http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/sleep-deprivation-blog.html A sleep blog straight from the minds and research of Dr. William Dement's Stanford Sleep and Dreams. Information about sleep deprivation, sleep disorders, sleep safety, and dreams. en-us sleep deprivation Sat, 10 Aug 2019 19:29:01 -0400 Sat, 10 Aug 2019 19:29:01 -0400 end-your-sleep-deprivation.com http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/my-first-disturbing-experience-of-paralysis.htmlaa72ea44e81ed00373add29300d7b29dFeb 19th 2011 After being kept awake all night due to my little brother's 3 friends, and I mean ALL NIGHT. From 11 when my head hit the pillow I was waken Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:59:33 -0500 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/how-do-you-start-a-lucid-dream.html582fa3c3283d3f8806c81fe1a6047a5aI've only had one lucid dream in my life. It was really exciting, but here are some details about my dreams: I rarely have bad dreams. But when I do, Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:50:04 -0500 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/sleep-paralysis-lucid-dreaming-in-the-same-experience.html3e47e2d2d05a2fa64d1dd03a57453ef4I'm laying in bed trying to go to sleep so so hard but I just can't, I can't hit the switch of sleep time. Next thing I know I feel like I'm sinking slowly Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:49:11 -0500 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/fatigue-and-a-feeling-of-constant-dread-with-my-sleep-apnea.htmldb36f5d7f46258f400ce2e6f1b9111aaI was diagnosed about 8 years ago with OSA - having about 20-25 episodes every hour (Apnea/Hypopnea Index) where I would stop breathing. I would wake Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:40:30 -0500 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/sleeping-beauty-and-a-sexomniac.htmld6c0bfcfdf496e58d726af6653fa7199I sleep like a rock. I work 6 days a week and usually fall asleep within seconds. I can usually remember at least part of one dream per night and I know Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:31:22 -0500 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/im-a-sexsomniac.html6ab7d8d7acd66cef5c163a469e5c6245I am a 28 year old lesbian female. I used to have episodes of sleep sex quite frequently from age 18 to 21. I would wake up in the middle of the night Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:28:14 -0500 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/unsettling-with-family-history-of-narcolepsy.html68d2332bf946c075537cc181a8e7ddf0Hello, I am a 16 year old girl and I am sure I definitely have some sort of sleep disorder. My mother says that there is a history of Narcolepsy on her Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:18:54 -0500 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/staying-safe-with-narcolepsy.html730c4532f3629cb88480694493a6f305I was diagnosed with narcolepsy in 2018. I cannot watch movies and have to pull over while driving to have a 15 minute sleep at times. I have tried the Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:15:53 -0500 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/narcoleptic-from-day-one-and-not-failure-to-thrive.html31f31c71bd8b30cf62194cd7c60cbfe1I was born in 1979 and 3rd in the line of siblings. I never cried in the middle of the night like my brothers did. My mom said she had to wake me up Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:14:10 -0500 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/hallucinations-from-narcolepsy-you-are-not-alone.htmlb61ab79b7c1d37f709a91a8d0403d930For a while now I have been having hallucinations everyday and night nonstop. When I was younger it only happened at night, but about a year ago they began Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:09:59 -0500 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/the-constant-crunch-of-teeth-grinding.html2430b0c362071244e479a2c4abac1e07My nickname is Jane... I'm 32 years old and I just found out I may possibly be suffering from Bruxism 😑. At the age of 28 I started waking up to loud Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:06:24 -0500 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/bruxism-discovered-after-nearly-twenty-years-of-terrible-headache-pain.html2f8897e1358b7aab1772c61f4fa3e95cIt wasn't until I was in my twenties that my dentist realized I had been grinding my teeth at night, likely for most of my life. It took chipping one of Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:04:32 -0500 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/teeth-hurt-from-cpap-or-maybe-grinding.html3033b8cb2850fb28bd0f868ceff8455aAfter 4 months on CPAP my teeth started hurting and were loose every morning. I have a history of perfectly formed teeth that fit nicely in my jaw and Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:03:09 -0500 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/lifted-off-the-bed-and-paralysed.htmla1fb0f96afa27c8d89048c17d4c66a41Last night i went to bed about midnight, i was so tired and was falling into a deep sleep, which is unusual for me as i have been on sleeping pills for Wed, 5 Apr 2017 20:46:23 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/sleep-paralysis-and-needing-to-go-to-the-toilet.html89b10b3a7ee067baea243b5701aa9f2fI have had severe ME for 20 years and during this time I have experienced sleep paralysis numerous times, both during the morning when waking from sleep Wed, 5 Apr 2017 20:42:38 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/it-feels-like-someone-is-shaking-my-bed-scary-sleep-paralysis.htmlaf52908e736fda558bf6f08527698e93I am 21 & a college student who experienced these lucid dreams and sleep paralysis for about 2 months now. The first time it happened was after not sleeping Wed, 5 Apr 2017 20:41:50 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/my-5-year-old-child-wont-sleep.html3255fa2da42af73e3cd5253dbb8207dbI don't know what to do or where to look for help. My son was a great sleeper until this year. He routinely slept from 8 until 6 or 7, no problems! His Wed, 5 Apr 2017 20:31:49 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/my-8-year-old-son-crying-out-from-his-sleep.htmlacb4371a33299d39f75050fe507e4793I have an 8 yr old son, who screams, kicks, and cries out after sleeping a couple of hours from going to bed. He's normally a happy child but he doesn't Wed, 5 Apr 2017 20:07:43 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/both-my-children-6-and-3-have-suddenly-started-waking-early.html56943ed9a1714de86f799a4ddcb1b861My children have both been good sleepers from birth but recently my 3 year old daughter has been either waking up at 5:30am then waking her 6 year old Wed, 5 Apr 2017 20:03:16 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/sleep-paralysis-with-hooded-figures.html9c3e9b405bd0fbec626bde97cb725796So I am fairly conditioned to my SP problem, it has been happening since about the age of 6. I am 30 now and I believe that its time to find out more about Thu, 22 Dec 2016 14:39:25 -0500 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/from-sleep-deprived-to-cant-sleep-enough-with-fybromyalgia.html471527e213f6a93aa25f70a40f61549bI was diagnosed with Fybromyalgia 5 years ago and slowly over the years my sleep has become less and less to the point of having no sleep to maybe an hour Thu, 22 Sep 2016 12:13:17 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/sleep-deprived-for-40-years.htmld5a0265e96f69f82d9c717ffdaeee426I've had insomnia since I was 20 years old. I could never manage to fall asleep before 4 or 5 a.m. My alarm would go off at 7:00 and I would get ready Thu, 22 Sep 2016 12:09:26 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/2-known-incidents-of-acting-out-in-my-dreams.html3efacb5ab1c3554371f33c57d026fffdWhen I was perhaps 10, I visited my friend Polly, who was a few years older than me, and spent the night. We used to live next door but I had moved to Mon, 15 Aug 2016 21:38:46 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/husband-behaves-strangely-when-asleep-im-wondering-if-its-rbd.htmlac27194122611ca7c16bc4488131d788My husband and I have been married for almost two years. For his whole life, people have told him that he talks in his sleep, to the point where they have Mon, 15 Aug 2016 21:34:12 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/two-of-my-most-hilarious-sleepwalking-incidents.html61a24943891fb28194f4ffe35bcd09e0For the first, I was having a special morning with my ten-year-old child who was about to take off for a camping expedition with her schoolmates. I was Sun, 19 Jun 2016 19:56:34 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/lucky-to-be-alive-passed-out-behind-the-wheel-narcolepsy-diagnosis-followed.htmlcecb5a29c3b296e44c78091d3410e992Driving on the highway in the spring of 2009 I inexplicably 'passed out' behind the wheel. I vaguely recall the sound of a car horn and the sound of rough Tue, 31 May 2016 14:25:28 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/how-rbd-ruined-my-relationship.html342e7ea814e2e441e2cf3bcaecd7ce84I have had RBD for a few years but I thought everyone had these episodes so I never payed attention to it. It wasn't until after I started sleeping at Sun, 1 May 2016 14:56:30 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/you-do-not-have-to-snore-or-be-overweight-to-have-sleep-apnea.html495b5a3ef71698ad6af3fe11ad7bce54I cannot begin to tell you how upset it makes me that every single article I read on sleep apnea always put all the emphasis on snoring with sleep apnea. Sun, 1 May 2016 14:50:14 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/raped-by-a-stranger-with-sexsomnia.htmlb4be29c62f73af3e197abaae0d9dc6aaThis happened about three years ago. I was asleep in bed when apparently my father had gone outside to a neighbour's house for a reason that I don't remember Sun, 1 May 2016 14:47:33 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/more-than-fifty-years-to-diagnosis-of-narcolepsy.html0f8bd526356bc1b25f57f4f4a68fa3e9This account is only roughly chronological given symptoms appearing, treatments, new approaches, plus changes in doctors, the advent of the internet, and Sun, 1 May 2016 14:40:59 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/am-i-having-narcolepsy-too.html7b6743d8ada2c09c7b6a0431839feb74Hi, I'm a 17 year old female and I think I'm having this too... I feel sleepy during the day and I get a lot of headaches too. Sometimes I can't even Sun, 1 May 2016 14:39:32 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/my-diagnosis-with-narcolepsy-saved-my-life.htmlf0651e51b530aa5e73ba392247499211Picture this: it's 6:45 AM. The sun is just rising over a green, flat-roofed bungalow in Puerto Rico. The neighbor's chickens are clucking happily while Sun, 1 May 2016 13:32:12 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/dentist-sent-from-heaven-fixed-my-jaw-problems-migraines-and-grinding-teeth.htmlcad1430f7231032a13570c6290266873I have been having jaw problems for years now. It all started with a dentist who put in a filling but did not file it down properly, and suddenly I started Sun, 1 May 2016 13:22:00 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/multiple-sleep-terrors-in-one-night.html3382aaf902e7dcb8129de00b7fd947e4Last night I had multiple sleep terrors. It was almost unbearable. The state I am in when I realize I am having one is almost terrifying, like a small Fri, 9 Oct 2015 14:51:26 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/is-this-sleep-terrors-or-anxiety-attacks.html20fb3227b9d80c81c3a84c3864fdbf16My son just turned 12 years old. Approximately 3 months ago he started having terrible episodes at night after having already been asleep for a little Fri, 9 Oct 2015 14:32:48 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/a-lamp-for-treating-night-terrors-the-safewake.htmld21ae810ef0cf852df82cf20794ef54bWouldn’t it be great if you had a magic lamp that lights when you have a night terror? You’d wake to the comforting light instead of the dark. I made Fri, 9 Oct 2015 13:53:47 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/solution-i-have-to-waking-up-from-sleep-paralysis.htmlcb97334f797bf8ef6253456a220fcd5bHere is how sleep paralysis happens to me: I'm laying on my back and trying to move in anyway possible. It feels like my ability to move has been drained Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:28:46 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/i-thought-my-boyfriends-house-was-haunted-but-i-was-just-hallucinating-from-sleep-paralysis.html425ca7f61d9080bf882d75297102a026This sleep paralysis phenomenon was happening to me frequently over the past few months and I was convinced it was my boyfriend's place that had a ghost. Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:26:40 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/i-dont-know-why-i-cant-move.html98480f44f5fd779ab92b26636fe7ba0bSo this first happened last year. I was having trouble falling asleep. Then, out of nowhere, I start to hear this ringing in my ears. It gradually gets Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:12:57 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/methods-for-snapping-out-of-sleep-paralysis.htmlfa20964401f0ace3da1575505df3797eI have been experiencing sleep paralysis for as long as I can remember, occurring a few times a month. However, some nights have involved multiple back-to-back Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:03:05 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/experimented-with-sp-without-knowing-it.html635ebaf4e9475ec5096e0aed0f213676I'm 22 years old and I've been experiencing ASP for as long as I can remember. When I was very young it only happened when I took naps during the day, Thu, 24 Sep 2015 12:55:08 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/four-sp-episodes-back-to-back-and-strange-footsteps.htmlc68f4ca2426dd6f4b57e42b8a8fafa54I've had several episodes of sleep paralysis, but they have always been when I was still asleep. I don't know how to describe it, but in previous episodes Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:47:02 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/how-do-i-induce-sleep-paralysis.html7f250bf775d36026a0a4620b55a12137I had my first experience with sleep paralysis last night. I had heard about binaural beats and thought I would try them out of curiosity. I went to sleep Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:37:08 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/reasoning-with-the-terror-in-the-night.html1b4787672bbe6902fbfec41c8d579f72I experienced episodes of altered perception since I was a toddler (I’m 20 now). Sometimes the room would be immensely big, sometimes very small. There Sat, 12 Sep 2015 16:11:39 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/too-scared-to-sleep-with-paralyzed-hag-dreams-7-or-8-times-a-month.html11c04961fa8a1b5548857a20130a752fI'm currently 19 years old. I've only recently decided to research this condition of sleep paralysis. Though everyone's stories is similar to mine when Sat, 12 Sep 2015 13:57:53 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/why-am-i-being-paralyzed-and-electrocuted-while-im-sleeping.htmle2ccda11c09588cd7e7f94b0d945b82cI get paralyzed but I am conscious of my surroundings while I'm asleep. This is followed by a very real and painful sense of electrocution, which typically Sat, 12 Sep 2015 01:41:27 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/my-22-year-old-disabled-son-experiences-night-terrors.html3cba3402999463fc8e8aed1dcb6c0820It started at about age 15 after the purchase of my home. I awoke to this blood curdling scream from my son''s room. I ran in and he was thrashing up Sun, 6 Sep 2015 12:54:10 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/our-11-year-old-son-experiences-multiple-night-terrors-5-to-7-nights-per-week.htmla45ecf476725eb3dcf3e2a50d9f9fc84Sam's terrors haven't always been this bad, but over the last six months, they've ratcheted up in frequency and intensity. He's talked in his sleep for Sun, 6 Sep 2015 12:01:02 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/my-daughter-wakes-up-continously-for-different-reasons.html2c32debccb47c65a1ddc14c1def67f54I have a 5 year old daughter who has slept with me from birth up until January 2015. She's always had her own room but we still co-slept, even then she Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:30:29 -0400 http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/turning-sleep-paralysis-into-lucid-dreaming.htmla30d6eacb16abc50ccb400b6066e5c0bI have experienced sleep paralysis since I was a teenager, and I was terrified when it would happen. I learned to try and relax while it happened, telling Wed, 26 Aug 2015 22:16:17 -0400