I've noticed that when I'm on opioids I am 100% guaranteed to go into sleep paralysis when I fall asleep. I talked about this on another forum but someone told me to be careful because they had read that this is where the risk of suffering opioid induced brain damage arises. He has a point, in sleep paralysis its a lot harder to breathe because a lot of the chest muscles become paralysed. I can see how one might accidentally deprive their brains of oxygen in this state, especially if one is on opioids which significantly reduce ones urge to breath. Last night I went into sleep paralysis and I wanted to try and leave my body but I didn't want to suffer brain damage so I pulled myself out of it. Anyone here have experience with opioids and sleep paralysis? I don't see why I couldn't just force myself to breath but I suppose I might forget whats going on considering I'm always bombarded by hypnagogic hallucinations in SP. |
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