Night Terrors

[f77f00]

I know its different, but I get just asleep sometimes and suddenly wake up shaky with my heart racing.

That sounds like sleep apnea.

 

[joevol33]

That sounds like sleep apnea.

My wife mentioned that.

 

[f77f00]

My wife mentioned that.

Get it checked out. The heart racing crap is scary and none too good for you.

 

[YorkVol]

Where you rubbin the oil ?

I think he needs to know so it will be effective for him also.

lol. That particular oil is rubbed on the nape of the neck or the bottom of the feet. Sorry to ruin it for you.

 

[YorkVol]

I started getting them when I was young. They were the worst when I was a paramedic. I had to give it up after 4 years. I also came up in a violent and abusive home so I'm sure that contributes too but odd thing is I never remember any dreams about my childhood, but my wife says that I do have them.

Stress makes them worse and more frequent but they never fully go away. It really sucks needing to medicate one way or the other to sleep right but hell that's just life.

Consider counseling if you haven't already.

Take a look at some of the non-medication remedies. I have a hard time falling asleep, sleeping through the night etc. I don't dream that I remember and don't have night terrors, I just am awake at certain times every night. My problem with medications is that although they will knock me out, I am pretty groggy in the morning.

My wife does have night terrors and they get worse with stress or when she is overly tired. She does take an occasional anti-anxiety med or sleeping pill but not too often.

We have done a bunch of things to improve our sleep. We bought a natural latex bed to replace our memory foam as it provides the same support without getting hot.

We have also found the following to help:

Exercise during the day
Eat before 7pm
Skip alcohol
Relax in the hot tub(or take a hot shower) before bed
Use lavender oil on the nape of the neck to help fall asleep

I think just doing some of the things that sleep experts recommend and getting a good routine is critical.

My thoughts, good luck.

 

[MockingVol]

Sleep paralysis is a *****. Dealt with it since I was a kid. Now I'm 31 and still have episodes every couple of months. It's always aliens or an evil presence.

I'm kind of interested in inducing sleep paralysis in myself.

I keep putting off doing that though because living in a big Lakehouse by yourself isn't the most fun time to scare yourself.

 

[MockingVol]

As for meds, I am no doctor, but for my stress/anxiety/depression, they switched me to Trazodone, and a side-effect is that you sleep like a baby. You might want to check into it. Good luck, brotha.

The first antidepressant I was put on screwed me up. I slept maybe 4 hours over the course of two weeks because I couldn't go to sleep and when I did I would almost immediately wake up. I also never dreamed over that period of time. The day time wasn't much better on it either. I was constantly dizzy, my pupils were completely relaxed, and everything was bright and shiny.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

I had the sleep paralysis sensation once about 10 years ago. I was absolutely convinced that I was awake but I could not move my arms or open my eyes no matter how hard I tried. Quite scary. I started to focus on just moving one finger and eventually it loosened up and slowly brought myself out of it one movement at a time.

 

[joevol33]

I had the sleep paralysis sensation once about 10 years ago. I was absolutely convinced that I was awake but I could not move my arms or open my eyes no matter how hard I tried. Quite scary. I started to focus on just moving one finger and eventually it loosened up and slowly brought myself out of it one movement at a time.

I never knew what it was until I saw others on here experience it. Freaked me out every time it happened.

 

[Berry4Heisman14]

I had the sleep paralysis sensation once about 10 years ago. I was absolutely convinced that I was awake but I could not move my arms or open my eyes no matter how hard I tried. Quite scary. I started to focus on just moving one finger and eventually it loosened up and slowly brought myself out of it one movement at a time.

Be grateful you didnt hallucinate stuff during that state of not being able to move.