I've had a very similar experience.
The worse was waking up, choking, with a daemonic figure lying atop me, hands around my neck. It took me about ten seconds before I could will one of my fingers into life, then my body woke up and it turned into dust and disappeared.

Clearly, this was half-dream, half-waking state. And not a fun one.

I had it regularly for about four or five years. But I was hitting the recreational drugs fairly hard (ecstasy, coke and stuff, never cannabis oddly). As soon as I stopped them, the sleep paralysis disappeared. Never had it since.

I can vouch for the momentary terror of waking up to see figures and creatures in the shadows of your bedroom, but I can also tell you that it feels wonderful to find out what was causing mine and cut it out forever.
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Sat 25 Jul 2009, 11:44, 1 reply)

That sounds like a succubus thingy
which is one thing I've managed to avoid so far! That would terrify the living shite out of me if that happened!
( baw__bag contains traces of nuts on, Sat 25 Jul 2009, 17:36, closed)

I did spend the rest of the night with a light on
Just in case. It wasn't fun. But I don't fear it, not now I know what it was that caused, or catalysed, it.

So, this succubus thing...does that count as sex? It never hurts to add one to your total...
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Sat 25 Jul 2009, 23:39, closed)