Dyspraxic Adults

Long shot, but I wanted to see if this struck a chord with anyone.

Something that has happened to me all my life very very intermittently with no explanation, but too seldom and short lived to make a note of it or explain it to anyone.


So this usually happens in the middle of the night while dozing or while being halfway between asleep and awake.
I will be lying in bed, and suddenly I will feel deeply unusual. It might typically start with a kind of “foamy/plasticy/rubbery feeling in my sinuses, as I breathe, and that feeling will spread out into my entire body.

It will feel like my body is made out of a strange material, and that I am perhaps speeding trough space, or speeding through time; it feels disturbing and nauseating.
What’s more, while even just staying still and breathing is nauseating and dizzying, this is many times worse if I attempt to move or shift position.

It is always alarming when it happens (like, emotionally) and it conjures up previous instances of it happening, like a kind of “oh god, not this again” it happens randomly in bed while dozing, and it comes and passes in maybe a minutes or two, and it might not happen for years in between instances.

I have no idea what it is or if it is dispraxia related.

I wonder if you're being treated for high blood pressure. I had similar episodes (at midday ) and it turned out my blood pressure had gone abnormally low. The problem has been much alleviated by my GP adjusting my antihypertensive medications. worth getting BP checked in any case.
Hope this may be helpful.
Old Mike

No. My blood pressure is typically OK.

Like, my first guess is it’s an unusual presentation of sleep paralysis? But the accompanying mind sensation is unpleasant and familiar.

In the very rare instances I have experienced (confirmed) sleep paralysis, it’s felt completely different, and not at all related.

Hi
My son has dyspraxia and has reported a very similar symptom. He reports dizzy spells for years since a child, hated being on ships, fairground rides. Still gets strong dizzy spells occasionally when going to bed . Sleep is main issue. When he goes to sleep his eyes flutter like in REM sleep. Feels a dropping sensation, or like being on a plane or boat, not sure of physical position ie doesn't know where he is. Struggles to get off to sleep. Its worse with tiredness and stress. Happens every 4 weeks-8 weeks. He finds it very disturbing, and frustrating.

Dyspraxia involves balance so I wondered if it was related.

Auron, did you get any further with a diagnosis? Or find anything that helps. We have seen a doctor, checked blood pressure. They were reassuring but not much further, didn't know what it was. He isn't so anxious about getting it anymore, which helps, but it still happens just the same. Thanks Chris