Does anyone else have 'explosions in the head' when dropping off to sleep
Question:
I have started having ‘explosions’ in the head when dropping off to sleep. It feels like a gun has fired in my head and I physically jerk around. It is very frightening. I did see in some menopause discussion, mention of this phenomena. Anyone else out there know what this is? and if it is connected with the menopause? Thanks, Jan
Response:
I have a similar experience. I get, every now and then, a sudden loud noise in my head just while drifting off that jerks me awake. I guess you can call it an explosion. It’s in my ears, loud. I never linked it to meno since I’ve experienced this since my 20’s. I wonder what causes it? It doesn’t happen often, very rarely actually, and no pattern I can discern. Gina Marie "Janev" <newc…@syd.comcen.com.au> wrote in message
news:7houltgjphcdfqk357n5s6sbbgbcjs5807@4ax.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I have started having ‘explosions’ in the head when dropping off to > sleep. It feels like a gun has fired in my head and I physically jerk > around. It is very frightening. I did see in some menopause > discussion, mention of this phenomena. Anyone else out there know > what this is? and if it is connected with the menopause? > Thanks, Jan
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It has a name – it’s called a "sleep start" or "hypnic movement" and is a common sleep disorder that happens in that halfway state between waking and sleeping. Although they can be frightening and pretty damn annoying, they are normally considered to be relatively harmless. Here are a couple of urls with a bit more information: http://www.natsleep.com//resourses/res7f.htm http://www.evms.edu/sleep/disorders-parasomnias.html http://www.discovery.com/area/skinnyon/skinnyon971114/skinnyon.html I get them every now and then, too – but I have for as long as I can remember. Mine are usually accompanied by a sensation of falling. Jan, If yours started suddenly and are occuring frequently, you might want to discuss it with your doctor. FurPaw – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Gina wrote: > I have a similar experience. I get, every now and then, a sudden loud noise > in my head just while drifting off that jerks me awake. I guess you can > call it an explosion. It’s in my ears, loud. I never linked it to meno > since I’ve experienced this since my 20’s. I wonder what causes it? > It doesn’t happen often, very rarely actually, and no pattern I can discern. > Gina Marie > "Janev" <newc…@syd.comcen.com.au> wrote in message > news:7houltgjphcdfqk357n5s6sbbgbcjs5807@4ax.com… > > I have started having ‘explosions’ in the head when dropping off to > > sleep. It feels like a gun has fired in my head and I physically jerk > > around. It is very frightening. I did see in some menopause > > discussion, mention of this phenomena. Anyone else out there know > > what this is? and if it is connected with the menopause? > > Thanks, Jan
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>From: Janev newc…@syd.comcen.com.au >Date: 7/25/01 5:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time >I have started having ‘explosions’ in the head when dropping off to >sleep. It feels like a gun has fired in my head and I physically jerk >around. It is very frightening. I did see in some menopause >discussion, mention of this phenomena. Anyone else out there know >what this is? and if it is connected with the menopause? >Thanks, Jan
Yup. Have had those. Often accompanies a dream where I’m falling. Sharon…I live in Another Dimension, but I have a summer home in Reality
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Furpaw writes, >It has a name – it’s called a "sleep start" or "hypnic movement" and is >a common sleep disorder that happens in that halfway state between >waking and sleeping. Although they can be frightening and pretty damn >annoying, they are normally considered to be relatively harmless.
Thanks Furpaw! I never told anyone about them, I thought it was a personal *weird* thing. But this makes sense. I was diagnosied with sleep disorder about 2 years ago. I always had bad sleeping patterns. I would only sleep for one hour intervals then wake. I never thought it a problem since I usually feel right back to sleep but when I started peri, I told my doc about it, (since it was getting worse) and he told me that it wasn’t good *sleep*. He said you need a good 3-4 hours straight sleep in order to reach rem sleep. (or something like that) It was one of the reasons I was put on Klonopin at night, to help me sleep. Great information here, thanks again. Gina Marie
