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The almighty and trustworthy Wikipedia says: Medical treatment starts with education about sleep stages and the inability to move muscles during REM sleep. People should be evaluated for narcolepsy if symptoms persist. The safest treatment for sleep paralysis is for people to adopt healthier sleeping habits. However, in more serious cases tricyclic antidepressants or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) maybe used. Despite the fact that these treatments are prescribed there is currently no drug that has been found to completely interrupt episodes of sleep paralysis a majority of the time. Anecdotal reports indicate that wiggling fingers or toes upon awareness of the condition may enable the person to move again. Meditation-relaxation has been proposed for sleep paralysis. MR therapy is based on four steps the sleep paralysis experiencer applies during the attack: (1) reappraisal of the meaning of the attack; (2) psychological and emotional distancing; (3) inward focused-attention meditation; (4) Muscle relaxation. This hypothesis is based on preliminary case reports and randomized clinical trials are lacking.