they just sound like some heavy ass nods. you lucky dude. throw some my way.
Hey everybody,
When I do oxycontin at night, it is very common for me to have these terrifying sleep paralysis episodes... sometimes over and over again. It's like--- I am awake and am conscious, yet I can't move or open my eyes and have to wait for myself to wake up. Sometimes I hallucinate people are trying to talk to me and wake me up, or I am rolling off the bed, or suffocating... it really sucks and its really scary! My heart races so fast and I like hyperventilate from the fear of having to wait in order to move and see while I am completely conscious.
Last night, I was in an even deeper stage of sleep paralysis that was more like a lucid dream... I laid down to nap and drifted into this dream where I knew I was dreaming and was trying desperately to wake up for what seemed like 20 minutes. Sometimes the weirdest thing happens where I am dreaming that I am having sleep paralysis and desperately try to wake up, but when I wake up I am still in a dream... Sometimes I wake up and my eyes open, and by closing my eyes for a milisecond I am paralyzed again. Ughh what a nightmare it is.
The episodes occur more and more frequently lately.... I read somewhere that opiates precipitate this problem for people or cause it... sometimes I take xanax at night too which I think could be making it worse too. Does anyone here experience this too? Is there ANY trick at all to waking up? I try my hardest to move the best I can, to use all my energy to wake up but nothing works except time. Let me know your experiences with this.
thanks for sharing experiences everyone... Its true, sleep paralysis happens regardless of drug use but after reading around a bit it sounds like drugs definately precipitate it--- especially opiates & mdma it seems.
No matter how many times i've had sleep paralysis, it is always ranging from extremely uncomfortable to absolutely horrifying when it happens.
For those that never had it--- go lay on your bed and close your eyes. Now imagine if out of nowhere, you lost complete control of your eye lids and muscles altogether. You could hear people come in your room--- your parents, your tv--- you hear conversations in the background--- but you cant move no matter what you do. What if they see you paralyzed and try to wake you but you remain paralyzed and cant move? They will think your dead! You start to have a panic attack--- you feel your heart and you gasp for breathe--- before you became paralyzed, a pillow was right in front of your face and you can barely breathe in the position you are in but you cant move or do anything about it. You put every ounce of energy and willpower you have into trying to move your eyelids but they are heavy as bricks, and your pinky finger has turned to stone and wont budge. As if the prospect of being paraylized was not already horrifying in itsself, but in addition to the paralysis your mind becomes delirious and paranoid, while 100% conscious, and you believe perhaps there are monsters, insects or dangerous people who want to hurt you but you cant move or scream for help... Maybe you think you are having a heart attack or dying in your sleep? You hear strange whispers and sinister noises that aren't really there.... You wish you could wake up to defend yourself but you cant no matter how hard you try.
When you finally wake up, you are gasping for breath and you flail your limbs because in your paralysis you were putting enermous strength and effort into moving your body. Thank god it is over!! It was a terrible experience and you are scared of going back to sleep since it may happen again. Your eyes close for a split second and you feel a tingly sensation go from your brain, down your spain, to your toes.... You lose complete control of your limbs again--- you only closed you eyes for one second, now you cant open them no matter how hard you try! The hellish cycle begins again and you try desperately to keep your cool and not hyperventilate... You try your best to be patient as you lay there, lifelessly paralyzed while your anxiety goes through the roof and your mind plays cruel tricks on you.
Think about that guys... Its the fucking worst thing in the world and you are so lucky you don't have it. Yet, those of us that do have it all have a special unique experience that although terrifying, is quite phenomenal--- my friends who dont have it (99% of them) just will never understand the feeling of sp, and neither will the rest of you until it happens one day.
Hey everybody,
When I do oxycontin at night, it is very common for me to have these terrifying sleep paralysis episodes... sometimes over and over again. It's like--- I am awake and am conscious, yet I can't move or open my eyes and have to wait for myself to wake up. Sometimes I hallucinate people are trying to talk to me and wake me up, or I am rolling off the bed, or suffocating... it really sucks and its really scary! My heart races so fast and I like hyperventilate from the fear of having to wait in order to move and see while I am completely conscious.
Last night, I was in an even deeper stage of sleep paralysis that was more like a lucid dream... I laid down to nap and drifted into this dream where I knew I was dreaming and was trying desperately to wake up for what seemed like 20 minutes. Sometimes the weirdest thing happens where I am dreaming that I am having sleep paralysis and desperately try to wake up, but when I wake up I am still in a dream... Sometimes I wake up and my eyes open, and by closing my eyes for a milisecond I am paralyzed again. Ughh what a nightmare it is.
The episodes occur more and more frequently lately.... I read somewhere that opiates precipitate this problem for people or cause it... sometimes I take xanax at night too which I think could be making it worse too. Does anyone here experience this too? Is there ANY trick at all to waking up? I try my hardest to move the best I can, to use all my energy to wake up but nothing works except time. Let me know your experiences with this.
Redrum its not a nod and it is awful. I get very scared when it happens and feel like the boogy man is going to get me if I try to go back to sleep. Does amyone else have auditory hallucinations during an episode? I always hear a loud wo wo sound that speeds up sort of like on nitrouse oxide. I also feel like I will die if the sound gets to the point where the wo wo would combine. I have never made it that deep but I wonder what would happen. Has anyone else experienced this? What happened when the sounds combined? For those who haven't experienced sleep paralysis look it up on wikipedia. Does anyone else think it could be related to indigenous (sp?) dmt release? Scared Straight it seems to happen to me usually if I'm real tired.[/QUOTE\]
Thurston - Yes, I hear a lound buzzing noise that gets louder as I fall into deeper sleep. It also sounds like there are people moving around in my room.