Posted on 02/28/2010 1:02:13 PM PST by cajuncow
That's exactly how I would want to go, unlike the screaming passengers in the car.
A book I read by a forensic anthropologist said that the reason people are quite often found dead from "autoerotic asphyxiation" is that the the brain does not have a mechanism for automatically warning you that your oxygen level is too low. Maybe it's different when someone is sleeping. but maybe you should get your sleep apnea checked out.
Your not worried that ‘tonight’ when you fall asleep .. you may Never wake up again?
That’s a good one, ain’t it? What’s wierd, ever notice when you get punched in the face, there is a certain taste in the throat? Same thing on the “exploding head” phenomenon. I’m told this is often associated with what are known as cluster headaches, that are not fun.
When I was younger, the only time I sleptwalk was during a time period that I really, really REALLY wanted a motorcycle, about age 12 or so. Was saving money from paper route but it wasn’t working out very quickly. My parents said I came into their bedroom during the middle of the night, complaining that motocross racers were tearing up my bedroom and the house, I didn’t remember any of it the next day.
Zapp: If it's a lesson in love, watch out; I suffer from a very sexy learning disability. What do I call it, Kif?
Kif: [sighs] "Sex-lexia".
— Futurama, Ep. 2ACV17 (26 November, 2000)
I second the motion for a CPAP....I sleep far better now that I use one, and the machine will alarm if I stop breathing (doesn’t happen much anymore).
Surprised that the article didn't mention it, but those are also symptoms of narcolepsy.
The great thing about CPAPS is that people hate using them so sometimes you can find them at thrift stores for like 5 bucks.
I don’t have narcolepsy, but every time that sleep paralysis struck, it was always when I wasn’t getting enough sleep, or had weird irregular sleeping patterns from just staying up too late and sleeping in the day.
I will say....learning to use the CPAP totally SUCKED! It took several months for me. But now I don’t like to sleep without it, and when I forget to put it on I can definitely tell the difference the next morning.
I watched an almost transparent guy push a shopping cart from my bedroom into my bathroom and turned and looked at me. Very creepy! Very large bug crawling on my closet door... A short hollywood style demon next to my bed gnashing its teeth at me..
The most distinct one I remember is waking up to seeing a very white angel, wings and all standing close to the foot of my bed. Unlike the others this was solid. I couldn't see through it. It was also different in the fact that I could see a lot of detail in the wings, face, and clothing. I sat up and started to say something and it put it's finger up to it's mouth and slowly disappeared.
All of these strange apparitions disappear after only a few seconds.
It can be pretty frightening. I believe in both kinds of sleep paralysis; the physical kind and the demonic kind!
My did died of complications from it when he was 69--the same year the first CPAP machine came out. For two decades he went to doctors trying to find out what was the problem. I am certain he had it because I developed it about the same age he did. It was horrible. Saw myself at an early age becoming like my father. We all knew he cared deeply for us but he had bouts of anger that were not good. No wonder as he hadn't had a full nights sleep in decades.
It is nothing to put off treating. I did for 10 years and some of the damage is permanent (apnea puts on weight so right there is a reason to get treated).
The first night on CPAP, at a sleep clinic, I woke up and felt intoxicated. Really felt as if I was high. Had been so miserable for so long, I didn't know what "normal" felt like.
The test showed I was waking up 23 times an hour. 8 times an hour I stopped breathing for more than 10 seconds. That makes the heart go "BAM! BAM! BAM!". My dad died in his sleep and I have no doubt it was during one of those episodes.
Used a CPAP machine for two years now. Don't even think of not putting it on. Now and then we have a power outage and I think..."Oh no...it better come back before I need to sleep"
Had sleep paralysis. So did my sis and my uncle. Haven’t had it for a long time, but it’s scary.
Me too.
Now I am married to it.
The search for the perfect is the path to panic.
Sleep paralysis
Happens when I’m napping in my recliner. I want to get up but I just can’t come to consciousness.
I had surgery for my sleep apnea. Changed my life.
Amen, totally agree, I now love mine.
I had always had a fear in the back of my mind that what was causing the 'exploding head" noise/sensation was a micro-mini stroke, which just any day now would be followed by a massive stroke, leading to disfigurement, paralysis all the way up to "locked-in syndrome (aka the closest you can come to being buried alive , lasting for years/decades) or death. (That's where the "sleep delayed for who knows how long" comes in). Per the artcle, EHS is NOT linked to serious illnesses, so that plus knowing I'm not the only one suffering this bizarre condition is a comfort. I'm really glad I clicked on this post and followed the link to the whole article.
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