What Causes Sleep Paralysis?

Narcolepsy

One sleep disorder can eventually lead to the development of another, which means narcolepsy, a sleep condition that makes a person fall asleep whenever they find themselves in a relaxing environment, could eventually lead to sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is one side effect of this disorder, along with an extremely high level of daytime sleepiness, cataplexy (strong levels of emotion results in a patient suffering from a physical collapse while remaining in a conscious state of mind), and hallucinations. The main cause of an individual developing narcolepsy centers around the brain not producing enough of the chemical hypocretin. Hypocretin is used to regulate the amount of sleep we get versus what we need. This deficiency in the production of hypocretin is a confused reaction of the immune system attacking a part of the brain it is not supposed to.

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