What makes it a problem for you? What’s the problem of having a bit more conscious time while your body is at rest?
Have you tried the normal sleep hacks of going every day at the same time to bed and sleeping 8 hours, having no red light an hour before bed, sleeping in a pitch black room and taking a bit Melatonin?
I’ve found that I only ever get something sort of like sleep paralysis when I sleep flat on my back, so +1 for sleeping orientation mattering for some reason.
For me recurrent sleep paralysis turned out to be associated with sleep apnea. Both were reduced but not eliminated by adjusting sleep position (side rather than back as others have already mentioned), wearing a mandibular adjustment device (holds the jaw in a slightly different position to avoid airway obstruction). Similarly, some changes in consumption habits reduced occurrence: reducing alcohol intake and large/rich meals shortly before sleeping.
in my case these symptoms were the result of some abnormalities in my throat cartilage which eventually required surgery, but the above behaviour changes reduced occurrence substantially (approx 5 instances per week of sleep paralysis or choking to 1.2 based on 3-month diary). I made all the above adjustments together so cannot give any further indications about which of them might have helped. Or indeed, fully ruled out a placebo effect!
I didn’t recognise the association between sleep paralysis and apnea but it was one of the first things the head & neck specialist asked.
Putting a bar of soap between bedsheets supposedly prevents leg cramps. You might want to try it for sleep paralysis keeping in mind that the placebo effect is a real thing you want to take advantage of.
The example of soap suggests that our beds that are completely flat aren’t optimal sleeping surfaces. It would be interesting what a bed that automatically adjusts it’s surface can do if it’s smart.
Do you guys know how you can prevent sleep paralysis?
What makes it a problem for you? What’s the problem of having a bit more conscious time while your body is at rest?
Have you tried the normal sleep hacks of going every day at the same time to bed and sleeping 8 hours, having no red light an hour before bed, sleeping in a pitch black room and taking a bit Melatonin?
It’s an incredibly good indicator of poor sleep quality for me. I have to take phenibut to get good sleep quality nowadays though.
Yes I have. I notice it has to do with body position or when my head is on a tilt.
I’ve found that I only ever get something sort of like sleep paralysis when I sleep flat on my back, so +1 for sleeping orientation mattering for some reason.
For me recurrent sleep paralysis turned out to be associated with sleep apnea. Both were reduced but not eliminated by adjusting sleep position (side rather than back as others have already mentioned), wearing a mandibular adjustment device (holds the jaw in a slightly different position to avoid airway obstruction). Similarly, some changes in consumption habits reduced occurrence: reducing alcohol intake and large/rich meals shortly before sleeping.
in my case these symptoms were the result of some abnormalities in my throat cartilage which eventually required surgery, but the above behaviour changes reduced occurrence substantially (approx 5 instances per week of sleep paralysis or choking to 1.2 based on 3-month diary). I made all the above adjustments together so cannot give any further indications about which of them might have helped. Or indeed, fully ruled out a placebo effect!
I didn’t recognise the association between sleep paralysis and apnea but it was one of the first things the head & neck specialist asked.
I did not have sleep apnea or tested negative for it and narcolepsy.
Putting a bar of soap between bedsheets supposedly prevents leg cramps. You might want to try it for sleep paralysis keeping in mind that the placebo effect is a real thing you want to take advantage of.
The example of soap suggests that our beds that are completely flat aren’t optimal sleeping surfaces. It would be interesting what a bed that automatically adjusts it’s surface can do if it’s smart.
Start to use for experiments with OBE or visualization.