For the last 10 years or so I have been suffering with sleep paralysis, to say this is terrifying is an understatement, what normally happens is I go to sleep then wake up to find my self paralysed and have the sense of someone, something evil either next to the bed or sat on the bed, I lie there unable to scream, blink or move anything, I know exactly what is going on as in I have woken up to fast and my subconscious brain is still in charge, whilst laid there I try and move my foot then a finger but can't as you can imagine it is a truly terrifying experience, then after what feels to me an eternity in reality a second if not less I can then move again. It then takes ages for me to calm down and pluck up the courage to go back to sleep.
The result of this is that I now have a nightcap to help me sleep, which in effect is me self medicating, I was telling my mother in law about this and she said to go to the doctors I can't really see that as being any help as I have never heard of any medications for this at all.
So go the docs or not?
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Docs or not that is the question
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trinn · 01/11/2012 13:38
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