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juneamy
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Wake Up to Body Shaking Badly
Posted: 11-23-04 17:50pm
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Every morning when I wake up my entire
body (head, neck, arms, legs) shakes for a
few moments or so. My husband wakes me up
in the mornings and says it looks like I
am having a seziure. I am alert and aware
of the shaking but unable to controll it.
I have done this for a little over a year
but it does seem to be getting worse. I
shake occasionally during the day in the
hands and legs sometimes mostly due to
anxiety. I have bi polar disorder and
panic disoder and have taken several
medications over the last year or so in
treatment, none having any effect on the
shaking. Anyone else have this? 
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darksky
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Posted: 11-25-04 06:51am
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I think we have the same thing. My wife
will wake me up at night saying that i'm
shaking in my sleep. Like a seizure or
something - but I know its not a seizure
because all she has to do is touch me or
call my name and I wake up. During the
day I know I don't have a tremor or shake
in my hands unless I get around alot of
people.
Have you had any injuries to your head?
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darksky
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Posted: 11-25-04 06:52am
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Btw, I would think your medication might
have something to do with what's
happening. I don't currently take any
medication for anything and I shake.
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juneamy
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Shaking During Sleep
Posted: 11-28-04 08:40am
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I dont think my medications have anything
to do with it. I have been on several
different ones over the last year or so
and the shaking has never been affected.
My psychiatrist told me that the meds I
currently take should not cause any
shaking, and that I should see my primary
doctor. He has me scheduled for a brain
ct, and a possible refferral to a
neurologist. Have you broght this up with
your doctor? The only reason I am
concerned really is because it seems to be
getting worse. How long have you done
this? I shook so badly the other nght I
woke up my husband who is a very heavy
sleeper, and this time I was not even
aware that I was shaking.
Juneamy
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juneamy
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Shaking
Posted: 11-28-04 08:42am
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No I have had no head injury. 
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darksky
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Posted: 11-29-04 06:55am
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After some extensive research I think the
word for this experience is "myoclonic
jerking" or myoclonus
http://www.Ninds.Nih.Gov/disorders/myocl
onus/detail_myoclonus.Htm
there are many things that could alter the
way your medications affect your body -
most especially changes in diet. You
might also be developing a resistance to
the meds (?) a ct scan is always a good
idea though and it will put to rest many
worries if it comes back ok. I will pray
for you that it does. I started shaking
at night (randomly - seems like more when
i'm tired or sick) after I had some sort
of physical side affect from mixing some
medication. I don't ever notice that i'm
shaking or jerking as my wife says until
she wakes me up and then I feel like i'm a
little shaken up.
I'm pretty sure though that you're
experiencing the same thing as it cannot
be a true nocturnal seizure you're having.
I assume it's easy enough to wake up when
its happening and you know where you are
right?
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juneamy
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Shaking Upon Waking-ct Results
Posted: 12-01-04 08:46am
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Yeah I am aware of my surroundings and
dont feel disorientated at all afterward.
It seems to happen mainly during the
period between wakefullness and deep
sleep. Although, it has occured in dead
sleep before, and I do have tremor in my
arms and legs during the day, and internal
tremor sometimes. My brain ct came back
with some irregular reading on it and I am
now scheduled for an mri tomorrow. Whiich
has me a little concerned, even though I
realize that routine follow up after a ct
is fairly common. I wonder though, if
some sort of sleep study at a sleep center
isnt the next reasonable step, as it seems
to mainly occur upon waking up. The
research I have done really seems to say
this occuranc is fairly common and
harmless, but with increasing severity
like I have been experiencing, it is
really becoming troublesome. I wake
approximatly 3-6 times per morning
starting at about 4 am, shaking, untill I
finally get up at about 6 a.M. So it is
deffinetly disturbing my sleep.
Gggggggggrrrr........I just want some
answers in stone, ya kinow?
Juneamy
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darksky
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Posted: 12-02-04 08:44am
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Yep, its the same thing. I know my wife
has woken me like a few minutes after i've
fallen asleep. I can't recall if i've
ever done it before waking up but
sometimes in the morning I kinda feel like
i've been shaken up, you know?
Now that I think about it I do have a
minor tremor in my hands during the day.I
can get pretty anxious sometimes though.
Hmm. I know how you feel though and i'm
glad you're getting things checked out
now. It will put many things at
ease...Please keep me updated ok?
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juneamy
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Mri Results
Posted: 12-03-04 08:47am
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My mri came back fine. No problems thank
god for that anyway.
But now where do I go from here? Lol try
to learn to live with it I guess, and be
watchfull for more symptoms to show
themselves.
Juneamy
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darksky
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Posted: 12-04-04 08:30am
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Great! :] I know that will make you feel
better. I hope you have no more symptoms
and life will be happy cuz I will be
praying for you.
Brad
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juneamy
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Posted: 12-04-04 16:37pm
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Thanks brad. You take care, its been nice
chatting with you.
Juneamy
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sandyallen
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Posted: 12-04-04 17:28pm
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Have you checked out e.M.D.R.? It could
be something that happened in the past,
that is in the back of your mind that is
trying to surface, e.M.D.R. Is great, it
is such a nice release and it is done by a
psychologist, not a psychologist so you do
not have to worry about being prescribed
more meds.
A good blood work up and physical helps
too.
The best to ya!
Sincerely,
sandy
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TheChronic
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Location: Florida
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Seizure
Posted: 05-15-05 21:14pm
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Yeah,,, seizure eh. Try some inositol in
4 to 6 gram range to calm the nerves. I
hope that helpsl
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Christie71
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Posted: 12-11-05 20:19pm
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I know this post is over a year old, but I
just saw it. And I have the same exact
problem!! I wake up numerous times in
the night to shaking like crazy. Almost
like a low blood sugar shaking. But then
I take glucose pills, or eat something,
and it doesn't go away. I then have to
take an ativan or xanax to calm down.
Should I go for a sleep study?? I think
that's the answer. Anyone figure out
what causes this at all???
Christie
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bodyimagebattle
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I Have This Problem Too
Posted: 12-26-05 17:33pm
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I have a shaking problem as well seizures
I guess and like i'm sleeping but full
aware that i'm shaking like in my head i'm
like telling it to stop or whatever but
then i'm no longer aware of anything i'm
like back to sleep. I'm not sure if i'm
shaking or not anymore though. But when I
wake up I will have bit my tongue which is
very painful. The other night when I went
to sleep at my friends house I have a
seizure and when I woke up there was blood
on the pillow and a new sore in my mouth.
Each and every time I have these seizures
the next day I feel terrible I have a
really bad headache more like I guess
migrane like even when I blink it hurts I
just feel at my worst. I also use to have
really bad hand mussel I think like
tightening up like my right hand would
clench together. Also my whole right side
would start sort of shaking and I couldn't
control it sometimes during the day or at
school or in the home.
I still have this problem in my right
side. Now that I read over this I have
had this problem for sometime but I do
suffer from depression and ed's so that
could be the case. But the shaking thing
on my whole right side I have had for a
while i'm 19 now and I have had the
shaking on my side since I was a young
teen maybe even a little younger. I know
also that my birthmother ( i'm adopted)
had done drugs and I was born premature.
So I don't know if that helps any either.
Sometime's during the day as well I will
feel a little disorented like I could fall
over or something but someone taps me and
ask are you okay and i'm somewhat fine
after just a little weird feeling? If
that makes any sense...But ill make an
appointment with a doctor to see whats
going on for sure. Because I don't
regulary take my medication and since my
diet is all messed up it could be that to.
So we shall see thanks guys...
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PinkOrchid
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Husband And 8 Month Old Son Shake In Sleep Also
Posted: 04-05-06 15:39pm
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My husband and 8mth old son shake in there
sleep also. But when I wake either of
them up it stops. My husband says he
doesn't even know he is doing it. I
wasn't so worried when it was only my
husband doing this but now my son has also
started this. I feel it might be
hereditary. But would like to know what
it is that causes this.
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kittyhawk
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Help !
Posted: 03-28-07 07:25am
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Hi all, I have exactly the same symptoms
as Juneamy and other's here. Just had an
MRI scan, all is normal. Has anyone come
up with any answers yet ?
Thanks all.
N
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brianasims09
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Hm.
Posted: 04-05-07 22:29pm
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i have this problem as well. i am as well
bi polar, and i think that it may be due
to a manic stage, but im not sure. like
i'd figure that in a manic stage that i
would just not sleep at all, but i do, i
just wake up sporaticaly and often shaking
uncontrollably all over my body.
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mamakafes
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Body Shakes Upon Waking
Posted: 06-28-07 07:31am
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SO glad to see this post! My husband
thinks I"m crazy, but I've been
experiencing this for a little over a
year. When it first started, it was only
occasionally and I thought that the bed
was shaking subtly, as if my cat was
sitting on it and she was scratching
herself. But after a few times of
wondering why my cat was scratching
herself on my bed every morning, I
realized that it wasn't the cat (or an
earthquake!), it was ME!
Lately, I shake for about 30 seconds
everytime I wake up....whether it's from a
nap or overnight sleep.
I have NO idea why or what the mechanism
is behind it. Is it neurological?
hormonal? muscular?? It is really
weird. I could certainly live with it as
a symptom for the rest of my life, but the
"not knowing" aspect of it is what I find
disturbing. I worry that it's a symptom
of a larger problem, I guess.
I am glad to see that others have had a
similar experience!
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linsam13
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Waking Up Shaking
Posted: 08-14-07 18:23pm
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I have been recently waking up shaking
like I was freezing. I have just dozed
off to sleep. It never happens during the
day. I have no control and it lasts about
45 minutes. I am totally aware. My
muscles all tense up and I just shake
uncontrollably. My doctor is thinking it
is related to my multiple sclerosis but it
doesn't seen logical to me. There is
nothing that happens before bed that I can
put my finger on as the cause. My meds
are all the same. It was happening far
and few between but is now coming more
frequently.
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