Quote Originally Posted by Shift View Post
By definition, you will be always be 'stuck' in SP. The toe-wiggling and etc. may help, but... yea.

In a normal person, who does not suffer from sleep disorders or ISP, your sleep paralysis episode should not last more than a few minutes, with 8 minutes being at the extreme range. In people who suffer it as ISP, it can last a bit longer. People who have narcolepsy and other sleep disorders, as Paddy said, it can last over an hour. If you're just a random, normal person getting SP, it should not last for a very long time at all.
I'm a very regular sufferer of SP and I've had experiences which have lasted at least 20 minutes... whether or not this is due to some unknown sleep disorder I may have I dunno. But SP usually lasts a lot shorter than it feels and it's very possible to fall alseep during SP without even realising as you still may experience paralysis whilst in the dream.