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Twitching While Falling Asleep. In some people myoclonus occurs as a lone symptom with no underlying cause. This is known as essential myoclonus. Theyre strong sudden and brief contractions of the body that occur just as youre falling asleep. Sleep myoclonus is a form of myoclonus which occurs during sleep usually in the stage just before deep sleep.
Hypnagogic jerks are also commonly known as hypnic jerks or sleep starts. Twitching or Jerking is an involuntary sudden movement of the body which can occur at anytime including when an individual is asleep. Myoclonic jerks occur in healthy people and are experienced occasionally by everyone. While falling asleep a sleeper may pass through 4 stages. The word hypnagogic describes the time immediately before you fall asleep while hypnopompic would be when you wake up. A hypnic jerk hypnagogic jerk sleep start sleep twitch myoclonic jerk or night start is a brief and sudden involuntary contraction of the muscles of the body which occurs when a person is beginning to fall asleep often causing the person to jump and awaken suddenly for a moment.
It describes a medical sign and generally is not a diagnosis of a disease.
He might also probably be suffering from stress and anxiety which can also be a trigger factor. These movements do not wake you or your sleep partner. However when they appear with more persiste. The muscle spasms may occur spontaneously or may be induced by sound light or other external stimuli. These forms of myoclonus occur in healthy people and rarely present a problem. It describes a medical sign and generally is not a diagnosis of a disease.