What are the symptoms of sleep paralysis?

The main symptoms of sleep paralysis are muscle stiffness and inactivity. It manifests itself shortly after falling asleep. The person is asleep and the brain is awake, the muscles can never move, this ends after a certain period of time and the person is fully awakened. Or, the person can come to himself with an external call and impulse.

During sleep paralysis, the person is exposed to three different types of hallucinations. The first of these;

Intruder hallucinations; There is a different person in the sleep environment. The dangerous person present in the room stresses the individual.
Chest pressure hallucinations; A person cannot breathe deeply during sleep paralysis and thinks that someone is strangling him. The intruder is caused by the triggering of the hallucination and the thought that the nightmare is suffocating the person.
Motor hallucinations; Flying, running, jumping, etc. During dreams that involve movement, the person thinks they are really flying. These hallucinations, which are associated with 90% fear, disturb the person and reduce their quality of life.

Symptoms of sleep paralysis differ and are associated with certain subbases;

Sleep apnea; People with sleep apnea are more likely to experience sleep paralysis. For this reason, it is necessary to treat the existing sleep disorder.
Leg cramps; Increased leg cramps at night are possible situations. People with increased cramps are more likely to experience sleep paralysis.
Daytime sleepiness; Sleep paralysis is possible if people with a tendency to sleep during the day do not sleep at night. This situation, especially experienced by people working in shifts, is experienced due to sleep deprivation and sleep disorders.
Psychological disturbances; With psychological illness; People with diseases such as panic disorder, anxiety, and depression are more likely to experience sleep paralysis. Severe trauma, injury, divorce, sexual abuse, alcohol abuse, etc. These diseases that occur after situations are triggering factors.
Genetic; The sleep paralysis condition present in the family history keeps the person at the point of susceptibility. It is possible for some people with highly developed imaginations to experience sleep paralysis.

HOW IS SLEEPING PARCEL TREATED?

In this difficult situation, the only thing to do is to get help from an expert. In the treatment of sleep paralysis, the doctor evaluates the person’s history and the findings and applies some tests to the person. A full diagnosis is tried to be made by monitoring the EEG of the person in the sleep laboratory.

By examining brain waves, it is investigated whether there is one or more sleep problems. If there is only one sleep disorder, it is aimed to regulate the sleep problem by applying appropriate medication. People who are exposed to depression and suffer from various psychological diseases are more likely to have sleep paralysis and disorders. It is aimed to treat the underlying conflict with the use of antidepressants and sleep-regulating drugs.

It differs from person to person in the treatment applied as a supportive of sleep problem and does not disrupt the REM cycle in medications taken with doctor’s recommendation.

In addition to these situations, important things to be done in order to contribute to the treatment of sleep paralysis are as follows;

 Manage your stress and try to fall asleep that way. Taking a warm shower will relieve this situation.
 Always pay attention to your lying positions. Take care to lie on your right side, this is the advice of our religion.
 Try to move your leg muscles as much as possible during sleep paralysis, trying to move will wake you up from sleep paralysis.
 Eliminate night meals. When you eat and go to bed at night, you will have stomach discomfort and sleep paralysis and other problems.