I am curious to know if others with sleep apnea also frequently experience sleep paralysis sp i have experienced it all of my life and since my earliest childhood memories. Unfortunately sleep paralysis can be accompanied by frightening hallucinations during sleep whereby due to the paralysis and physical experiences which could be a forceful current running through the upper body the person is left physically unable to react. True Stuff Sleep Paralysis Is No Joke If You Ve Ever Been Jackie i get both these disturbances and both scare me whe i get sleep apnea i wake up in a panic i feel slick and sometimes need to gasp breaths sleep paralysis and apnea seem to come in phases i can go weeks months without either but then i will get apnea more than sleep paralysis. Sleep apnea vs sleep paralysis . It occurs when the features of rapid eye movement rem sleep intrude into wakefulness leading to muscles that are unable to move impaired breathing and features of vivid dreams like fear. Fo...