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Sleep paralysis results in the inability to speak or move at the time of sleep onset or on waking. Diagnosis implies that narcolepsy is not also present and that no other disorders that could result in transient paralysis are present.
How do members experience sleep paralysis?
Top 5 symptoms reported by people with sleep paralysis*
*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Top treatments taken by people for sleep paralysis*
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Sleep paralysis results in the inability to speak or move at the time of sleep onset or on waking. Diagnosis implies that narcolepsy is not also present and that no other disorders that could result in transient paralysis are present.
Common symptoms reported by people with sleep paralysis
Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for sleep paralysis
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Compare treatments taken by people with sleep paralysis
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have sleep paralysis through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with sleep paralysis? Members in the forum might have the answers.