What is sleep paralysis?

Sleep paralysis results in the inability to speak or move at the time of sleep onset or on waking. Diagnosis implies that narcolepsy is not also present and that no other disorders that could result in transient paralysis are present.

How do members experience sleep paralysis?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with sleep paralysis*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for sleep paralysis*

Who has sleep paralysis on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 4
20s 19
30s 29
40s 27
50s 25
60s 14
70+ 9

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 37
Female 89

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What is sleep paralysis?

Sleep paralysis results in the inability to speak or move at the time of sleep onset or on waking. Diagnosis implies that narcolepsy is not also present and that no other disorders that could result in transient paralysis are present.



Common symptoms reported by people with sleep paralysis

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for sleep paralysis

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Compare treatments taken by people with sleep paralysis

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Who has sleep paralysis on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 35 say sleep paralysis is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 4
20s 19
30s 29
40s 27
50s 25
60s 14
70+ 9
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 26
20-29 years 12
30-39 years 3
40-49 years 2
50-59 years 2
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 37
Female 89

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 26
Not Diagnosed 28

These charts show data from sleep paralysis patients who have completed their condition history
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