Sleep paralysis treatment

 In order that a treatment is effective for a disease, it has to be compatible with the frequency and severity of the disease. To use high potency drugs for sleep paralysis treatment can do more harm than good. Although sleep paralysis is a frightening experience yet the disorder is not a serious health hazard. The right treatment for sleep paralysis is the identification of the root cause first, followed by its systematic elimination.

What to identify? 

What has to be identified then? First of all it is to recall how often and for how long do you experience the episode of sleep paralysis. You also have to identify the sleeping time, sleeping position at the time of occurrence, sleeping environment particularly in reference to the softness of your bed, use of pillows, noise level, temperature and relative humidity, general color scheme of your bed room and light intensity. All this may not sound relevant to the treatment of sleep paralysis but, fact is that these parameters have to do lot more with the treatment of this disorder than an array of self suggested or prescribed pills. You have also to note the diet consumed on the day of occurrence and the time you slept in day. It is also imperative to note the sequence of events preceding the incidence of sleep paralysis.

Sleep Paralysis Treatment  

Having once identified the probable causes, you are in a far better position to take corrective and preventive action in a systematic way. Taking into consideration try to:

• Sleep sidewise and not on the back
• Use a mattress of medium softness
• Use dim light, but don’t be without it
• Maintain the  room temperature, just a few degrees below your body temperature
• Avoid consumption of  any thing containing alkaloids like caffeine( in coffee),nicotine (in tobacco)or Theo bromine ( in chocolate)
• Avoid too low or too high Relative humidity. Forty is too low and seventy is too high
• Relax before sleeping, don’t sleep to relax and it is the crux of treatment for sleep paralysis. 
• Remind yourself of your first contact in emergency, prior to sleeping
• Take a quick and cold shower, a glass of sweetened whole milk ( of course not in case of diabetics), use a mild and favorite perfume and read just before sleeping  a few pages from your favorite classics
• Ensure suppleness of muscles and an easy frame of mind
• Autosuggest ( or simply remind yourself) that you are not afraid of anything and that you can not be easily intimidated by any superstitions

Since sleep paralysis is an event occurring within sleep, it is different from narcolepsy which is an event of suddenly falling asleep from a state of wakefulness. It is only this later case that you should ask for medical assistance otherwise just don’t panic.

Remember that sleep paralysis treatment is a matter of improving your respiratory and nervous system and smoking is injurious for both.