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paroxysmal kinisigenic choreoathetosis and sleep paralysis
by danny7674, Oct 13, 2008 11:13PM
My name is Danny and I'm 20 years old.
Until recently, I had only experienced sleep paralysis a few times in my life. Lately it has become a nightly experience. Last night I had about five instances of sleep paralysis, the most I have ever had in one night.
I suffer from Paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis, a neural disorder causing my muscles to seize up and contract when I begin a rapid movement (ie. standing up to fast, going to running from walking) or even an implied movement (becoming excited or thinking about a rapid movement I am about to make). I recently began taking oxcarbazepine, a medicine typically used on seizure patients, to ease my symptoms. So far it has cleared me of them completely.
I wanted to know if this medication could be what is causing such frequent sleep paralysis, or if the two are related at all.
Until recently, I had only experienced sleep paralysis a few times in my life. Lately it has become a nightly experience. Last night I had about five instances of sleep paralysis, the most I have ever had in one night.
I suffer from Paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis, a neural disorder causing my muscles to seize up and contract when I begin a rapid movement (ie. standing up to fast, going to running from walking) or even an implied movement (becoming excited or thinking about a rapid movement I am about to make). I recently began taking oxcarbazepine, a medicine typically used on seizure patients, to ease my symptoms. So far it has cleared me of them completely.
I wanted to know if this medication could be what is causing such frequent sleep paralysis, or if the two are related at all.
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Thanks for writing in.
Oxcarbazepine is not known to cause sleep paralysis. The main side effects of this medication include dizziness, drowsiness, fatigue, headache, nausea, vomiting and loss of concentration and tremors. In patients with seizures it is sometimes known to exacerbate the seizures.
The main causes of sleep paralysis are stress, anxiety, narcolepsy, sleeping on the back, bipolar disorder and depression.
I would suggest you to consult a sleep specialist if these symptoms continue to occur.