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Strains that cause sleep paralysis

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africaseeds

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I suffer from a very rare sleeping disorder.
As a result of the sleeping disorder I often experience sleep paralysis. If you don't know what sleep paralysis is, its that feeling when you wake up , but you can't move, it can last for minutes even half an hour from my experience.

In my experience some strains will trigger sleep paralysis if I smoke them before going to bed, while others will do the opposite like make me sleep without having it. Whether I smoke or not I can basically always experience sleep paralysis. Btw even people without sleeping disorders can experience sleep paralysis.

My question here is, does anyone here smoke strains as part of their breeding process to see what effects they have on sleep apnea, sleep paralysis and sleep in general.

Also any idea if there are specific terpenes that cause/worsen sleep paralysis?
 
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RED 1

Active member
africaseeds said:
I suffer from a very rare sleeping disorder.
As a result of the sleeping disorder I often experience sleep paralysis. If you don't know what sleep paralysis is, its that feeling when you wake up , but you can't move, it can last for minutes even half an hour from my experience.

In my experience some strains will trigger sleep paralysis if I smoke them before going to bed, while others will do the opposite like make me sleep without having it. Whether I smoke or not I can basically always experience sleep paralysis. Btw even people without sleeping disorders can experience sleep paralysis.

My question here is, does anyone here smoke strains as part of their breeding process to see what effects they have on sleep apnea, sleep paralysis and sleep in general.

Also any idea if there are specific terpenes that cause/worsen sleep paralysis?
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Have you seen a psychologist about your disorder?
Some disorders might be partly rooted in the brain
 
romanoweed

romanoweed

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i had the luck of getting some of the best Weed long ago. Im on icmag just to find it again.
I guess you sometimes smoke African Weed. I think this might be not the best for you, cause African can be pretty caffeinlike. Shure all sativas can be like that.
So, i now tell you what i think is better: Principially anxietyfree, kind weed. Sadly such weed is rare. If you find some Vietnamese, and Cambodian, it CAN be like that. I recommend Honey b - Barneyfarms. Many say he copies, i think it could be Cambodian-c99 from reeferman he sells as Honeyb. Its very dreamy, principially uphigh, but not very racy. Its dreamy. Its Very very good, like all becomes a Dream.. hahah
Also, get some pure Pakistani, Afghani. There is an old Paki Line sold on TLT seeds. They say its just a peacefull relaxing weed. Old Landrace lines , not hybrids is what i strongly suggest to look for. These are not making you think bad thoughts.
I wished i could recommend you pure Cambodian Viet, but its hard to find. And, yeah you cant smoke them before bed, cause you cant sleep then, BUT during day, the Paki at night, and i bet you preffere this to toays african Landraces, wich are mostprobably not oldschool lines, and ever were pretty hyper in nature. (probably northafrican could be ok if it HAS to be african)
 
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africaseeds

Member
RED 1 said:
Have you seen a psychologist about your disorder?
Some disorders might be partly rooted in the brain
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Yeah I have and it is a neurological disorder so yes it is rooted in the brain. That being said I take tricylic anti depressants to control the sleep paralysis. Either way some strains make the sleep paralysis worse and some have the opposite effect...those same strains make me feel super euphoric when I wake up. Like some Northern Lights I had.
 
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africaseeds

Member
africaseeds said:
Yeah I have and it is a neurological disorder so yes it is rooted in the brain. That being said I take tricylic anti depressants to control the sleep paralysis. Either way some strains make the sleep paralysis worse and some have the opposite effect...those same strains make me feel super euphoric when I wake up. Like some Northern Lights I had.
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That being said, whether I'm on the medication or not some strains can bring on the sleep paralysis while others make me not have it. At some point I wasn't on the medication and some strains would really make me have it even worse than I have it now, while others didn't and had good effects on my sleep and mood.
 
Red October

Red October

Active member
That's actually very interesting, could you be more specific on the different strains that give you the different effects and does the same strain have different affects on you at different points?
 
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africaseeds

Member
romanoweed said:
i had the luck of getting some of the best Weed long ago. Im on icmag just to find it again.
I guess you sometimes smoke African Weed. I think this might be not the best for you, cause African can be pretty caffeinlike. Shure all sativas can be like that.
So, i now tell you what i think is better: Principially anxietyfree, kind weed. Sadly such weed is rare. If you find some Vietnamese, and Cambodian, it CAN be like that. I recommend Honey b - Barneyfarms. Many say he copies, i think it could be Cambodian-c99 from reeferman he sells as Honeyb. Its very dreamy, principially uphigh, but not very racy. Its dreamy. Its Very very good, like all becomes a Dream.. hahah
Also, get some pure Pakistani, Afghani. There is an old Paki Line sold on TLT seeds. They say its just a peacefull relaxing weed. Old Landrace lines , not hybrids is what i strongly suggest to look for. These are not making you think bad thoughts.
I wished i could recommend you pure Cambodian Viet, but its hard to find. And, yeah you cant smoke them before bed, cause you cant sleep then, BUT during day, the Paki at night, and i bet you preffere this to toays african Landraces, wich are mostprobably not oldschool lines, and ever were pretty hyper in nature. (probably northafrican could be ok if it HAS to be african)
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You are right about quite allot of things here.
Like the Aghan Kush (any afghani indica I guess helps me sleep quite a bit) and yeah African weed often can have the effect that you described.

What was this really nice weed that you found on icmag long ago?

Yeah North Africa has some indica like plants apparently like in Morocco so that would be better for me.
 
romanoweed

romanoweed

Well-known member
Its all about finding kind/anxietyfee Weed. When i hear your Difficulties, i instantly think: you need that, more than others. I also need kind weed.

Stay away from hybrids, but be scepical (in my Oppo)about todays landraces. They all to often changed..
The weed i smoked came from 70s vietnam..

I can tell you where to buy some of vietnamblack. That region, and Cambodian is what i strongly recommend, if you want Fellings like happyness, dreamy, uplifting feelings, feeling like laughnig at the world. Probably that might help? hahah
I know that sounds untrustfull, cause it sounds too good. But it isnt. I didnt waste 6 Years of ccountless hours google for a ghost. I recommend you told lines, an send me pm for vietblack link. Peace
 
romanoweed

romanoweed

Well-known member
ACE seeds - Laos Muang Sing , comes to my mind too.
also ACE - oldtimers haze. Its allegedly pure Lanrace, not hybrid like some other hazes

You can gat a pure Vibe from these, no doubt
 
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Skatter Brayne

Member
I've never had sleep paralysis from cannabis, but I used to suffer from it nightly. I attributed it to being in a prolonged dark psychological state combined with stimulants. I would speculate Sativas would be far more likely to provoke a sleep paralysis episode than an indica
 
romanoweed

romanoweed

Well-known member
probably sativas rather cause it .
Im not too shure tho. You have to smoke a pure 70s Landrace once, and they are rare, and then make a Statement (probably you have done that)

I wanted to point out the confusion, bad thought-spirals that in my Experience are not really apparent in pure 70s Landr.

And again: not many know equatorial sativas can be calming for some. Differnt for me: If i dont get high, like absolutely high, then i dont feel as calm as i could. Vietnamese CAN have the calmest high in my Eperience, or Cambodian probably.

It could well be that pakistani/Afghani are better, but Paki aswell as Vietnamese have bouth a very straight, determined high.
 
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Jayded

Member
I used to have this happen to me and feel for anyone who has it permanently.
Mine was brought on from medication I was given for neuropathic pain that thankfully stopped when ceased taking Gabapentin.
The 1st time it happened was bloody scary.Being awake but not able to even open your eyes and being stuck like that for 30mins is no fun
 
wutwut

wutwut

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i'm not specialist but skunk #1 from sensi seeds helped me a lot to handle different issues

it's 80/20 indica if i remember it right and maybe it's about luck what kind of final medicine you can get in your conditions
 
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