Anonymous
02/15/2014 10:27
Subject: Re:Jerk awake minutes after falling asleep
Apnea?
Anonymous
02/15/2014 10:11
Subject: Jerk awake minutes after falling asleep
perfectly normal. I think it's called myonic jerk or something.
Anonymous
02/15/2014 10:02
Subject: Jerk awake minutes after falling asleep
Hypnick jerk and it was explained to me by a neurologist that it's the brain's shift from non-REM into REM. Mine do have the "falling" down a stair component. That way I always know I'm "falling" asleep when that happens. It's very normal, although there is also this for you to explore. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_limb_movement_disorder
Anonymous
02/15/2014 09:54
Subject: Jerk awake minutes after falling asleep
I get his but often just body parts not whole body. I find it's exacerbated by being overtired etc
Anonymous
02/15/2014 09:01
Subject: Jerk awake minutes after falling asleep
That's why they call it "falling" asleep.
Anonymous
02/15/2014 08:01
Subject: Jerk awake minutes after falling asleep
I've done it my whole life. Never correlated it with stress or anything. I just figured it's one of those dumb things that bodies do sometimes.
Anonymous
02/15/2014 07:12
Subject: Jerk awake minutes after falling asleep
Anonymous
02/14/2014 23:36
Subject: Jerk awake minutes after falling asleep
Restless leg syndrome
Anonymous
02/14/2014 23:33
Subject: Jerk awake minutes after falling asleep
It's so you don't fall out of the tree, OP.
Anonymous
02/14/2014 23:20
Subject: Jerk awake minutes after falling asleep
Anonymous wrote:Sorta like a whole-body muscle twitch/spasm, right?
DH does this every once in awhile and it annoys me (he sleeps right through it). I think it has something to do with your muscles relaxing and constrict/contract a bit in doing so.
You're annoyed by it? You know it's involuntary right?
Anonymous
02/14/2014 23:03
Subject: Jerk awake minutes after falling asleep
I do this almost every night and have for a long time. No idea why.
Anonymous
02/14/2014 22:38
Subject: Jerk awake minutes after falling asleep
OP here. Interesting. I did a goofle search and it is quite common, but I've never experienced it like this.
I read that it can be exacerbated by stress or anxiety, and I'm definitely more wound-up than usual so I get that has something to do with it.
I read that it can be exacerbated by stress or anxiety, and I'm definitely more wound-up than usual so I get that has something to do with it.
Anonymous
02/14/2014 22:30
Subject: Jerk awake minutes after falling asleep
It happens to me almost every night and always has. Same for DH. Hell, same for my dog even.
Anonymous
02/14/2014 22:25
Subject: Jerk awake minutes after falling asleep
Sorta like a whole-body muscle twitch/spasm, right?
DH does this every once in awhile and it annoys me (he sleeps right through it). I think it has something to do with your muscles relaxing and constrict/contract a bit in doing so.
DH does this every once in awhile and it annoys me (he sleeps right through it). I think it has something to do with your muscles relaxing and constrict/contract a bit in doing so.
Anonymous
02/14/2014 22:17
Subject: Jerk awake minutes after falling asleep
For the past week or so, maybe more, I've been falling asleep and then moments (or minutes?) later I kind of jerk awake, almost startled.
There is no noise, it is always quiet and peaceful in the house do I can't figure out why this is happening.
I think I've experienced this before, but it's been once in a blue moon rather than every single night!
Anyone else go through this? Once awake it takes me a little while to fall back asleep, and then I'm fine the rest if the night and sleep through.
There is no noise, it is always quiet and peaceful in the house do I can't figure out why this is happening.
I think I've experienced this before, but it's been once in a blue moon rather than every single night!
Anyone else go through this? Once awake it takes me a little while to fall back asleep, and then I'm fine the rest if the night and sleep through.