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I've been experiencing sleep paralysis since i was a teenager, why doesn't it go away? why & how does it happen? & how to stop it? its painful and scary
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Possible narcolepsy: Sleep paralysis affects almost everyone occasionally, especially when sleep deprived. Frequent sleep paralysis can be a part of narcolepsy. If narcolepsy is diagnosed by a sleep study, then there are treatments for the sleep paralysis.
Answered 10/1/2015
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