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Originally Posted by Amanda_1981
Ever since last week when I had to go for an MRI and was given 25mg of valium, I have been having the MOST lucid dreams and states where I feel like I'm hallucinating right before I fall asleep... and when I DO fall asleep, I have the most intense REAL dreams that I can't seem to wake out of (which I always have been to before)... It's really starting to freak me out. I feel like every night now before I go to sleep (right before the process of falling asleep but still being 'semi' awake)... I start to what I can only describe as 'hallucinate' and start seeing things in '3D'.. if that makes any sense. Last night I was freaked out because I felt like I had an outter body experience... and it felt SO real... I've never EVER had these types of experiences before... And it has only happened since I took the valium that one day. But I just took it for that one day, I haven't had any valium since (and this was over a week ago)...
I'm scared to go to sleep now! These freaky lucid dreams/hallucinations are freaking me out so much.
Any suggestions on what I should do?
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Hello Amanda, I believe what you are experiencing is called Sleep Paralysis, and can be very scary: to give you the simple version, the body alternates between R.E.M. ( Rapid Eye Movement/ Deep sleep) and a waking cycle I call regular sleep. These two cycles of sleep alternate on a 90 minute interval, meaning 90 minutes of deep sleep ( Sub-Conscious Sleep) and 90 minutes of waking sleep ( Conscious Sleep). During R.E.M. the brain produces a chemical that Paralyzes the limbs and motor functions of the body to keep from hurting one's self during a nightmare. Example if you had a nightmare that you were being attacked, then naturally you would fight back, if the brain did not paralyze the body you would hurt yourself during sleep by fighting back. What happens when in sleep paralysis is you awaken ( become conscious ) while your body is still paralyzed, you are then unable to move and can only utter moans and at times your eyes are open and you a aware of your surroundings but are helpless to react. Very scary but not potentially dangerous. The cause of why we awaken while we are asleep is still unknown and there is a lot of debate on this issue. There is a lot of good information out there on this subject and I have researched this subject and have a few theories of my own that I will not reveal until I have sufficient evidence to prove or disprove my theories and I will post my results. If you do not find any information to your liking please feel free to post back here and I will help in any way I can.
Thank You
Fearslayer
