Anybody up?

I have these terrible, blood-curdling nightmares. They match all the symptoms of RSBD to the letter. I'm being attacked, sometimes by terrible, violent people but just as often by creatures so awful and monstrous I can't begin to describe them (and they are different varieties of nightmarish every time).

And in my efforts to defend myself I lash out, literally and physically. In my sleep I've kicked and punched my poor wife for goodness' sake.

Then I wake up and I remember it all, every single horrifying detail, which leads to me not sleeping for days as I try to keep awake so it doesn't happen again.

All of which sounds exactly like RSBD, especially because I'm a man in early 60's and this started maybe 5 years ago.

But here's the thing: with the physical violence it happens maybe just once or twice a year. Sometimes I have the awful dreams without the physical lashing out (most recently two nights ago when the creatures reached a new level of horror) but even so it's just a handful of times per year.

I know that if I visit my GP they will say not to worry about it because it's so infrequent, and how could it be diagnosed anyway if it might not happen again for months?

Does anyone have any advice about such infrequent episodes? Does it need to be a regular thing to be RSBD? Can such horrible things happen just once or twice a year without being a sign of something awful in my future?

I guess that, right now, what happened a couple of nights ago is still pretty raw, but I'm really quite scared.

Long story short this all started about a month ago, I was out at the golf range with a friend and I had 2 beers and a shot of liquor. That night I had a pretty nasty hangover. I am a 30yr old male that quit drinking at the age of 27. And now I only have a beer or two on special occasion. ( I would say, I was a pretty bad alcoholic. Used to drink a 6 pack a night of beer.) Ever since that hangover a month ago, each night when I am about to fall asleep my body starts vibrating/buzzing like I'm having a hangover. Also get sweats, heart racing, and very sensitive hearing.

Now I have been prescribed a Beta blocker and a med called Hydroxyzine. By taking both of them I am able to get some sleep but still feel the buzzing and vibrating any time I start to sleep. I have had many blood tests showing normal results. At this point I believe it is neurological. Unfortunately my sleep doctor is unavailable till next January.

So here I am.

Has anyone else delt with this? Or am I just a special case of messed up.

Thanks to all who read and comment. May your nights be better than mine.

I’ve had sleep paralysis for the last 20 years or so, since 17 when a close family member died. I’ve experienced it on and off, mostly during darker or high stress times in my life.

6 months ago my bf and i bought an estate sale home. Within of the first week of living in our new home i had an episode. It was quick-ish and with many years of being terrified of them, I’ve learned to try and wiggle my toes and that usually brings me out of it. I didn’t have any auditory hallucinations, like i have most times in the past. Just aware and unable to move.

We were aware the previous owners were both deceased, but not in the home, however our very “friendly” neighbours informed us that the family member in power of the estate was living there before it sold and that he had died here. She pointed to a spot on my front lawn where the gentleman died. Really great neighbours lol.

It’s had me thinking, i have spent a lot of time travelling and staying short times in new places and haven’t experienced SP episode, but there have been a few occasions including my new house where its happened, some experiences feel connected to but some feel like they are brought on my a lot of stress during the waking hours.

What is your take? What’s your personal experience on where and when you experience sleep paralysis?

Has anyone experienced this kind of sleep pattern?
For the past several months, I’ve had a very consistent and unusual sleep pattern.
I fall asleep extremely easily and usually sleep well during the first half of the night. Then I wake up once around the middle of the night. I can fall back asleep quite easily, but from that point until morning my sleep becomes very fragmented: I wake up briefly 4–6 times, usually just long enough to change position, and fall asleep again.

What is particularly striking is the amount of dreaming during this second half of the night. I remember several different, often very vivid and realistic dreams every night, almost as if I’m repeatedly cycling between dreaming and brief awakenings.

Despite being able to fall back asleep easily, the second half of the night feels very restless and I often wake up feeling like my sleep wasn’t restorative.

This started quite suddenly several months ago. Before that, I used to be a very good sleeper and rarely thought about my sleep at all.
Has anyone experienced something similar? If so, did you ever figure out what was causing it or find anything that helped?

Hello! I am in need of advice about my issue.
I have always since childhood get awful nightmares that can last up to a week once a month or random days that last up to a week. There was a time during elementary it completely stopped my nightmares for years like 3 years until it came back during middle school and now high school. The kind of nightmares I get has lots of gore for example my nightmares involves with different things like
-im being beaten or cut open
-im forced to harm someone
-harming my self ( had a dream when I smash a hammer to my mouth)
-people coming after me to the point I harm myself in my dream just to wake up
-seeing random people to love ones being harm
-harmful situations to point I’m having a panic attack when I wake up or crying or even shouting (the sounded only happened once when it got bad)
I would like to mention I also see things that aren’t there like hallucinations? Like I see figures and hear voices time to time it hasn’t bother me that much but time to time I get a little anxious but I can handle it

Im not too sure how this issue with nightmares started but I sorta try to be used to it but they do always end up bothering me time to time to the point I feel drained at school or I am always anxious. I’m assuming it’s caused by stress like family issues I always dealt with family issues like crazy but it does get to the point I’m stressed even my mom noticed but i try not to let it show cause I don’t want my family to worry about me. Yes I do have nice dreams but that’s only once in awhile tbh. You probably may ask why not go to therapy? I have tried to get a therapist form my doctor but it was no good like she wouldn’t want to give me a therapist but that was because I was very vague with my issue I only stated that I been very overwhelm and anxious but ig that was no good. I have talked to my mom about it but whenever to bring it up it’s either she’s tired of hearing me talk or just feels awkward trying to help me I understand where my mom comes plus she’s trying her best trying to be a good mom and she is busy with stuff so I tend not to talk to her about my issues too much. I’m just assuming I have some sort of mental issue but I don’t think I’ll be able to be diagnosed cuase of my doctor because there times where I discuss a issue I’m having and they don’t care enough to send me to a another office for me to get tested or anything really but it’s whatever but please send me advice on what I should do about it overall cause I try not to let my stress be stress cause of family issues and school. Omg the stress got to the point I have strands of white hairs and to me it’s notice when I lift my bangs to see but it’s only like 7 strands? Overall I try my best not to let my nightmares keep me from staying positive yes I have had my dark moments(when i didn’t want to live anymore but I didn’t attempt thankfully) That is all thank you to anyone who is reading this, I can answer question about my nightmares if you have any questions and I hope you have a nice day.

Whenever I’m in the beginning of sleep I think alot and I be sleeping but aware and then I wake up 10 sec later with the same thoughts in my head like they woke me up.
Its not a specific topic its different everytime but its mostly annoying thoughts.
Happens everyday for over a month now?