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A member asked:
I laid down to take a nap as i drifted in2 sleep i felt an electrical shock/pulse it became extremely rapid.was conscious but couldent move any idea ?
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Consider this: If this only happened when you were drifting into sleep on one occasion, this appears to be not so much a medical problem but a phenomena known as "sleep paralysis" http://en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/sleep_paralysis.
Answered 4/14/2014
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