Do you ever get "little twitches" before you got to sleep?!


Question: It sort of feels like when you relax, and just before you fall asleep, your muscles seem to twitch on the own:) FEELS GREAT TOO:)))

I'd love to have that happen more often than it does.


Answers: It sort of feels like when you relax, and just before you fall asleep, your muscles seem to twitch on the own:) FEELS GREAT TOO:)))

I'd love to have that happen more often than it does.

It's called Myoclonus and unfortunately you can't control it - it's genetic as to whether it happens to you.

"The myoclonic twitches or jerks are usually caused by sudden muscle contractions; they also can result from brief lapses of contraction. Contractions are called positive myoclonus; relaxations are called negative myoclonus. The most common time for people to encounter them is while falling asleep (hypnic jerk), but myoclonic jerks are also a sign of a number of neurological disorders. Hiccups are also a kind of myoclonic jerk specifically affecting the diaphragm.

Yes haha ive had them,Think its your muscles relaxing, i like it too,

Yep, I thought it was the electrical impulses in my body relaxing.

i once heard that myclonic jerks are a factor of when we used to live and sleep in trees, you jerk awake as you fall into a deep sleep to remind you to hold on to a tree branch as you sleep. Haha! It might be a load of rubbish but I think its quite an interesting idea





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