability to wake up.
• Diagnosis for Obstructive Sleep Apnea should be made by pertinent history, physical examination, oximetry and polysomnography. ...
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• Unpleasant sensation during sleep.
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• Narcolepsy is a disorder of unknown etiology, which is characterized by excessive sleepiness, typically associated with cataplexy and other REM sleep phenomena such as sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations. ...
• and Takahashi and Jimbo, independently report nocturnal sleep onset REM periods in narcolepsy. ...
• Sleep paralysis. ...
• Sleep Paralysis:  .
• Sleep paralysis consist of an inability to perform voluntary movements which occurs at sleep onset (hypnagogic) or at awakening (hypnapompic) associated with either night time sleep or with daytime naps. ...
• Hypnagogic hallucinations are vivid, frightening dream like experiences that occur in the transition from wakefulness to sleep or from sleep to wakefulness. ...
• Narcolepsy is diagnosed by a combination of findings on the multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) and on clinical grounds. ...
• Mean sleep latency of < 5 minutes. ...
• 2 or more sleep onset REM episodes. ...
• No other sleep disorder that accounts for the findings. ...
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• Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome .
• Structured sleep schedule. ...
• Other such as caffeine may prevent nocturnal sleep & add to daytime sleepiness. ...

• Recurrent daytime naps or lapses into sleep that occur almost daily.
• Polysomnography: short sleep latency, short REM sleep latency.
• Multiple Sleep latency test: sleep latency < 5 minutes; 2 or more sleep-onset REM periods. ...
• Sleepiness is similar to those caused by sleep deprivation:  most apparent in boring, sedentary situations and is partially relieved by movement. ...
• No amount of nighttime or daytime sleep produces full alertness. ...
• Severe attacks produce complete paralysis of striated muscles, but respiratory muscles are spared.
• Consciousness is preserved at the onset but prolonged episodes may be associated with auditory, visual, or tactile hallucinations and may lead directly into REM sleep.
• Sleep paralysis: last a few seconds or minutes of inability to move during sleep onset or upon awakening -- occurs in the majority of narcoleptics. ...
• Hypnagogic hallucinations: occur during transitions between sleep and wakefulness and may accompany sleep paralysis or occur independently. ...
• Excessive sleepiness: prolonged sleep periods and long unrefreshing naps.
• Not accociated with REM sleep abnormalities or cataplexy.
• Polysomnography: sleep latency < 10 min; normal REM sleep latency; normal or prolonged sleep.
• MSLT: sleep latency < 10 minutes; < 2 sleep-onset REM periods.
• Sleep apnea syndrome (including upper airway resistance syndrome).
• Insufficient sleep syndrome.
• Short onset REM sleep periods .

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•     You are Here: Articles > Folklore > August, 2003 > Article Sponsored Links Content provided in partnership with Print article  Tell a friend  Find subscription deals The nightmare experience, sleep paralysis, and witchcraft accusations. ...
• " In the twentieth century, it has been identified as a manifestation of "sleep paralysis. " Medical studies and surveys of the condition help us make better sense of the historical accounts, while an awareness of the historical evidence illuminates modern reports of sleep paralysis experiences. ...
• This article concerns one such condition, sleep paralysis. ... In the English language, one manifestation of the sleep paralysis experience was known as the nightmare, and in many European cultures its cause was attributed to witchcraft. ...
• Sleep paralysis is not rare. Surveys around the world suggest that 20-45% of people experience at least one sleep paralysis episode in their lifetimes (Fukada et al. ... The condition is associated with the disturbance of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, and usually occurs immediately before sleep onset or upon awakening, most often in the early hours. Those affected by sleep paralysis can see and hear, because under REM sleep there is intense central nervous system activity, but they are unable to make significant movements, because muscle activity is suppressed. ... Sufferers may feel their paralysis has lasted much longer. Figures for sleep paralysis are not representative of nightmare experiences, however (see Cheyne et al. ...
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• I have a very close friend who has suffered from what many of you would call sleep paralysis, but has been accredited to demonic attacks by him. ...
• This came to mind as someone here mentioned as soon as they mentioned Jesus' name during a "sleep paralysis", the attack stopped. ... Has anyone suffered more than just paralysis? He was once lifted from his bed and thrown clear out of his bedroom (verified with his family), and I know this could not possibly be due to sleep paralysis.
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