Living with sleep paralysis

Quick question: anyone here experiencing Sleep Paralysis? I'm curious of the solutions you found. I'm about to put in some effort create one, but wouldn't like to reinvent the wheel. So let's share knowledge

Yes! I've managed to tackle it without any technology, though. The solution for me has been simple: Sleep on my side.

I noticed a pattern where I was getting sleep paralysis while lying on my back. If you haven't tried already, I'd recommend trying your side. Unfortunately, there isn't really a product that you can make to improve on this, except maybe a body pillow...

I think the solution you're proposing is more of an episodic treatment when really there are ways to prevent sleep paralysis entirely. I would focus on those.

I suffered from sleep paralysis for years in my teens and early twenties and it was primarily due to inconsistent sleep (working late nights in a bar and sleeping in late), caffeine and likely a poor diet.

Once I had adopted more consistent sleep times, steered clear of Red Bull, coffee (especially in the evening) and generally improved my diet and exercise, the episodes disappeared. More recently, I have adopted better 'sleep hygiene', which has improved my sleep even more. I would urge you to read Matthew Walker's book (Why we Sleep), but here are his top tips:

1. Stick to a sleep schedule
2. Don’t exercise too late in the day
3. Avoid caffeine & nicotine
4. Avoid alcoholic drinks before bed
5. Avoid large meals and beverages late at night
6. Avoid medicines that delay or disrupt your sleep (where possible)
7. Don’t nap after 3pm
8. Make sure to leave time to relax before bed
9. Take a hot bath before bed
10. Have a dark, cool (in temperature), gadget free bedroom

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sleep-paralysis/ - read this information and seek professional help. I doubt that any app would be able to help you.

I had this issue when I was small (~25 years ago), it was scary as hell, and luckily it happened just few times. However after giving birth my wife was having it very frequently. This happens more often to young mothers since their sleep patterns change a lot, and they have to wake up every few hours or more often to feed the newborn. From all of the sources she read and consultation with the doctor, the only solution she found (apart from normalizing sleeping patterns and do more sports) was to accept it and try to convince yourself that you're in the state of sleep paralysis, and that everything that happens is part to do with your brain.

There's a huge community of lucid dreamers on reddit who try to cause this intentionally :-)

Yes. I did have it for years. After moving to Finland I only had maybe 2 times in 9 years.

But I wouldn't like to be woken up by a device. It would make it worst... just my opinion.

What It help me was to avoid sleeping in the back of my head, against the pillow. The pressure affects your brain.

Have you tried professional medical treatments?

Many waking up systems exist including sound, light, electric etc but IDK much about the condition it sounds like it might have some serious health element potentially attached.

As an occasional sufferer, I couldn't imagine ever using anything to "solve" it, mostly due to the infrequency of the event. Yet another app, yet another device, etc.