I suffer from severe sleep paralysis where you dream you are awake but in fact you are still sleeping.Help me?!

It is a common problem (I have it too), and sometimes it can be treated with medication if it is truly worrisome. Talking to a therapist is a good help for this. Health Question & Answer

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Hi. I had the same problem a few years back and it's not pleasant. Have you been taking any medication or changed a medication routine lately.? It can also be triggered by anxiety.
I was being prescribed prothiaden which is an anti depressant - my dose was too high and I had sleep paralysis attacks throughout the night as well as dancing wardrobes and whatnot - doc changed the dose. A few years later, during a particularly stressful period it started again and this time I wasn't on anything. Doctor prescribed a mild sleeping tablet which worked perfectly. So my advice is to see your doc if this is something that won't go away. I know how annoying and scary it can feel. Good luck.Health Question & Answer

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i suffered from this and its really scary isn't it.i remember my husband calling me to wake up and although i was trying to i could not wake up then i found myself like fitting.my husband put cold water on my face i still couldn't wake up i heard the fright in his voice and he said he was going to call an ambulance.then finally i woke up.i used to wake up several times in the night for years and would be worn out come the morning,i had tests and was diagnosed with severe sleep apnoea.i used a cpap machine and mask but once i had lost weight the sleep apnoea went as well.Health Question & Answer

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This is currently happening to me right now and it just happened.

I don't know why but it just came suddenly. My mom is telling me it's normal but when I wake up the morning, I can feel I'm tired and my chest is a bit tired.

I'm exercising a lot every night before I sleep for training and I'm thinking it might be because of that.

Anyways, cheers and good luck. Hope somebody else can give a reason.Health Question & Answer

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OH YEAH IT CAN BE EITHER SLEEPING STAGE OR UR AWAKE BECAUSE I WAS SLEEPIN IN THE DAYLIGHT AND MY BROTHER WAS NEXT TO ME I WOKE UP FOUND MY SELF NOT MOVING MY BROTHER MOVES ME AND I SNAP OUT OF IT.i had it but i learn how to deal with it now ITS GONE.i think its fear .i had fear of something lurking in my house intill i got that sleep thing u have.if u overcome it the fear then most likely u have it less. .................................sorry it toke me long to replay the answer well just not be scare of it if u are ur most likey to have it more.pills may help work because it makes u forget about them but if u dont or keep becoming scare of it.yup ur gona keep geting it when u stop taking that pills.because u kno why because i never toke medication to deal with it.and no i have no health problems im healthy to run 2 mile non stopHealth Question & Answer

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i know i used to have that problem i think. i would wake up in the Night thinking i was awake and going to the toilet but i was a sleep i woke up a few hours later and released what happened i grew out of it. go to a Doctor Health Question & Answer

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This happens to me and my Mum too and it is so annoying. And then in the morning you think you haven't slept at all at night when you have, and you don't know when you're really awake and when you're not.Health Question & Answer

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pinching yourself is a good way of finding out if you are awake, or try to touch something eg a pen and if you can actually feel it then you are awake. lol thats my guessHealth Question & Answer

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i have this frequently-i hate it-its very scary.sometimes i wake up,but im still asleep and think im somewhere else but i cant move,its not niceHealth Question & Answer

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Ive been there, its funny nothing to worry about, it stopped when the drugs did!!Health Question & Answer

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lay off the STEROIDSHealth Question & Answer

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