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Posted 12/21/2021 1:10 PM (GMT 0)
Does anyone else have sleep paralysis? I have had this on and off for a while- not very frequently. Last night it was bad- I can see the window in my bedroom and trying to shake and jolt myself awake but I can’t get up. This seems to go for a little bit with a feeling of terror/ having something in the room with me. I kind of fade in and out of consciencness. Then, i feel myself conscious while still asleep and trying to wake up, my body starts to shake like I am on a vibrator. My upper body and head start to vibrate first slowly then very rapidly, feels like I’m going to die, then it subsided in about a minute. At first I though this was like a sort of seizure but I am still sleeping and don’t know if it can really be a seizure If I’m aware of my surroundings and asleep. I also don’t know if I am actually shaking in real life or it’s a part of the illusion but it feels very real. Also this only happens like once a month or two or three. anyone else experience something like this?
Posted 12/21/2021 1:29 PM (GMT 0)
Yes I get this during treatment.

At first I thought it was a disulfiram side effect, but now I have the same on bactrim.

My understanding and personal experience is that it's caused by oxidative stress in the brain, which happens because of treating the infections.

There is a study where they tried to confirm this by using 2 antioxidants: Melatonin and Vitamin E (They were not used together, but seperately)

Both of them stopped it from happening.

Just to clarify, the reason melatonin worked is not because of it being a sleep aid, but because of its antioxidant activity.

I've seen it work for myself. And every night I forget to take it, I get night terrors and things like sleep paralysis again.
Posted 12/21/2021 1:36 PM (GMT 0)
I take 5mg of melatonin by the way.
Posted 12/21/2021 1:43 PM (GMT 0)
Thats funny. For me when I took melatonin it actually gave me bad sleep paralysis. I was taking like 10-12 mg
Posted 12/21/2021 3:09 PM (GMT 0)
Melatonin gives me vivid nightmares and sleep paralysis, also. I know that's not typical, but the connection for me is definite.

Sleeping on my back also predisposes me to sleep paralysis.

Could the vibration part be from adrenaline surging? That would be my guess.

Sleep paralysis has happened to me occasionally my whole life and has not correlated with illness, for what that's worth. Stress does seem to increase it.

Vivid nightmares were absolutely ridiculous when I took chloroquine, so perhaps the treatments you may be doing could be related.
Posted 12/21/2021 3:49 PM (GMT 0)
OMG!!! That sounds absolutely horrifying. I never even heard of sleep paralysis before. To all of you who experience the symptoms described here, I am so sorry and pray those symptoms resolve quickly and do not return.

As for the shaking, I have experienced something similar that was milder. I did not have physical, visible shaking, but I would awake to nerve pain in my head that would travel down my body. Lack of sleep, especially for more than one night, stress, too many toxins, and getting cold at night were all triggers for me.

When it’s cold, I sleep with a hat or blanket covering my head and neck to prevent this.
Posted 12/21/2021 4:27 PM (GMT 0)
I used to get awful sleep paralysis and it is terrifying to go through. I read that sleeping on your side is best and also if you are having an attack try to focus on moving your pinky that can bring you out of it.hope that helps!
Posted 12/21/2021 5:10 PM (GMT 0)
inflammation in the limbic system of the brain most likely

lyme etc are well known to drive this - leading to all sorts of autonomic and body function regulating problems

treatment is the obvious long term solution - but some form of anti-inflammatory may help in the mean time and during

melatonin is a powerful anti-oxidant in high doses - but also a sleep hormone and can have unpredictable results in some people - as indicated above - worth experimenting with others to find something that helps

perhaps Kudzu root, Chinese skullcap, Japanese knotweed, cordyceps - all help reduce inflammation in the brain

Post Edited (Garzie) : 12/21/2021 3:40:23 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 12/21/2021 6:38 PM (GMT 0)
Great points Garzie,

Sleep paralysis is so awful.

I remember I had this trick to shake my head left and right to snap out of it, but it had to be timed just perfectly when I wasn't paralyzed for a fraction of a second, otherwise I would just stay in the nightmare. It's really hard to explain.
Posted 12/21/2021 6:43 PM (GMT 0)
TUDCA is a supplement that can aid in liver detox and reduce toxins in the bile.

Coffee enemas would be a very quick and effective means of reducing toxicity, if you can get the stuff to do it.

Toxicity plays a big role in symptoms for us. Some people don’t like that word, but if they really understood it and knew the real benefit symptom wise of getting toxins out quickly and effectively, they would likely care less about semantics.
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