Sleep Disorders Forum - Ear Sensations - pressure in my inner ears before sleep

Hi there

Sometimes I seem to have a strange sensation during a period that I'm "battling" to fall to sleep (it's a period of sleep where I am still conscious that I'm in bed and falling to sleep, but can't really draw a line between reality and thoughs (dreams) ). It's a sort of a half sleep.

Anyway, to get to the point.
Sometimes all of a sudden I seem to be feeling some kind of pressure in my inner ears, or ears, or head in general if you will.
It's like something is drilling inside my head, or some kind of fluid is in there, I don't know how to describe it. But it lasts for a short time and seems to increase for a second and two, then I kind of fight it and snap out of it, then it goes back for a second or two, then I fight it again and span out of it.
It feels like pressure building up and having a buzzing sensation inside my head, and for some reason (even though it's not really painful) I seem to
be determined to fight it every time, and I try to stay awake.
As soon as I start drifting away into sleep the pressure and buzzing is back, as if it is connected to loosing grasp of the reality of the room and bed (falling to real sleep).
The reason I fight it is because I get the feeling if the pressure and buzz increases my head is about to explode.

Now comes the interesting part.

I often have problems with ear grease building up which sometimes clogs up my ears so I have to go periodically to the doctor (maybe ever 3-4 months) to get my ears cleaned.
In recent time (past month) I've had this experience described above quite often, and it always feels like my ear drums are "drumming" , as if someone puts a finger in my ear and vibrates.

A few days ago I had my ears cleaned, and I could hear much better.
(a large amount of grease was removed)

This morning the experience happened again, and was quite different.
There was no drumming. It was "smooth", the buzz and the pressure feeling were increasing but there was no vibration.
And this time I seemed to "lose the battle" with the sensation and it went sort of "all the way", until I could feel an intense buzz in my head
and the whole thing sort of exploded and I could hear myself gasp for air
and wake up in an instant.
After that I was fully wake.

And I though. Since the experience of ear drumming changed with the physical properties of my ear (now its clean), what if this whole experience
has a physical component. And there is actually something going on in my hearing system, some kind of pressure buildup or whatever.

A few noteworthy things to add is that during these attacks, I tend to
shake (my whole body) as if having a seizure, and I feel physically trapped and paralyzed, and as the buzzing and pressure sensation progresses (within seconds) I seem to lose control of my body proportionally, and feel like my brain is collapsing into a black hole.

I'm pretty sure this is all standard sleep paralysis, but the reason I started
this thread is to see why is there a connection between by actual physical hearing system condition and the seizure sensation.
Is there something going on in the middle ear during these seizures
that actually makes air fluctuate in the hearing system (thus the change in sensation when my ears were unclogged)

thanks