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What is the difference between regular sleep paralysis and hallucinatory paralysis?
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Narcolepsy?: Regular sleep paralysis is common in the general population, but hallucinations are often see with sleep paralysis in narcolepsy.
Answered 12/30/2014
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Sleep: Sleep paralysis occurs in rem sleep, hallucinations can also be part of rem sleep.
Answered 9/5/2013
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