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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Sleep Paralysis Disorder

Health Encyclopedia: Isolated Sleep Paralysis

Definition

Isolated sleep paralysis is a type of paralysis associated with a sleep disorder. Sleep paralysis is the inability to perform voluntary muscle movements during sleep. It most often occurs when falling asleep or when awakening. Though it may be associated with narcolepsy, it occurs in many people who do not have narcolepsy. See narcolepsy.


Alternative Names

Sleep paralysis - isolated


Causes, incidence, and risk factors


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Expert & Community Posts

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Sleep Paralysis and Waking Dreams
By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert

...several months before I discovered I was suffering from sleep paralysis. This disorder is more... Read more »

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Meet Florence Cardinal, Sleep Disorders Expert Patient
By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert

...one I'd never heard of. I have recurring bouts of sleep paralysis, especially when I'm stressed... Read more »

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Living With Narcolepsy
By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert

...They are terrified because they are unable to move (sleep paralysis,) call out or escape from... Read more »

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Sleep Paralysis and Paranormal Experiences
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

...40 percent of people will experience some form of sleep paralysis involving the inability to... Read more »

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Sex While Sleeping
By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert

...may occur off and on throughout adult life.   Like sleep paralysis, sexsomnia is a parasomnia... Read more »

Health Guide

Isolated sleep paralysis
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Sleep paralysis - isolated Treatment Support Groups Expectations (prognosis) Complications Calling your... Read more »
Narcolepsy: Diagnosis
...activity).Hypnagogic hallucinations (vivid visual or auditory phenomena) experienced at the onset of sleep.Sleep paralysis (an inability to move on first awakening).Diagnosis based only on... Read more »
Narcolepsy: Introduction
The word narcolepsy comes from two Greek words roughly translated as "seized by numbness". The two primary symptoms in narcolepsy reflect this phrase:Excessive daytime sleepiness, with... Read more »

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