The DU Lounge

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

8. Yes, like I'm falling and catch myself sometimes.

Reply to smirkymonkey (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2020, 08:48 PM

Apr 2020

Last edited Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:21 PM - Edit history (1)

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

72 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Does anyone ever experience "Hypnic Jerks" or "Myoclonic Jerks" when they are trying to fall asleep? [View all] smirkymonkey Apr 2020 OP

Once in awhile, but not often enough to be a bother. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #1

It comes and goes for me. smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #19

I'm not familiar with it, elleng Apr 2020 #2

Thank you! However I think that pertains to people who have it regularly, even during waking smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #12

Yes... Mike Nelson Apr 2020 #3

You're lucky. It maybe comes on a few times a year for me. smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #20

Fairly often, but then I have MS. LiberalLoner Apr 2020 #4

Once or twice a year zipplewrath Apr 2020 #5

Yes, that happens. The last few nights I have been very sleepy, nodding off before I meant to. smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #21

I loved that opening line. guillaumeb Apr 2020 #6

I have had that happen. Srkdqltr Apr 2020 #7

Yes, like I'm falling and catch myself sometimes. dewsgirl Apr 2020 #8

Do you find yourself feeling very anxious after it happens? smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #14

My friggin autocorrect it was supposed to say falling. dewsgirl Apr 2020 #18

I hate the falling part! Phentex Apr 2020 #27

Yes Dave in VA Apr 2020 #9

It feels like a very brief seizure. smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #23

Rarely...but what I did have many times in the past were the Eliot Rosewater Apr 2020 #10

I have had those too. Sleep paralysis. Where everything that is happening seems so real smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #24

With sleep paralysis, commonly it's a bit of a glitch between brain and body, you're chia Apr 2020 #28

That's happened to me-- thankfully rarely. I'll "see" bugs, snakes, or other things in the bed... TreasonousBastard Apr 2020 #38

When I'm extremely tired, yes jberryhill Apr 2020 #11

yes..they aren't pleasant.... dhill926 Apr 2020 #13

YES! cos dem Apr 2020 #15

I was doing great for a while. The stress of not having to get up and get ready to go into work smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #29

YES! cos dem Apr 2020 #16

Ever since I was a kid, maybe once every couple few weeks or so, yonder Apr 2020 #17

It's so disturbing, isn't it? smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #30

For me, there is that bit of shock of not knowing what just happened yonder Apr 2020 #33

I have them a couple times a week. Blue_playwright Apr 2020 #47

Yes but the incidents don't bother me except when I painfully bite my tongue wishstar Apr 2020 #22

That must have been painful. smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #31

I used to have them every night and my jaw would jerk along with the rest of my body oregonjen Apr 2020 #65

This message was self-deleted by its author chia Apr 2020 #25

I often experience this... Phentex Apr 2020 #26

I think that is called "exploding head syndrome". smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #34

It's a feature, not a bug... Phentex Apr 2020 #52

Yes, that can be a component of hypnagogia. Not one I've encountered myself though. chia Apr 2020 #37

Yes. Years ago I read about people who... Phentex Apr 2020 #53

I think it's different for everyone. smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #32

Oh yes, everyone's experience is their own, for sure. I don't have auditory accompanying the jerks, chia Apr 2020 #39

Yes, but not as much as I used to when younger Ferrets are Cool Apr 2020 #35

Yes. I often hit the headboard. I've offered to buy a helmet for my Lady Friend. Hoyt Apr 2020 #36

Never knew it had a name, but happens to me once in a while. After the initial shock... TreasonousBastard Apr 2020 #40

I think that because I am prone to anxiety, it is particularly upsetting to me. smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #41

Almost every night since I was in my 20s JCMach1 Apr 2020 #42

I get them often enough sdfernando Apr 2020 #43

Mine does not correlate with anxiety JCMach1 Apr 2020 #44

"It kicks like a sleep twitch" IcyPeas Apr 2020 #45

Yip, didn't know they are named. Frequently. Sometimes the whole arm or leg. UTUSN Apr 2020 #46

Nearly every night while I was in the Army, and later when I was in P.A. School. Aristus Apr 2020 #48

Don't know if this is the same. edbermac Apr 2020 #49

Oh, I had it so bad I couldn't sleep for weeks. I almost had to be hospitalized. Laffy Kat Apr 2020 #50

Yes, I think it's happened to me, as well Rhiannon12866 Apr 2020 #51

It definitely made me feel better to know that it was a "thing" and relatively smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #54

I Had Not RobinA Apr 2020 #55

Probably due to stress and anxiety. smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #56

Now That RobinA Apr 2020 #57

3 or 4 nights a week. Throckmorton Apr 2020 #58

How do you stand it? It is just torture for me. smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #59

I have grown use to them. Throckmorton Apr 2020 #60

I used to wake up with a jerk sometimes. Harker Apr 2020 #61

Heh, heh! smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #63

All the time. It's because of anxiety. New Breed Leader Apr 2020 #62

I'm sorry to hear that. Have you considered taking something for anxiety? smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #64

the prozac was for anxiety in addition to depression New Breed Leader Apr 2020 #66

Yes, both Hypnic Jerks and "Exploding Head Syndrome". See link. LuckyCharms Apr 2020 #67

I have had that happen too before, it's really shocking and scary! smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #68

All this time I thought they were just the DTs Major Nikon Apr 2020 #69

Yes. I have them frequently. sinkingfeeling Apr 2020 #70

I had quite a few of them in the first months after I broke my leg..... lastlib Apr 2020 #71

Thanks, lastlib. smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #72