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Hello! I'm new here. I have a question: Does anyone know of a link between sleep paralysis and LD?
I've had a variety of chronic symptoms starting about seven years ago after I was pregnant. I was eventually diagnosed as having fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), but several of my symptoms were never explained and no one has ever bothered to run any tests or look into the possibility of LD. I also have hypothyroidism and have read that there is a high occurrence of this in patients with LD (and this also started at the same time--right after I gave birth to my son). My main complaint is extreme, debilitating fatigue and sleep disturbance (waking up constantly all night long, causing unrefreshing sleep, unless on medication), but I have lots of the other symptoms listed as LD symptoms. I've recently come across the data showing the high prevelence of LD being misdiagnosed as FMS and have begun to wonder if I don't have LD. I've just begun to do research, but I notice the neurologic symptoms associated with LD and wonder if LD could explain the sleep paralysis I've had for about the same length of time.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post and please reply if you have any insight.
P.S. Yes, my hypothyroidism is treated and I have it regularly checked, so that shouldn't be what is causing my fatigue.
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Hi! I had the sme thing happen to me with the sleeping and thyroid issues. and they thought I had fma also. along with joint pain weight gain and memory problems. then the head aches and fevers. dr. said I had synus issues. Had surgery and didn't have problems till know. going to disease dr. and they put me on doxi. it has been three weeks and just know i am feling better. still fuzzey and headaches are back. I have been sleep walking and getting in my car and driving away. know my husband hides my keys. can't remember things from day to day and it has been hard on my family. sorry for the long post. hot socks
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quote:Originally posted by psano2: By sleep paralysis, do you mean you wake up totally numb and unable to move?
I wouldn't say I'm numb, but I wake up totally unable to move for a few minutes, other than my eyeballs. I can see around the room and I'm definitely not still asleep because if I happen to be facing the clock I can see what time it is. It has to do with the chemicals that cause you to be paralyzed during sleep not wearing off for a few minutes after your brain wakes up. It was very scary the first few times it happened but now I've gotten more used to it and it's just frustrating.
Here's an article about it if you want to know more:
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I used to have them during certain treatment phases, accompanied by nightmares that border on night terrors. Some believe its a babesiosis dieoff herx, or a reaction to certain antibiotics in general.
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Yes, I definitely had that happen to me too. It was terrifying. I really thought it was about as close to death as I could possibly come. In fact, I sometimes think I had a near death experience that time, and I felt as though I had almost stopped breathing.
Before that happened, increasing numbness in various parts of my body had been occurring, starting w/my left hand, which would become stiff and claw like, then both hands, then a whole arm, then an arm and a leg, and so on until finally my whole body was numb and unable to move. The progression of severity was over the period of about 9 months in my case.
Fortunately, it's mostly gone now, after heavy duty, long term antibiotics for Lyme disease. Peripheral numbness (hands and feet) has continued to be a problem, but is almost gone after 2.5 years of antibiotics.
If you haven't been checked for Lyme disease, you should. And you need to be seen by an LLMD. Your symptoms sound exactly like mine were. It's a nasty disease, and very poorly understood by mainstream medicine, but you can get better w/the help of a good LLMD.
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