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When I wake up in the mornings for about 15 mins afterwards, I can't make a fist with my hands, no matter how hard I try. Does everyone have this prob?
Best case scenario, you sleep in a particular position that compresses the vessels in your arm, thereby deadening your hand. Your doctor needs to a-okay this! 15 minutes is a long time to not have the strength to flex your hand.
I experienced it sometimes, my whole arm is numb. I can't feel and move it. And based on how I analyzed it, it is because of interrupted blood circulation on my arm, maybe because i put too much weight on it and it blocked my blood vessels... But I'm not sure if thats the real cause... :)
Haha and thx for the advice on seeing a doc. I do so in the mirror everyday ;P just ttying to understand my disorder a little better :)
I understand the theory behind y i should be paralysed when i sleep. I wouls just like to know if everyone else's 'partial paralysis' persists for so long after waking??
Thanks for the advice guys. You're right about the sleep paralysis coz i experience that too - diagnosed with NARCOLEPSY recently. Narcolepsy is a disorder we are still trying to fully understand. This is y im on here -to find out if EVERYONE experiences this when waking up, or if its just me, which suggests its as a result of my disorder.
My muscles are working by tge way, i can stand up n walk round, i just cant do anything strenuous, like make a fist.
That's happened to me as well. There've been times where I nearly collapsed/blacked out. Perhaps, you should go to a sleep center?
Good Luck!
Maybe you should see a doctor about it if this happens again. It sounds serious but it's happened to me a few times in the past because it was way too cold when I woke up in those incidences. So, I'd say normal but get it checked out.
Your body basically injects you with natural muscle relaxants when you sleep, in an effort to prevent you from flailing around and sleepwalking.
Yep. Our body relaxes our muscles during the REM stage of sleep (the dream stage). Otherwise when we dreamed, we'd be sending our body signals like "yes, walk towards that floating ice cream truck" or "grab your fourth grade science teacher's boobs" and we'd end up moving around and grabbing imaginary boobs.
There's a condition called "sleep paralysis", by which people can find themselves paralyzed upon awakening (sometimes accompanied by hallucinations). It happens when you've woken up before your REM cycle is finished.
Your body essentially shuts down all the nerves aside from those in your skull during REM. Your dreaming brain actually looks a lot like an awake one.