medication and sudden waking

i just started taking medication 4 weeks ago. since then i sometimes wake suddenly without warning. it happens in an instant. is it possible its a side effect somehow. its never happened before. (its not a falling dream. ive had those.) the last time it happened twice in the same night. i worry about it happening each night.

Like something giving you a shake? Not "shaking" but a single shake?

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I have that most nights. I've just gotten used to it. I definitely believe it is a side effect of one of the medications I'm on. Not sure which one.

What med did you start taking?

If you go back to sleep I would not worry about it.

Do you take Lamictal?

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No. It's either the Prozac or the Latuda that is causing. I started taking them at the same time. And then had to give me Ambien to sleep.

its like one very strong jolt.

im taking lexapro for anxiety.

That's normal. Unless you wake up like 10-20 times a night then its a problem and you would need a strong sleeping medication

I had the problem on Lamictal which is why I asked. I also had these visions of spiders on the ceiling. Not quite hallucinations. There's a diff name for it.

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I have the jolt thing in my sleep. The first time I actually hurt myself in that the jolt was so strong. It was not a serious hurt like breaking a leg. It was like my body tried to throw itself across the bed or like I kicked a soccer ball with a force I could not regularly muster and missed. Limbs hurting from the force if that makes sense. Actually thought I would have hurt someone if they were in the bed with me at that time.

Second time I jumped up, jerked hard like someone came behind me and really scared me. Limbs kicking in the air and jerking up to a sitting position. I have never had these things happen. I'm on Lexapro and lamictal. It's weird Pdoc said keep an eye to monitor the frequency and problems it may cause me.

manymiles that is exactly it.

I'm sure it's the meds. I had a brain zap wake me up once, another time I woke up my right arm was shaking like a seizure, usually I wake up and it felt like some one shook me, or tapped me.

I now sleep in another bed to my wife , she is fed up of getting kicked out of bed or smacked in the mouth with my med sleep disruption, other than thats no big deal