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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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Dr. Eugene Ahn answered

Specializes in Integrative Medicine

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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