Hi carlos_jacob,
Welcome to NeuroTalk.
I hope you talk to your doctor about what is happening and hopefully something can be adjusted or sorted out more easily so that you get more sound sleep. Maybe you're waking up during REM sleep when your muscles aren't working. REM sleep is also when we dream. Anyway, I hope you get something sorted out soon. I'll leave a couple of info. sites for you. Maybe it's medication related... as you mention having had this occur before going on the Zoloft and the Paxil. Maybe the dose needs adjusting by your doctor or something like that. Please do talk with your doctor about having these episodes of temporary paralysis.
http://www.sleepfoundation.org/site/...arasomnias.htm
Ask the Sleep Expert: Sleep and Parasomnias
http://postgradmed.com/issues/2000/03_00/schenck.htm
Parasomnias
Managing bizarre sleep-related behavior disorders
Carlos H. Schenck, MD; Mark W. Mahowald, MD
VOL 107 / NO 3 / MARCH 2000 / POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE
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In persons with these disorders, sleep and wakefulness are not mutually exclusive, because dissociated elements of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, non-REM sleep, and wakefulness can become admixed or rapidly oscillate to produce abnormal nocturnal twilight states with behavioral dyscontrol. Diagnosis is made on the basis of findings from the clinical interview and polysomnography (ie, physiologic monitoring of sleep). Treatment is successful in the majority of cases
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Types of parasomnias
Parasomnias can be classified according to whether the signs or symptoms are (1) primary phenomena of sleep itself or (2) secondary phenomena derived from various underlying disorders, with sleep facilitating such nocturnal manifestations as headaches, seizures, asthma, arrhythmias, and gastroesophageal reflux
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http://psychcentral.com/disorders/sleep/rem.htm
Sleep Disorders and REM sleep
http://psychcentral.com/disorders/sleep/tips.htm
Tips for A Good Night's Sleep