4. Connection to Hypertension and Panic Disorder
Isolated sleep paralysis, ISP, is when the condition occurs absent of any other type of parasomnia. In a study of 31 African American men and women, close to 42 percent had episodes of ISP. Researchers believe that excess stress leads to panic manifestations that cause episodic hypertension, and the response to adrenergic stimuli results in bouts of isolated sleep paralysis. Doctors also believe that there could be some adrenergic dysfunction specific to hypertension that causes both ISP and panic disorder symptoms.
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