yet another thread by me......night tremors?

[msuder0583]

I seem to have I guess what could be considered night tremors. However, they have only happened to me for as long as I have had epilepsy. I have read that people are more likely to have night tremors while sleeping on their back and oddly enough when I have my night tremors about 7/10 times when I have them, I'm on my back. All i know is, they are freaky. You get incredibly scared, you hear things, you see things - yet you can't move. It's like a nightmare is coming to life and you have to force yourself out of the half-sleep that you're in. I have asked many people if they have these and they say no. Could this be epilepsy related or am I just getting a usual case of night tremors?

 

[Rae1889]

Sounds more like sleep paralysis. Where your body is still in sleep mode, or starting sleep mode while your brain is only half way there. Try taking melatonin before bed to help you ease into sleep.

 

[Mins]

I also think this is sleep paralysis like Rae said. I have also experienced these now and again - seems especially when i am finding it more difficult to get to sleep or too tired from over-exercising.

The last one i had was just as i was going to sleep, i had anxiety of having a seizure and these were my last thoughts before dozing off. About 5 mins later i had the thought of having a seizure on the floor, i remember being conscious of this and i was trying to move and shout so someone could hear me and help. Then i had the crazy thought like actor Danny Glover and would stop the seizure with my brain. Literally 5 seconds later i was awake, no tiredness & soreness, no headache or bitten tongue, no postictal period like my previous grandmals, it just felt like i had a nightmare. I was still in my bed (not on the floor like i thought) and realised it was sleep paralysis. Well i think it is anyway - i hope it is not another type of seizure.

Check up on sleep paralysis on the net and see if it fits your symptoms. The next time it happens to me i am going to think its sleep paralysis and i want to see if this will just make me at ease and subside the fear.

 

[msuder0583]

lol i don't know why in Hell i said night tremors. i knew it was called sleep paralysis. and thanks all for the replies. what i've actually tried doing before, because i knew i was in a sleep paralysis state:i know you can sometimes hallucinate(mainly frightening): i try to think of something that i'd like to see, but it never seems to work so i'm just stuck with my eyes open and only me left to moan. and that would make sense that your body is asleep (hence the lack of not being able to move) and the brain only being able to sleep (you can still keep your eyes open and hear, yet its almost a dream because you can see and hear things that would only be in a dream

 

[Jfpinell]

Sounds more like sleep paralysis. Where your body is still in sleep mode, or starting sleep mode while your brain is only half way there. Try taking melatonin before bed to help you ease into sleep.

Is that what causes a person to be suddenly startled awake in a huge twitch? ...How to better explain that.....On rare occasion, I'll get the dream and feeling like I'm falling. A split second before I hit the ground, it's like someone just jolted me with 20 amps.! My whole body has 1 huge twitch where it feels like almost every muscle in me gets it. (Am I making sense?) It always scares the heck out of me!

 

[msuder0583]

no. its when you are laying in bed. your body is asleep but your brain isn't, so you can still open your eyes and still sorta talk (but it comes out as more of a moan)

 

[Nakamova]

Is that what causes a person to be suddenly startled awake in a huge twitch?

When you're startled awake in a huge twitch it can be what's called a "hypnic jerk." Maybe that's what you're thinking of. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnic_jerk