This is a question for my girlfriend. I have filled out the information as though I were her. She is a 20 year old student under large amounts of stress. She recently completed her MCATS (20 days ago) which has been one significant source of this stress. It seems that for the last two years, while we'd either be lying down or watching a movie, she'd start convulsing, her eyes would close, and thirty seconds later she'd be still, and very tired. She consulted a doctor that told her to reduce her coffee intake (she was at approximatly 2 or 3 cups a day). She has since cut down to 1 cup a day. This evening, while were were lying down, her body seized up, and she explained that her entire body was in pain. She said that she felt as though her spine should not have been connected. She then felt very tired. I was just hoping if you could quickly tell me is this is just a side effect of too much stress and coffee, or possible something else?