Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
has anyone ever have this happen before? i would taske a nap during the day and i would wake up but i can't move or anything and i try to scream for help. and i would think some one is sitting next to me but they are not. it happend one time at a friends house and they said i was mubbling they tried to get me up they said one of my eyes were open but i wouldn't wake up till a couple minutes later it's like my body was to tired cause i would be so tired when i woke up then about 10 mins later i would have lots of energy this used to happen everyday so i would stop taking naps my dad thinks it was because my body was over tired.
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
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I gave my 2 week notice last Friday 13th. Now to join you fine people in a life of leisure and nothing else to do but to look out for myself....is it just me or does that sound pretty boring? My goal was to live to retire and I guess having to take early retirement because of health reasons wasn't exactly the way I had planned things. I just can't stay in that building that is reeking mildew...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis
Since it can be caused by stress, and irregular sleep patterns, I would say that it could be, in essence a "side effect" of anxiety. Since anxiety can cause poor sleep, and well, it IS stress. LoL Ask your doctor though, always better safe than sorry!
I've never actually met someone with this condition, but learned about it when researching a condition that I have which is kinda the opposite. I'll sometimes enact some of my dreams, because I don't always become paralyzed before reaching REM. My trigger for it is being over-tired.
In any case, sorry I can't be of more help, but I hope you find a good solution. I'm sure it must be a scary situation to awaken and find yourself unable to control your body.