On Monday this week I kept having sleep starts where I was jolting awake as I was nodding off. For the first three nights this happened for about 3 or 4 hours until I’d finally fall asleep. But since then it’s got worse, I’ve now started twitching all over my body. I don’t startle awake with a jolt as much, it’s more just my leg or head or arm will twitch and pull me back out of sleep.
It’s causing me anxiety which I can only assume is making it worse. I have tried all of the sleep hygiene stuff, meditation, listening to sleep stories before bed, taking magnesium etc and I feel so calm and relaxed when I get into bed that I start to nod off within 5 or 10 minutes, only to immediately be awakened by a jerk or twitch. Last night I hardly slept at all and I’m now fearing that I can’t get out of this cycle.
I went to the doctors already, on Friday but he just waved me off and said it’ll pass. He did give me some zopiclone but I feel that maybe it’s anti anxiety meds that I need. However it’s common do SSRIs to actually make hypnic jerks worse! Ahh! Anyone who has this for a week or more, how did you resolve it please?