Daytime sleep paralysis?

Daytime sleep paralysis?

Okay, so for the past 3 months, I've had some kind of sleep paralysis that only occurs during the day when I nap. I'm 16 years old and don't know why it happens. To be more descriptive basically what happens is like 5 minutes or less of me going to sleep, I usually go start to dream, and then the dream becomes weird and boom, I go into some sort of paralysis. Then while in the paralysis state, for some reason I feel my jaw move up and down and I have little control of my arms and legs, I can usually rotate them a tiny bit if I think really hard too. Also when I get out of the paralysis state which lasts no longer than 10 seconds sometimes my hand will have tremors. Any ideas?

3 Answers

Dr. David J. Koehn

Psychologist

Fort Myers, Florida

See this link for some insight into your question:
https://www.everydayhealth.com/sleep-paralysis/guide/#:~:text=Some%20people%20experience%20sleep%20paralysis,people%20to%20suddenly%20fall%20asleep.

Lori Anne Martinez

Psychologist

Payson, Arizona

I would first discontinue sleeping during the day. I would then ask your parent to refer you to your primary care doctor who might be able to refer you for a sleep study or basic neurology consult.