[ SECRET POST #2618 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2618 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Sleep disorders

[herpymcderp]

Well it was only really horrifying until I figured out what was going on. Actually it was one of the things that lead me to my field of science/study.

I mean, it still feels pretty terrible and all, but now I can appreciate it as one of those mysterious quirks of an organ I find utterly fascinating.

And I think I'd actually be more inclined to freak out if I were hallucinating and able to move as opposed to hallucinating and unable to move, so I feel worse for you, friend.

Re: Sleep disorders

[(Anonymous)]

(First, happy birthday! Hope it's an excellent one :) )

That's kind of a cool story, then! Are you in research or practice, if you don't mind me asking?

And true, when I'm not frustrated and annoyed with my brain for functioning (or malfunctioning) the way it does, it's pretty incredible to think about.

The hallucinations were rough when they first started happening, because they didn't start until I was in college. They generally pass fairly quickly-- it's usually just about a minute before they disappear. It's usually spiders or some sort of indistinct creature, but the worst ever was when I woke up hallucinating that someone else was in my bed with me. It took me about ten minutes to get over it, and I almost woke up my roommate at the time to ask for help.

Even that is sort of just odd now as a memory, though, terrifying as it was at the time.

(/cool story, thanks for sharing with the class, etc.)

Re: Sleep disorders

[herpymcderp]

Forgive me for not answering your question (I'd prefer not to for reasons related to career).

This is relevant to my interests though, and I hope you won't mind me asking when, approximately, in college they did start? Are they frequent still? Have you noticed any kind of pattern to them?

I ask because these things are pretty poorly understood as far as sleep disorders go, and any additional info, no matter if anecdotal is a benefit to me.

Re: Sleep disorders

[(Anonymous)]

Understandable :)

The first I can recall was my first year of college. I've had most of my other symptoms, including sleep attacks, since I was a child, though. It's possible I had the hallucinations before too and don't remember. (In fact, I suspect this may be the case.)

They're not frequent. I have noticed that they are loosely, though not strictly, correlated with periods of stress. They almost exclusively happen when I wake up in the middle of the night, or occasionally when waking from daytime naps; I don't recall ever having them when waking normally in the morning. In fact, they sometimes give the sense that they are what woke me up. If it makes a difference, I can almost always tell when I'm dreaming, but these never feel like dreams at all. They feel more like panic attacks, in the way that you have this incredible certainty that something is real or happening, and you know it isn't good. If that makes any sense, at least. I'm not sure how helpful that is!

Re: Sleep disorders

[herpymcderp]

More helpful than you think. :) Thank you for sharing that with me, it does actually go a long way toward my understanding of the condition to hear people's experiences with it, and this is a comparatively rare one.

Cheers, OP. I hope you can continue to manage this, and that your quality of sleep in the future is good.

Re: Sleep disorders

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you!