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Do you twitch/jerk while you sleep?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Omer, Jun 7, 2009.

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Do you twitch/jerk when you sleep?

  1. Yes

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  2. No

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  1. Omer

    Omer Member

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    I've been told here and there that I often (but not always) twitch/jerk when I sleep.

    I did some research online and it seems that the cause of this is either being excessively tired or falling asleep when your mind feels you have a responsibility to be awake. There are some other hypotheses but nothing is certain.

    The medical term for this condition is hypnagogic myoclonus or a hypnic jerk.

    Share your twitching experiences and insight.
     
    #1 Omer, Jun 7, 2009
  2. Kam

    Kam Member

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    can't really tell if i do or not when i sleep.
     
    #2 Kam, Jun 7, 2009
  3. Dairy Ashford

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    I don't jerk while I sleep, but I usually have to right before (ba-dum bum).
     
    #3 Dairy Ashford, Jun 7, 2009
  4. Tom Bombadillo

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    *snicker*. I jerk while I sleep.*snicker*
     
    #4 Tom Bombadillo, Jun 7, 2009
  5. Royals Ego

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    my comforter is ALWAYS flipped inside out when i wake up...
     
    #5 Royals Ego, Jun 7, 2009
  6. finalsbound

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    I don't know if I do, but moestavern19 does it every night. It's usually about 5-10 minutes after we turn away from each other and begin to fall asleep...his arms and legs jerk/twitch for a few minutes, sometimes so forcefully that it wakes him up.
     
    #6 finalsbound, Jun 7, 2009
  7. WillG

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    Nah i jerk before i sleep :p
     
    #7 WillG, Jun 7, 2009
  8. Christopher

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    Ive been jerked in my sleep.
     
    #8 Christopher, Jun 7, 2009
  9. moestavern19

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    You're a twitcher as well.

    And a moaner.
     
    #9 moestavern19, Jun 7, 2009
  10. macalu

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    i twitch all the time. sometimes i even do it on purpose to freak out my g/f. one time, she was calling me to wake up from twitching and i held my breath pretending i was dead. that wasn't funny...to her. i know, i'm cruel.
     
    #10 macalu, Jun 7, 2009
  11. Mike Hunt

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    whenever i jerk unconsciously during my sleeep, always get nocturnal emmission
     
    #11 Mike Hunt, Jun 7, 2009
  12. finalsbound

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    Moaner? You mean when I'm asleep?

    That would make sense.
     
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  13. Ubiquitin

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    #13 Ubiquitin, Jun 7, 2009
  14. The Real Shady

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    Damn. lol.
     
    #14 The Real Shady, Jun 7, 2009
  15. moestavern19

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    This is why I jerk before I sleep.

    :(
     
    #15 moestavern19, Jun 7, 2009
  16. Ubiquitin

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    #16 Ubiquitin, Jun 7, 2009
  17. Harrisment

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    I twitch pretty often right before I fall asleep. I read up on it in the past, apparently it's pretty common.
     
    #17 Harrisment, Jun 7, 2009
  18. Ubiquitin

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    You know what always gets me? When you're in that state of semi-sleeping before full sleep, and you dream that you fall in a hole and jerk awake.
     
    #18 Ubiquitin, Jun 7, 2009
  19. Mr. Brightside

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    Does anyone fall into a dream state while they are half awake? It happens to me often. I'll be dreaming of something while going to sleep and then remember I need to turn the lights off, etc...I never really asked anyone else though it it happens to them.
     
    #19 Mr. Brightside, Jun 8, 2009
  20. baller4life315

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    This happened to me in class last week. My Mondays consist of waking up at 6:30, class from 8-12:30, night class 6-9:30. Needless to say, by the time that 6-9:30 class rolls around i'm running on fumes. So I caught myself dozing off in the middle of a lecture then all of a sudden my leg twitched which I guess scared/jolted the rest of my body, I loudly hit my foot off the bottom of the desk and jerked my body up all in one motion. Everybody looked at me like I was crazy.
     
    #20 baller4life315, Jun 8, 2009
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