Freaky withdrawal symptom

03-09-2004, 01:52 PM

I was wondering if anyone ever heard of this or experienced this themselves.

I have one more week left with the withdrawal process (THANK GOD) but I'm having a problem. When I'm sleeping and in the process of waking up, I can't move. I'm conscious, but I cannot move any part of my body for a minute or so. I can usually start moving my feet first, then everything else will start to move eventually. It's like I'm frozen and I'm struggling to get out of it.

I've only had this since withdrawing from Paxil. Is this anything to be concerned about?

Scott · 03-09-2004, 02:02 PM

nah dont worry about it, ive had that from time to time on the drugs. Sleep disturbances are common. What that is called is sleep paralysis. Everyone goes through that on the way to different levels of rem sleep. Unfortunately, you are noticing consciously a process you shouldnt be aware of. Its common and harmless, although scary.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html

Scott · 03-09-2004, 02:03 PM

http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html

03-09-2004, 01:52 PM	#1
spreeville Posts: n/a	Freaky withdrawal symptom I was wondering if anyone ever heard of this or experienced this themselves. I have one more week left with the withdrawal process (THANK GOD) but I'm having a problem. When I'm sleeping and in the process of waking up, I can't move. I'm conscious, but I cannot move any part of my body for a minute or so. I can usually start moving my feet first, then everything else will start to move eventually. It's like I'm frozen and I'm struggling to get out of it. I've only had this since withdrawing from Paxil. Is this anything to be concerned about?

03-09-2004, 02:02 PM	#2
Scott Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: somewhere in between Posts: 11,616	nah dont worry about it, ive had that from time to time on the drugs. Sleep disturbances are common. What that is called is sleep paralysis. Everyone goes through that on the way to different levels of rem sleep. Unfortunately, you are noticing consciously a process you shouldnt be aware of. Its common and harmless, although scary. http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html __________________ Scott aka Scott What has happened to it all? Crazy, some are saying Where is the life that I recognize? Gone away But I won't cry for yesterday There's an ordinary world Somehow I have to find And as I try to make my way To the ordinary world I will learn to survive surviving an ssri reaction alternative anxiety treatments

03-09-2004, 02:03 PM	#3
Scott Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: somewhere in between Posts: 11,616	http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html __________________ Scott aka Scott What has happened to it all? Crazy, some are saying Where is the life that I recognize? Gone away But I won't cry for yesterday There's an ordinary world Somehow I have to find And as I try to make my way To the ordinary world I will learn to survive surviving an ssri reaction alternative anxiety treatments

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