Could heart palpitations/sleep apnea cause lucid dreams?

Question

sometimes i have lucid dreams where i am fully aware that i am dreaming and i can control them i try to make them last as long as possible when i am having them but they all end up the same,i end up having to realize in the dream that i am dreaming and wake myself up because i am not breathing and i try to move my body and can't it seems like i am looking at my body and i trying to move it but im not i am just dreaming which is really weird and then when i finally get myself to actually wake up i gasp for air. i don't no if lose of oxygen can cause lucid dreams or if lucid dreams can cause such problems. i used to huff paint and have been wondering if there's a conection bettween my lucid dreams and sleep apnea or if mabye i could have caused a lower brain stem lesion from it, is any of this possible? any imfo would help i am majorly concerned thank you

Answer 1

there shouldn't be a relationship between lucid dreaming and sleep apnea.

from what we know of each, it seems like either on would prevent the other.

Answer 2

It might be sleep paralysis. It's when you are about to enter into an REM sleep but body-mind gets disconnected. Symptoms of sleep paralysis include sensations of noises, smells, levitation, paralysis, terror, and images of frightening intruders. Sleep paralysis is harmless, it's just scary feeling. This is common to anyone, not just someone who is impaired or a bit impaired. You can google SLEEP PARALYSIS and learn more about it.