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siniang
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@barefoot Thank you! Mighty interesting post. Did you learn anything new at the sleep clinic?
I've actually spend quite a lot of time reading up on non-REM parasomnias several months ago, after I had yet another sleep terror. Super fascinating topic.
Like yours, both my hallucinations and night terror happen within the first hour of falling asleep, so pretty spot-on when the transition into Phase 3 is supposed to occur. I think my night terrors are just a step up from my hallucinations, as the night terrors are still usually accompanied by visual images.
An overnight sleep study didn't find any abnormalities. No sleep apnea. Mild intermittent leg movement. No unusual arousal index (something like 7.xxx/hr)
I agree with you that probably Ts and sleep docs come from different angles, but the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. The neurologist explains what happens and tons of people have non-REM parasomnias (sleep paralysis is kinda common, for example, so is sleep talking), but some varieties (like sleep walking and night terrors) are rarer, at least in adults. And Ts can help explain the underlaying triggers. Because tons of people are overworked and stressed and don't get neither.
(ETA: I wonder if there's a connection, i.e. people who are more susceptible to mental disorders - cue: not everyone experiencing trauma gets PTSD - are more susceptible to other weird unusual stuff going on with the bain, like parasomnias, and vice versa)
Come to think of it, I recently discovered my mom talks in her sleep. But I also do suspect some (untreated) mental stuff going on with her. Hmmmmmmm.
I might give the melatonin a try. My night terrors and hallucinations are on the rarer side (night terror every several months, hallucinations have become kind of a weekly thing), but at least the hallucinations have seemed to increase in frequency
@Gs172003 No signs of Narcolepsy for me :)
I've actually spend quite a lot of time reading up on non-REM parasomnias several months ago, after I had yet another sleep terror. Super fascinating topic.
Like yours, both my hallucinations and night terror happen within the first hour of falling asleep, so pretty spot-on when the transition into Phase 3 is supposed to occur. I think my night terrors are just a step up from my hallucinations, as the night terrors are still usually accompanied by visual images.
An overnight sleep study didn't find any abnormalities. No sleep apnea. Mild intermittent leg movement. No unusual arousal index (something like 7.xxx/hr)
I agree with you that probably Ts and sleep docs come from different angles, but the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. The neurologist explains what happens and tons of people have non-REM parasomnias (sleep paralysis is kinda common, for example, so is sleep talking), but some varieties (like sleep walking and night terrors) are rarer, at least in adults. And Ts can help explain the underlaying triggers. Because tons of people are overworked and stressed and don't get neither.
(ETA: I wonder if there's a connection, i.e. people who are more susceptible to mental disorders - cue: not everyone experiencing trauma gets PTSD - are more susceptible to other weird unusual stuff going on with the bain, like parasomnias, and vice versa)
Come to think of it, I recently discovered my mom talks in her sleep. But I also do suspect some (untreated) mental stuff going on with her. Hmmmmmmm.
I might give the melatonin a try. My night terrors and hallucinations are on the rarer side (night terror every several months, hallucinations have become kind of a weekly thing), but at least the hallucinations have seemed to increase in frequency
@Gs172003 No signs of Narcolepsy for me :)
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