Lemons2lemonade Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 The last couple of weeks i have been waking up startled and feeling faint. When i wake up my arms or legs are "asleep" with the pins and needles feeling. Last night i woke up and my hand was locked up, like i couldn't move it-- and it was asleep. Has this ever happened to anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katybug Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Hi Lemons,Yes...you might want to search for the thread called "Limbs falling asleep?" on this forum. We had a quite a lengthy conversation about the pins and needles, numbness, uselessness of our limbs at times. I also wake up with a start and feeling weird quite often...happened for 3 hours last night...fall asleep, wake up with a start, fall asleep, do it all over again. My guess is the adrenaline surges but I can't swear to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelika_23 Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 Are you getting too warm at night? I know if I get too hot while I sleep it can cause all sorts of freaky things to happen.Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemons2lemonade Posted December 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 yeah, i understand the "asleep" feeling, i've had it before, but completely paralyzed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 Hi. I have ME/CFS, autonomic neuropathy and suspected POTS. My sleep has become more weird as the years go by! I have had sleep paralysis for a number of years, but when the autonomic neuropathy kicked off four years ago I experienced strange pins and needles/burning limbs/freezing and numbness. I was also biting lumps out of my tongue and having night jerking sensations, where my fingers and limbs would move involuntarily. The medications; Gabapentin and Nortriptyline have helped with nerve pain and sleep, but I also got a really flat pillow, to stop the tongue-biting and made sure I had a really good mattress to ease pain. The main help is to totally relax before sleep, as I often have vivid nightmarish dreams which I wake up from. They make me sweat and make my abdominal muscles clench up and shock me into waking suddenly. I have noticed the more stressed and tense I am the worse they are, so the trick is to do meditation and to really relax before sleeping. It does work and the jerks subsided as the fear left me. A good mind/body balance works wonders. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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