Hi I'm new.... Anxiety, nervousness

[Ktmman]

Hi all,

I've only just joined today... Umm... I'm in my 50's and it started I suppose back in 2014, started what is called a Hyptic Jerk whilst trying to get to sleep... I was and had been going through some health issues, but this Night Jerk lasted all night and in the next.. Long story cut short... Had a Sleep check done... found my poor mind was waking every 58 sec through the night. So... after all that time I have been on Depression and Anxiety medication.. it was working and although my sleep was not great the night jolts and jerks dropped off.. not all but better...

If I could only stop the night jerks and jolts I'm sure my anxiety would go... but it's feeds on the sleep problems..

I stopped my meds last year, thinking that all was good.. I lasted until Xmas 2016 and the feeling of nervousness and anxiety returned.. So.. I started back on the meds... still early days and still feeling very jumpy and jittery.. and the night jerks continue...

Thanks for listening all.. I do hope you all get well.

Cheers.

[phil1967]

ktmman your not alone ,I to have the same problem but you know its only scary right ? and it wont hurt you cause your been having then a long time and still every morning you wake up alive ,you will find that you think about it as you try to go to sleep and so you have them and more so when you are over tied am I right ? so you wait till you are so tied that you can no longer stay awake then you fall asleep ,I know that feeling all so well but what has helped me is knowing that they wont harm me and identifying what they are ,they are caused by being scared of them ,an emotion ,so do what I do when they bother me ,get mad at them and say get lost ( but in words I don't want to type here if you know what I mean lol ) and they will go ,dosent work every time strait away but it ill work cause your showing your not scared of them any more ,it might sound strange but it also wont hurt to try ,I hope for you it will work as it has for me in the past

[SashD]

Hi Ktmman,

I see you made this post in 2017 and I sincerely hope that your hypnic jerks have subsided or are completely gone.

I can sympathise with you, hypnic jerks are demoralising, stressful and really disturbing.

I’m experiencing them currently,.

I would appreciate any advice you can offer.
thank you!