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Jan 11, 2016 at 03:55 AM
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I do just as I'm falling asleep.
Usually it's a terribly big jolt through my whole body and it wakes me up. The more anxious I am the more I twitch. |
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Magnate
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Jan 11, 2016 at 04:01 AM
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Me too! It's like an electrical current.
Sometimes I kick with one leg. But I've always done it even before I started taking meds. __________________  Bipolar 1Day Vraylar 3 mg. Wellbutrin 150 Night meds Temazepam 30 mg or lorazepam Hasn't helped yet. From sunny California! |
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Jan 11, 2016 at 09:23 AM
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I do this frequently
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Jan 11, 2016 at 12:47 PM
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I read somewhere it's like your brain hitting the off switch to your body. I get it almost every night and it's more noticeable if I'm having trouble getting to sleep.
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Jan 12, 2016 at 08:50 AM
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Yes it's perfectly normal. As you are getting sleepier or falling asleep, your brain waves are switching modes and in doing so it ejects spontaneous action potentials causing muscle twitches.
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Grand Poohbah
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Jan 12, 2016 at 01:38 PM
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Yes, I twitch, sometimes a mighty jolt - unrelated to anxiety or anything else as far as i can tell. Here is what the beeb has to say: BBC - Future - Why your body jerks before you fall asleep
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Grand Poohbah
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Jan 12, 2016 at 01:39 PM
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Me too - beeb says this: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/2012...sleep-shudders
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Jan 13, 2016 at 02:34 PM
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Happens to me all the time.
Usually accompanied with strange thoughts that frighten me. I haven't slept in 3 days because of this |
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