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  • 29-09-2008 12:50am
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    ergonomics
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    Hi all. I was going to post this on the 'Restless Legs' Thread but my problem is slightly different.

    When I'm falling asleep my legs and arms twitch. I know a lot of people do this but I do it bad. I keep my boyfriend and myself awake and have even punched myself in the face as I fell asleep! As I'm falling asleep I get this strange sensation in my knee, normally my right one. It's like the sensation before you get pins and needles, a really heavy, dead feeling. I know when I feel that I'm going to start twitching and I have to move about, so I toss and turn until I fall asleep.

    Now it's not a huge problem really but over the past few years I've been tired all the time. I'm still in college so I thought that the college lifestyle might be getting to me but no matter what I tried it didn't work. Diet or exercise changes have had no impact. I have also had tests in the doctor's for every disease going but came up clear. During an average night's sleep I will wake up briefly pretty much once every hour. I'm now wondering if I continue twitching through the night and this is waking me up, and making me tired as in the last say, 8 years I have very rarely slept an entire night through. Previously I had thought I only did it upon falling asleep.

    Does anyone else suffer from this and do you have any tips? From looking on wikipedia I've discovered the name for the twitch is a myoclonic jerk, and is related to hiccups which I get every single day without fail. I also discovered a sleep disorder called Periodic Limb Disorder, which can be treated with medicine. Would it be worth seeing a doctor to see if I have a diagnosable sleep disorder to see if my sleeping improves or is it something that I should just put up with? Wikipedia (and I don't mean to rely on it or self-diagnose) does say that night twitching gets worse with age and it definitely seems to be getting worse every year.


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    TheZohanS
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    Have you spoken to your GP about sleep apnea?

    Do you snore?


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    ergonomics
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    TheZohan wrote: »
    Have you spoken to your GP about sleep apnea?

    Do you snore?

    Completely forgot I posted here. I don't snore. Used to as a child but not anymore. Sleep apnea is where people stop breathing as they sleep isn't it? I don't think how that would affect me as I know I am twitching and I feel my arms and legs moving. That's my only issue.


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    pullandbang
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    ergonomics wrote: »
    Periodic Limb Disorder, which can be treated with medicine. Would it be worth seeing a doctor to see if I have a diagnosable sleep disorder to see if my sleeping improves or is it something that I should just put up with? Wikipedia (and I don't mean to rely on it or self-diagnose) does say that night twitching gets worse with age and it definitely seems to be getting worse every year.

    I'm not a doctor but I wouldn't worry too much aout it. I think evryone does it..

    I'm 40+ and I twitch now and then and it doesn't bother anyone.


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