my husband snores like a pnematic drill, always tired during the day and has the classic symptoms of this disorder, he wakes up coughing more times than i can count…he is although a bit over weight so i’m not sure if the Doc will take this seriously? Any advice welcome thanks!

Im 19 years old and about 2 years ago my heart started acting up! It feels like it has an extra beat and when it happens im short of breath. It was really bad when it first started but then it slowly going away and all the sudden it only did it every once in awhile! & about a few weeks ago I was driving and all the sudden my heart started pounding really hard and fast and i was shortness of breath and it probably did that for about 15 seconds and after that it does it about everyday but only for a second. & yes I have been to the doctor about this, and he listened to my heart and even said my heart beat wasn’t normal. He said when ppl breathe in really deep the heart is suppose to go into 2 seperate beats then back into 1 and mine didn’t do that. I even got my heart xrayed and he couldn’t figure out what it was. This is what I believe….Since he couldn’t figure it out, he said it was my anxiety but the thing is, is that I have had an anxiety disorder my whole life and the heart thing just started. But I was taking a blood pressure pill right before all of this started, I don’t have high blood pressure, I took it for my ADD and to help me sleep, the pill is called Clonidine…could that of caused it? I don’t take it anymore but my heart still does it. But I just want to know what it is? I will go to the doctors soon about it. But I wanted some opinions.

I used to get sleep paralysis like once in a couple of months. But ever since about the beginning of June, I’ve been getting it every single day. When I’ve been trying to fall asleep I would suddenly not be able to move. Sometimes I hear static sounds or even whispering. And then every morning I don’t set an alarm, I’m not able to move when I wake up. I hate it. I get hallucinations, even though it really doesn’t feel like I’m hallucinating. Sometimes it feels like someone is moving the blankets, sometimes it feels like someone is touching me, sometimes I see very scary looking people, and there’s usually fog.

So how can I get rid of it? I looked up causes because of it, and none of them seem to fit. I’m on summer break and sleep plently enough. I’m not stressed, it happens in any position I fall asleep in, I don’t get it. Help?

I used to have sleep paralysis but i don’t that much anymore.
I’m a Christian, and whenever i had it, i used to say "In The Name Of Jesus" i felt this tingling from my head to my toes then i woke up…
I didn’t think any of it before but now, i see it as some what scary.
Was it a demonic spirit or what?
Could someone answer please.

please and thank you!

Shortly after going to sleep I have some sort of spasm in my chest that jolts me wide awake as if I had just recieved an electric shock. This can happen EVERY time I go to sleep—many times a night and causes me to get only one or two hours of sleep a night.
It seems like when I go to sleep, my body relaxes too much, and something shuts down (heart–lungs–stomach–esophegus) and my brain jump starts it again. I dont seem to be gasping for air and I dont have a fast pulse after this happens. Any help out there??

Chronic pain and sleep deprivation sure, but how are you dealing with the mental and emotional aspects?

I have experienced sleep paralysis for the first time ine my life on wednesday morning and last night it happened twice. I was wondering if t here are any dangerous in this. I went to the doctor’s thursday on a unrelated note and told him about my experience and he explained that it was sleep paralysis. I have somethign wrong with my heart (need further tests to know what it is), could a heart defect cause sleep paralysis? Or something like sleep paralysis?

I have been taking Xanax for about 2 years for generalized anxiety disorder and panic attacks. I’ve read a lot on the internet that being addicted is a "bad" thing, but is it bad if it keeps me from going postal or being lousy company to my partner or getting no sleep? My psychiatrist thinks long-term use is ok, but most family doctors warn against long-term Xanax use. Do any of you have any experience with this drug?