Weird Sleep Disturbances

[HopefulLady]

I am just wondering if anyone here has ever had this happen to them. Just shortly after you have drifted off to sleep you wake up with tachycardia and your body jolts or jerks really quick and you have that roller coster feeling your chest and stomach. It's a very scary feeling. Has anyone ever had this happen to them?

Also I find myself closer to my period sleeping hours at a time. It's hard for me to do much of anything because I am so exhausted from doing little or nothing. Just doing the dishes can be a chore. I always feel drained out especially right before and during my period it get's really bad I can sleep 14 hours a day easily.

[scarfgirl]

I stopped having periods because I was being run down for up to three weeks out of a month because of the stupid things. I really think menstruating monthly is abnormal, and an unnecessary risk/aggravation for people who already have health problems. I'd talk to your doctor about getting a prescription for the pill that won't include monthly periods. You can try the shots too, but those really messed me up.

As for the sleep disturbance thing, I have those too. They were really bad before diagnosis and treatment, but they still can be aggravating. They happen to me in that twilight phase, where you're not really quite asleep yet, but you've already tuned out your surroundings. Never looked into what causes them, but I suspect it's epinephrine or some other catecholamine going funky on me.

[HopefulLady]

I stopped having periods because I was being run down for up to three weeks out of a month because of the stupid things. I really think menstruating monthly is abnormal, and an unnecessary risk/aggravation for people who already have health problems. I'd talk to your doctor about getting a prescription for the pill that won't include monthly periods. You can try the shots too, but those really messed me up.

As for the sleep disturbance thing, I have those too. They were really bad before diagnosis and treatment, but they still can be aggravating. They happen to me in that twilight phase, where you're not really quite asleep yet, but you've already tuned out your surroundings. Never looked into what causes them, but I suspect it's epinephrine or some other catecholamine going funky on me.

Yes mine too!! I found being on the medication I don't really get them as much anymore. But when I wasn't on anything they were really bad. I just was curious if anyone else had them because they were super scary and you hit it on the nail it's right when your not really quite asleep and then you jump up like your body jerks and your heart is pounding like crazy. it's good to know someone else can relate.

As for the period thing I am going to check into that shot because it's really hard for me to do anything when my period comes I feel totally drained.

Thank You for your help!

[issie]

I think what happens when we do this is our BP drops. Our heart starts beating fast to bring it up and we jolt ourselves awake to get the BP up. Just a guess, but I think that's what happens to me.

[lieze]

I was able to get these to stop by sleeping with my head elevated. (Way up) Not sleeping on my left side which seemed to aggravate it and not eating 2 hours before bed.

Good luck I know how scary those episodes are.