Falling Asleep Tremors

I'm a 43 year old male and i too suffered with this buzzing in my chest that slowly came on and really didn't bother me much at the beginning but quickly got worst and didn't allow me to sleep. The answer for me was a beta blocker called Atenolol. it's a very low dose high blood pressure med my Dr. prescribed me when I explained my problem to him. It's a 25 mg tablet and it helped me immediately. Same day result and I finally slept like my old self. Hope this helps 🙏

Wow, reading this was pretty spot on. Im a 33yr old male. Healthy as you can imagine workout/eat well enough. In the past week or so just as I was about to fall asleep boom i would wake up and my foot or my legs would be shaking (trembling) i thought i was imagining it at first or my legs were just falling asleep.. As soon as I move my position it goes away almost immediately. I am glad to see other people are going through the same thing and having the same experiences. I truly do think it is an anxiety/stress issue. I just wanted to comment so other people knew you were not alone. I took this week off of working out and I also had some major things going on in my mind subconsciously. I started a 400mg dose magnesium as well this week. I am going to try the herbal tea, breathing, and other things. Also what is weird is that I normally workout 4-5 times a week this is the first week i have not worked out in months maybe thats playing a part of having too much energy. I do know one thing i have major health anxiety and its been worse since October of 2020 with all of the Covid stuff going on and not being able to go out do things and see people so I will work on focusing on myself first. Feel free to comment or ask me any questions or shoot me a message if you need to talk 😃. This too shall pass!

hi for the last couple months ive Experienced "internal head tremor" feeling (imagine moving your head side to side ever so tiny, feels like this but my head/eyes arnt moving) idk what this is but this forum popped up as ive tried googling what this is before and this somewhat sounds the same i do get these at night when i start to fall asleep and then wake sometimes .. i have seen anxiety related post come close to these "brain tremors" i feel and i do have bad anxiety so maybe thats what it is.

just nice to know im not alone as i havnt come by any forums with people who experience this.

I've kind of been having something like this on and off for the last year. Sometimes it's a full on sleep start, but it also manifests in less pronounced movements. As I drift off, my wrist or hips might turn, and though the motion is slight, in that dreamy state it feels more sudden and stirs me, followed by a kind of sense of dread. Sometimes it's a shudder, like something running up my spine or along my neck or ribs, which will jolt me awake, or my hand will flutter or finger will start to tap.

They come and go in bouts, and I think it correlates with stress and fixation. This last time started with an innocent jerk of my leg and I thought "oh no not again." By doing so I think I made it happen more and more because I was worrying it WOULD happen every time I laid my head down. It got really scary when I was starting to kick awake from them, or feel them shortly after waking up.

Anyone else experience them quite like this? It's a bit different than the typical full body drop sensation, so I don't know if it's just hypnic jerks or what. In any case, they go away for months at a time once I get over them. Just seems like the trick is to ignore them and get some sleep, but I always enter a bad loop of worry, leading to sleep deprivation, which of course makes it worse.

I'm 48. Started internal tremors upon awakening as well as at times while entering sleep. Sometimes kicking me out of entering sleep. Awakening tremors occur everyday everytime i sleep (night / nap). These Sleep-wake cycle issues having been occurring since March 2020. Started very fine now overt and persustent until i force full wakefullness and mental clarity. Some suboccipital headache on awakening. Difficult to achieve wakefullness with sometimes a sense of restricted eye movements. Chest trembling at times on awakening like a fight or flight response.Began around the time of other new symptoms including random frequent muscle twitching, occ muscle tightness (calves / chest wall), aching of the extensor muscles of the arms, very early muscle use fatigue including right back muscle aching with standing for 30m-1hr, humming paresthesias in legs at times, fluctuating shadowing double vision with additional night driving light intolerance, some mild balance issues, weak and uncomfortable knees on climbing stairs with inability to jump or run, some other tendon mild discomfort at times, progressive constipation with some intermittent dysphagia now with urinary incomplete void upon awakening. gave gone to the 3 major medical centers with no answer. Workup for MS, ALS, MSA, Parkinsons, etc all negative. Been told Functional Neurologic Disorder, a bucket for the unknown. Do not feel anxious and still occurs when having good happy calm days with my Family. Clearly physiologic tremors having something to do with Sleep transition phases and associated neurotransmitter changes. Took an SSRI fir 20yrs and weaned off slowly minimum 2 months before first visual symptom of right eye mild ache and sense if decreased power (No other way to describe it). Gave had intermittent palpitations. Wondering if related to damage from long term SSRI vs ? Flouriquinolone associated toxicity, vs immune mediated from unknown source (Virus, flu vaccine, vs unmasked autoimmune disease), vs unknown. Makes one afraid and resistant to sleep. Intermittent lowering of intensity with klonopin and propranolol. Despise having to take these meds. Just wont go away. Adamant it has nothing to do with anxiety for me with a pure pathophysiologic cause yet unidentifiable. Pray the brain will adapt and overcome eventually. Fully understand the psychological toll this takes on all of us with these undiagnosed, unknown, and unrelenting symptoms. Wishing resolution to everyone posting. There has to be an answer, or some Academic center with the interest to study this very specific phenomenon.

ive been having the same thing. the first time it happened was a couple of years ago but it was just a slight vibration feeling. the past couple of months its been much more frequent and much worse. almost every night as soon as i doze off, i wake up with this whole body vibration feeling. it started mostly in my head and i could feel it in my mouth, but on a couple of occasions recently, its been a very hard vibration feeling in my whole body. it only happens when i first doze off. its terrifying me now and i dread going to sleep as it continues to get worse. i went to the ER and blood work came back fine and i have an appointment with my PC next week. the hospital said theyd probably refer me to a neurologist. i asked her it it could be MS and she said i am in the right age group where it could be that, but i dont have any other symptoms. Im a 29 year old female. she also said shes never heard of this, even though im finding pages like this one with many others experiencing the same thing. the worry and not knowing is torture. anyone find anything out?

ive been having the same thing. the first time it happened was a couple of years ago but it was just a slight vibration feeling. the past couple of months its been much more frequent and much worse. almost every night as soon as i doze off, i wake up with this whole body vibration feeling. it started mostly in my head and i could feel it in my mouth, but on a couple of occasions recently, its been a very hard vibration feeling in my whole body. it only happens when i first doze off. its terrifying me now and i dread going to sleep as it continues to get worse. i went to the ER and blood work came back fine and i have an appointment with my PC next week. the hospital said theyd probably refer me to a neurologist. i asked her it it could be MS and she said i am in the right age group where it could be that, but i dont have any other symptoms. Im a 29 year old female. she also said shes never heard of this, even though im finding pages like this one with many others experiencing the same thing. the worry and not knowing is torture. anyone find anything out?

ive been having the same thing. the first time it happened was a couple of years ago but it was just a slight vibration feeling. the past couple of months its been much more frequent and much worse. almost every night as soon as i doze off, i wake up with this whole body vibration feeling. it started mostly in my head and i could feel it in my mouth, but on a couple of occasions recently, its been a very hard vibration feeling in my whole body. it only happens when i first doze off. its terrifying me now and i dread going to sleep as it continues to get worse. i went to the ER and blood work came back fine and i have an appointment with my PC next week. the hospital said theyd probably refer me to a neurologist. i asked her it it could be MS and she said i am in the right age group where it could be that, but i dont have any other symptoms. Im a 29 year old female. she also said shes never heard of this, even though im finding pages like this one with many others experiencing the same thing. the worry and not knowing is torture. anyone find anything out?

Hi everyone. im really struggling with this. Internal tremors/whole body vibrations every time I doze off. they are getting worse and much more often. the last two weeks its been almost every night and much more dramatic. last night when i dozed of I woke up with my whole body vibrating and this time my skin was prickly/tingly feeling. i went to the ER and they did the standard blood work which all came back fine. I see my PCP Thursday and pray they take me seriously. I fear going to sleep now, and Im scared to death its MS or something seriously wrong with my brain. Has anyone gotten any answers? Anything?

This cannot be normal. We are all experiencing this weird trembling feeling? I will describe mines. As soon as i am about to fall asleep my face feels pressurized and all of a sudden from my nose down to my jaw begins trembling Uncontrollably. I am only 21 years old i have no health problems and this is extremely odd and i am very skeptical. I am not here to be a conspiracy theorist but someone please get to the bottom of this. Please reply with updates .Thanks.