lethargic dream

Lethargic sleep is one of the sleep disorders that is extremely rare. The duration of such a state can last from several hours to several days, less often - up to several months. Only a few dozen cases have been recorded in the world when a lethargic dream lasted several years.

The longest "sleep hour" was recorded in 1954 by Nadezhda Lebedina, who woke up only twenty years later.

Causes

To date, medicine can not yet answer with certainty what is the cause of this condition. Based on many data, lethargic sleep is primarily due to the occurrence of a deep inhibitory process that occurs in the cut of the brain. Most often, such a disorder occurs after suffering severe and emotional shocks, nervous imbalance, hysteria, against the background of physical exhaustion.

Such a dream stops as suddenly as it began.

Symptoms of lethargic sleep

The symptoms of lethargic sleep disorder are quite simple. A person sleeps, while physiological processes do not bother him (I don’t feel like eating, drinking, getting up, and so on), the metabolism in the body decreases. The patient has practically no reactions to external stimuli.

Mild cases of lethargic sleep are characterized by the immobility of the patient, while his eyes are closed, breathing is even, not interrupted, the muscles are completely relaxed. In this form, this type of disorder has the appearance of just a full-fledged deep sleep.

The severe form has distinctive features:

• Muscular hypotension;
• Paleness of the skin;
• There is no reaction to external stimuli;
• Arterial pressure is lowered;
• Some reflexes are missing;
• The pulse is practically undetectable.

In any case, after waking up, a person should be registered with a doctor for further monitoring of his body.

Diagnosis of the disease

Lethargic sleep should be distinguished from narcolepsy, epidemic and coma. This is very important, since the methods of treatment for all these diseases differ significantly from each other.

It is not possible to conduct any research or laboratory tests. In this case, it only remains to wait until the patient wakes up and independently tells about his feelings.

Treatment Methods

Actually, the methods of treatment are purely individual. With lethargic sleep, it is not necessary to hospitalize the patient. It is enough just to leave him under the close supervision of relatives and friends. It is worth noting that a person with such a disorder should be provided with normal living conditions in order to avoid subsequent problems upon awakening. What does it mean?