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Insomnia - Adult (Expert Forum)
waking up but cant move my body, eyes open, body will not move
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Questions in the Sleep & Insomnia Forum are being answered by Dr. Gregg D. Jacobs.
waking up but cant move my body, eyes open, body will not move
by leeisgettingclean, Aug 26, 2009 07:43PM
okay so for about the past 5 years as soon as i fall asleep i have a sudden urge(like panic stricken that something bad is happening like someone in house, house on fire, blah blah blah)to jump out of bed. But when i go to do this i open my eyes only to relize i can not move, i know i am awake because others see this happen, they talk to me while it happens, i can not hear them but i can see there lips moving. Fanilly i have to sat my fear aside and calm down and stop trying to move and useally in 5 or 10 secs i can move. It is really scary. i do not take any sleeping meds. Does anyone else suffer with this or ever heard of it>?
Doctor's Answer
by Gregg D Jacobs, Ph.D., Aug 26, 2009 08:47PM
, Aug 26, 2009 08:47PM
