Open AccessIsolated sleep paralysis
Author(s) -
Neena Sawant,
Shubhangi R Parkar,
Ravindra Tambe
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.43064
Subject(s) - sleep paralysis , narcolepsy , paralysis , anxiety , sleep (system call) , medicine , periodic paralysis , anesthesia , cataplexy , pediatrics , psychology , psychiatry , neurology , computer science , operating system
Sleep paralysis (SP) is a cardinal symptom of narcolepsy. However, little is available in the literature about isolated sleep paralysis. This report discusses the case of a patient with isolated sleep paralysis who progressed from mild to severe SP over 8 years. He also restarted drinking alcohol to be able to fall asleep and allay his anxiety symptoms. The patient was taught relaxation techniques and he showed complete remission of the symptoms of SP on follow up after 8 months.