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[Timothy Ferguson]

> > Ceratinly, sleep apnea is an almost universal condition - although I'd
> note
> > that in the US it's far more common now to see aliens around your bed
than
> > the hag itself.
>
>     Sleep apnea is a different creature altogether.  Sleep apnea is just
> where you stop breathing for an extended period of time in your sleep.
It's
> common but potentially dangerous, especially among the overweight and
> chronic snorers.  Has nothing to do with paralysis and hallucination, as
far
> as I know.

You are right, Kevin, I'm using the two terms (sleep paralysis and sleep
apnea) interchangably and that is wrong. Sleep paralysis is one of the
symptoms of sleep apnea, in some patients, that is if you are an apnaeic,
you are more likely to be hag-ridden.  This may be because some apnaeics
have a disturbed sleeping pattern, where they wake up briefly at the end of
one of the spells of stopping breathing - and are paralysed by the sudden
waking.

So, to say that -again- sleep paralysis is an almost universal condition, we
just forget it, like a dream.  About 15% of people report having had it, but
I think that survey was for hypnogogic hallucinations.



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