Question
I only ever have this problem when i fall asleep in the day time, but i fall asleep an a some point during this time i have a feelin of walking around the room an when i look back i am still lay asleep on the bed. I recently had this when i had a nap on the bed with my kids, i remember looking at the children and attempting to open the bedroom door, then i could hear the phone ringing. When i first started doing this i panicked but i have now somehow managed to tell myself to relax an then i wake up knowing everything that has happend. This last time i even went an checked if the phone had been ringing whilst i was asleep to make sure i wasn't dreaming an i had missed calls, just wanted to know if anybody knew or had experienced anything like this?
Answer
This is called hypnangogic hallucinations, which is normal phenomenon, the brain and body are supposed to fall asleep and awaken together but sometimes there is a lag of a nano second which you are then dreaming with ones open, dreams can be very vivid, sometimes just knowing this is normal helps, however when your daytime alertness is affected then it could be a symptom of narcolepsy, go to sleepnet.com click on disorders narcolepsy otherwise just relax its normal 3 hours before bedtime stay away from caffeine tea coffee chocolate exercise caramel colored soda like coke pepsi and gingerale. l5 minutes before bedtime take a hot bath and a glass of warm milk. milk when heated contains tryptophan a natural amino acid sleep inducer so a glass may help. feel free to email again karel
