Symptoms of sleep paralysis syndrome and common treatment methods

Sleep paralysis syndrome is a very common clinical disease. Generally speaking, after people find that they have this disease, they also need to understand the symptoms and treatments of the disease.

Clinical manifestations of sleep paralysis syndrome:

Sleep paralysis usually occurs when humans are just falling asleep or about to wake up. The patient feels like he has just woken up. He can open his eyes and see images of the surrounding objects and hear the surrounding sounds, but he cannot move his torso and limbs, nor can he make any sound. Sometimes he has hallucinations and sees virtual images. In severe cases, he may have difficulty breathing. Sleep paralysis is often accompanied by panic attacks because the person is still conscious. This is accompanied by auditory and visual hallucinations, which are also typical for sleep paralysis, and then gradually enters the "dream state". There is usually a "false awakening", where a person wakes up and finds that he is still in a dream and still asleep in reality. Such "false awakenings" usually repeat themselves multiple times, along with the fear that they will never end. It is usually possible to interrupt the repetition and paralysis, for example by trying to move the little finger. Sleep paralysis often causes breathing difficulties and ringing in the ears, which are often mistaken for blood circulation problems. Many people experience sleep paralysis once, but for some it happens frequently. Sleep paralysis can also be a symptom of narcolepsy or heart arrhythmia.

Another situation is that the person has woken up and is conscious, but the body is unable to move, and the person cannot open his eyes, or dares not open them. This is usually accompanied by terrifying auditory hallucinations, and the person also has the intuition that he will see terrifying scenes if he opens his eyes.

Forced awakening: You can force yourself to move and open your eyes, but the above conditions will be more intense during the process. Once you open your eyes, all symptoms will disappear instantly.

Treatments for sleep paralysis syndrome:

If you experience symptoms of sleep paralysis, you can quickly restore your muscle tone by doing the following: First, move your eyes quickly in a circular motion, moving them up and down and left and right. Then, blink, contract the muscles around your mouth, move your jaw and tongue, and as muscle tension begins to appear, move your neck, shoulders, hands, fingers, legs, ankles and toes, and finally, sit up and move all the muscles in your body.