I haven't ever experienced sleep paralysis myself, so I have no direct experience with it, but I have read a lot about it, and I think I can answer your questions.
The symptoms of sleep paralysis vary, the only thing present in all cases is extreme difficulty in moving the body. Other common symptoms are a feeling of shaking, difficulty breathing, raise in heart rate, and hallucinations, usually nightmarish ones. However, each case is different, and they rarely show all of these symptoms, with some of them never showing at all in some people. Although they can be frightening if you don't know what's happening, none of the symptoms of sleep paralysis are harmful, and some of the people here actually find them exciting.
I don't think sleep paralysis usually leads into dreaming on it's own, especially since most people experiencing it usually try to resist it. However, people here have had success leading sleep paralysis into lucid dreaming. The most common method I've seen is to attempt to roll out of your body. When you can do that, it cuts off the link to your real senses present in the paralysis, allowing you to enter into a lucid dream.
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