Before you knew what sleep paralysis was, did you ever have it misdiagnosed?
I used to get it so much in my early teens, and not having any clue as to what it was my mum took me to the doctor.
Many scans were taken. My brain was physically fine but I was told I had abnormal brain-wave activities. The doctor said I'd naturally have trouble with memory, emotions and sleep (which I do from time to time, but not in a serious or debilitating way).
The doctor said to me that my sleep experiences of feeling paralysed and feeling vibrations was due to a "unique form of epilepsy" that I must have apparently, because they couldn't pin it down to anything else.
The said my best bet was to take a prescription that would hopefully stop it. I declined, which made my mum angry (she felt the whole ordeal was for nothing if I didn't take the meds). But I'm glad I refused to take anything, because a couple of years later I learned all about sleep paralysis and how normal and common it is. I never had epilepsy at all! I wish I could have known sooner. My mum stopped me from doing so many activities because she was scared of my "epilepsy" happening while I was awake. I became a recluse during my teenage years against my will.
I just can't understand though how none of the doctors (and I even went to see a bloody SLEEP SPECIALIST!) knew it was sleep paralysis! It's so well known about and so simple.
Is it really such an unknown thing that even specialist doctors don't know what it is?
Have you ever had any experiences with misdiagnoses?
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