I wonder if they've done anything to rule out psychosomatic causes.
Pure conjecture here, but I wonder if it's something tied to their circadian rhythm and melatonin production (a hormone that regulates sleep-wake cycles). In the normal case, the body creates melatonin naturally and its tied to light and circadian rhythm. I can imagine a case where their genetics are such that instead of a slowly ramping production that normally happens, they get a sudden spike? This would also explain why their timings change as daylight hours do as our body's sleep-wake cycles are affected by daylight hours.
Again, pure conjecture, but an interesting case nonetheless.
It's paralysis, not sleep. Yes, my initial thought is it would be one of those not-so-uncommon psychosomatic things. And the interesting thing is it is only affecting two, where normally it seems to be larger numbers to keep the syndrome live.
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[ 260 ms ] story [ 3756 ms ] threadPure conjecture here, but I wonder if it's something tied to their circadian rhythm and melatonin production (a hormone that regulates sleep-wake cycles). In the normal case, the body creates melatonin naturally and its tied to light and circadian rhythm. I can imagine a case where their genetics are such that instead of a slowly ramping production that normally happens, they get a sudden spike? This would also explain why their timings change as daylight hours do as our body's sleep-wake cycles are affected by daylight hours.
Again, pure conjecture, but an interesting case nonetheless.
I wonder what would've happened if they changed timezones, or got taken to a place with 24 hour sun...