Published on 12, July, 2020
So I was just looking for advice and to see if anyone knows anything about this. I keep getting involuntary movements and spasms when lying in bed trying to sleep. When I’m lying down my whole body will jerk like a shot of electricity has gone through it. I’m also very jumpy and get startled easily. Don’t know if it’s anxiety but I’m on antidepressants and they don’t stop it. So I was maybe thinking it’s a physical problem. Interestingly when I consume alcohol it goes away for a while.
thanks I would really appreciate that. What I outlined is the only thing that worked for me.
Thanks for advice I’ll post any updates on here anyway if there are any to be made.
This is easily remedied with a "B stress complex" tablet and some Cal/ Mag/Zinc 10 minutes before bedtime. This is a tried and true method. And cheap to try. Again,take about 10 minutes before lying down for the night.
It is a your nervous system trying to "off gas" as it were with out enough Vitamin B "regulators" in your system.
Do you drink coffee? If so, quit for the day at least 6 hours before you bed down. Coffee uses up ALL the reserves of Vitamin B (all of the strains) with just one cup. It needs replenishing. As a matter of fact, you can take a B stress tablet right after finishing the coffee to great effect as well. Do both.
Also, eat more greens!
Good luck
If it happens as you are falling asleep it is probably a hypnic jerk. It is postulated that the sensation of falling asleep is mistaken for the sensation of physically falling, hence the reaction in the form of a spasm of the skeletal muscles.