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I'm a 20 years old female,
Whenever I tilt my head backwards,I fall asleep, it feels like i loose my consciousness, lately I started to feel a tornado in the base of my skull whenever I lean my head on anything, be it a sofa, wall or even if a press on it with my palm.
the last two months, I started to open my eyes with great difficulty after I wake up from this strange sleep, and have eye tremors with headache that affects my ears for like an hour or more after I wake up.
I have sleep paralysis for almost 6 years now, but it wasn't very frequent until two months ago. and I've daily 7-8 hours of sleep. I've these symptoms regardless how many hours I slept, and it started affecting my study......I just can't stay awake enough to study.
If it might help, I'm 172 cm long and 85 kg weight

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Without an examination it is impossible to help you unfortunately! So I must recommend you to let a doctor check you! Preferably a neurologist! Good luck!



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