Meditation-Relaxation (MR Therapy) for Sleep Paralysis: A Pilot Study in Patients With Narcolepsy.
Frontiers in neurology January 1, 2020 Baland Jalal, Ludovico Moruzzi, Andrea Zangrandi et al. 13 citations
A small pilot study tested Meditation-Relaxation (MR) therapy for sleep paralysis (SP) in ten patients with narcolepsy. Over eight weeks, the six patients receiving MR therapy showed a 50% reduction in days with SP and a 54% reduction in total SP episodes in the last month, with large within-group effect sizes. The four patients in the control group (deep breathing) did not show similar improvement. These preliminary findings provide the first proof-of-concept evidence that MR therapy may reduce frequent SP, and the authors cautiously suggest the approach might generalize to people with isolated SP.