For anyone who’s unsure of what they are they are also known as sleep starts; they are basically involuntary muscle contractions that basically shock you into being awake as you are about to drift off into sleep, believed to be an evolutionary defence from falling when we used to sleep high up. According to studies everybody experiences them every now and again but some people experience them more frequently and severely than others. There is no definite known cause but it’s believed to be linked to anxiety, stress, alcohol and weed use etc. Now I don’t feel particularly stressed at the moment, I’ve been working out again and although I still drink more than I should I have vastly reduced my alcohol consumption so I am unsure what’s causing them. The problem is they are happening so frequently it’s interrupting my sleep and they are becoming so intense I almost fall out of bed and it shakes the bed so much it keeps waking my girlfriend up if we are hugging or w/e… I’m going to go to my doctor about them but does anyone have any experience with this? It’s getting to the point I don’t wanna drift off to sleep as I don’t want to wake her up so I’m not getting a good nights sleep when we are together

Probably just anxiety holmes. Maybe some withdrawal from the alcohol too. Anxiety can be hidden DEEP inside your psyche.

I had these quitting setraline cold turkey

theres probably a demon under ur bed

Yea, a couple years ago I had them bad when I was switching SSRIs. Every time I was about to fall asleep I’d get one like an electrical shock from my chest. Couldn’t sleep for a couple days. I read that worrying and anticipating the next jerk made it worse. I think knowing that helped me some

Hypnic what

I experience this, just not very often. The weirdest feeling is knowing how much you’ve shaken the bed when you were just asleep. I can’t imagine it being frequent enough to interfere with my sleep though, I hope you find a solid solution op

i have them here and there
what helped was white noise machine and rainfall sounds

i did this a lot yesterday when i tried sleeping in the library . i didnt even realize it until i heard a bang from hitting the table when twitching

ever since i started lexapro years ago i always get them and i been of it for a long time now and i still have them i think its permanent now

Dycknic WHOS

Oh I've gotten these before. It only started after my work induced depression at a real estate company. I could actually could control these as a method of stress relief.

So like if I had a stressful day, I would just lay in bed and shake like crazy to release all the tension in my body. It would happen as I relaxed to sleep.

Now nearly 7 months after leaving, I have them once in a while. I can still do them on cue, but they're like minimal as a normal person should have them. I think they should go away after a year away from that time my life.

Literally, stress is the biggest factor and you should address what is killing you like that.

@op Shock like a painful feeling or like your body just shakes?

Very rarely, but yeah I've experienced that before.

More like an involuntary convulsion. They aren’t painful they can just be very sudden and take me by surprise. I mean I’m averaging working like 38-40 hours a week whilst writing 2 research papers which I’m not getting paid for as part of my intermission between my masters and potential PhD’s as a result of my masters research, also trying to find time to see my girl and go to the gym, maybe it’s just lack of headspace and free time. I just don’t want there to be a more sinister underlying physical issue.

Thanks bro

Yeah read up what I said above. I turned it into something I could use to cope

I get them sometimes.

gizmodo.com/why-does-falling-asleep-sometimes-feel-like-falling-dow-5895375

Overall I think it's accepted that it's not a symptom of anything or something bad, it just happens. You're prob more likely to get them if you're very tired.

Have gotten it the night after a night of drinking where I stayed up too late