sleep paralysis or something else?
I THINK I'm having sleep paralysis. It happens when I begin to fall asleep, I know when it's starting because my ears feel a bit covered. I begin to dream that I'm awake and asking for help, sometimes I feel that I'm in my bed and literally feel that I'm touching my fiancé and calling for help but in the dream I CAN talk and scream, I just don't get a reaction from the persons I'm screaming to for help.. it's so SCARY, feel my brain is working so hard. At first I forced myself to awake and had this uncomfortable feeling but then I read an article that suggested to wiggle toes and fingers, this has helped smoothly get out of it... I found my self breathing harder the last 2 times. It's almost every night now and usually when I'm very sleepy. I feel like I'm literally moving around and yelling/crying for help at whoever is literally with me in the room.. when I wake up from it, I still feel a bit scared from the experience but don't feel anything strange in the room, because I'm extremely tired, I fall back asleep but if I stay in same position it will happen again... I ABSOLUTELY HATE IT..
NOW for a possible trigger, I used to have partial seizures and had surgery 3 yrs ago, stopped taking Lamotrigine for a year but have recently started it again.. could this be causing it? :( I just got engaged, I'm not stressing or have anxiety, I'm afraid to go to sleep now.. IT IS VERY SCARY I JUST WANT IT TO STOP AND BE ABLE TO FALL ASLEEP SMOOTHLY TILL THE NEXT MORNING..
HELP
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