why do i jump in my sleep?
957812
its your muscles doing a final relax before u go to sleep - usually because you arent properly asleep then they are still `on call` for any reactions !  Hence twitching in your sleep , like your falling off a cliff or something , it doesnt happen when your fully asleep.
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It sounds like you are suffering from sleep deprevation of what is called REM sleep which is the sixth level of sleep!  It IS caused by RLS and sleep apnea!\n\nYou are falling asleep during the day right!  Tired.\n\nSee our brains need sleep they only get to unwind on the level of sleep called REM for rapid eye movement!  At this level our breathing and other functions are on automatic. They are handled by the lower brain!  Our upper brain is free to unwind!  During this time our eyes dart around!  Now if our legs twitch,  This causes the brain to receive a stimilus and it drops out of REM!  Likewise if our breathing either stops in the case of central apnea or is blocked off in the case of obstructive apnea  the lack of oxygen in the brain causes it to signal the lungs to gasp for air! Now it does this while we are still in level one thru five of sleep!  So we do not know what is happening!  But our poor brain is not sleeping!!  Our body can get 10 hours of sleep and yet we are TIRED!\n\nI really think you should inquire about a sleep study!  That I think Apnea is the cause of your Hypersomnia!  I ABSOLUTELY KNOW ONE HUNDRED PERCENT THAT RLS ALONE WILL DISTURB YOUR SLEEP AT REM LEVEL!!!!!\n\nYOU NEED AN OVERNIGHT SLEEP STUDY TO SEE WHAT IS WRONG!  I DO NOT THINK MEDICATION IS NECESSARY EXCEPT FOR THE RLS!  THERE ARE SEVERAL DRUGS AVAILABLE FOR IT!  IF YOU GO TO A SLEEP CLINIC THEY WILL FIND OUT THE SPECIFICS!\n\nI GO TO A NEUROLOGIST AND A SLEEP DOCTOR BOTH!\n\nYOU NEED TO GO TO A SLEEP SPECIALIST !\n\nI am 61 and I feel like I am 30 I am using a CPAP device nightly and I wish I had gotten it earlier!  See I did not go until I actually DIED for a few minutes on the operating table in a simple operation! Within a month I was at one of those Sleep Clinics and I met my best new buddy my CPAP machine which I use nightly!  God only knows how my life would of come out if I would of had it earlier!  I have so much more energy than I ever did!\n\nI am telling you you really need to get checked out!  It makes all the difference in the world!  The RLS is one pill just before bed!\n\nGo to a clinic please! It will take care of BOTH YOUR PROBLEMS\n\n\nAPS\n\nTHIS IS FROM MERK MANUALS:\n"Hypersomnia may also be a symptom of sleep apnea or a psychologic disorder (such as severe anxiety or depression). Chronic hypersomnia that begins during adolescence may be a symptom of narcolepsy. Hypersomnia may also result from overuse of sleep aids.\n\n\nWhen evaluating a person who has become excessively sleepy, doctors ask about the person's mood, sleep-wake schedule, and use of drugs. Often, a sleep partner can describe the person's sleep abnormalities best. These abnormalities may include snoring and breathing pauses (which suggest obstructive sleep apnea) as well as grinding of teeth, kicking, and sleepwalking. Doctors "
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It's called sleep apoenia and is a normal but odd glitch in your nervous system.Panic will make it worse.Just remember it's normal,you won't die and relax and breath deeply.I have it too.It's what explains legends of vampires and night-hags,succubus etc.
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These reflexive responses are caused by blurred REM (dream) caused by waking up quickly. Essentially, your dreams/thoughts are momentarily transferred to your conscious mind and you act on those thoughts as if they were actually occurring. I dream about soccer sometimes and wake-up to painful kick at the wall :-).
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You aren't just about to drift off to sleep, you have actually been asleep and the brain is transitioning into REM,or 3rd stage of sleep.   In preparation, the brain paralyzes the muscles of the body so you don't act out your dreams.  For whatever reason, your are being jolted out of this stage into a lighter state.  From what you say, it sounds like you are starting to snore, and the snork could be the snore that is startling you.  If you are sleeping on your back, this could be due to your own tongue slipping back in your mouth, partially blocking your airway, and as you gasp/snore for breath, you wake yourself.   You aren't completely waking, but it's enough for you to be partially aware.  Jolting out of the transition is somewhat like catching your computer just as it starts going into standby mode, and asking it to do a file search.  It would do some wiggy things in the next seconds, as it converted from the standby to full working mode.  Your brain is not much different.    You are entering dream sleep, so wiggy hallucinations, as you called them, happen then.  The brain in dream state is not fully functioning in the same way it does when you are fully awake.  Because you are being jolted out of the transition/3rd stage back into the lighter 1st stage, you are getting some funky impressions before things settle back down again.\n  Try sleeping on your side, at least for falling asleep. Try adjusting your pillow to support you neck a little better.  Andjust relax about it all.  There's nothing abnormal in any of this, is the way things are supposed to work, except you aren't supposed to be aware of it all happening.   Snorks and all, it's all normal.  Nothing to worry about, nothing to lose sleep over.
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I have them too..Usually there will be a circumstance in the dream that requires me to act, ie: run, walk, answer the phone, make a phone call, jump...etc. in the dream I cannot move..in real life I am also trying to move and cannot..Sometimes I know it is a dream but cannot move enough to wake myself up...I HATE these dreams..When I finally can move my body, I can wake up....It is caused from poor blood circulation and do not sleep on your back..It will happen every time..
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It has happened to me. I have woke up and cannot move or speak. I try to scream and nothing comes oujt. I have even seen something approach me. TRY your HARDEST to move even a finger. Once you can do that you'll come out of it. I read that it has omething to do with the REM part of sleeping. The body wakes up during a deep sleep and that is why I would see something coming at me. Many others have been through the same thing. Talk to a sleep specialist or a neurologist.
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Yes, it's called a charlie horse...it's a muscle spasm. Some of the most pain I've ever been in has been caused by muscle spasms in my calf or my foot.\n\nI think the reason it often happens to me and probably a lot of other people when you're just waking up is that when you're in REM sleep (dreaming), your muscles are paralyzed so your body can regenerate a certain neurotransmitter to help you stay alert. Also, I'd imagine it is to help you not hurt yourself while you are dreaming. Anyway, when you first wake up, your body has to "turn on" that mechanism, and if you stretch right away, I wonder if the muscles are so relaxed that they can't handle that stress and spasm instead. \n\nSo, there are two things you can do. Not stretch in the morning until after you've walking around and awake, and/or find some herbs and natural rememedies (like homeopathics) that are designed to help eliminate muscle cramps. My mom takes them every night and hasn't had one in the past year. Goodluck!
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It's your mind. That happens to me, too. It is a truly vivid dream that you believe. Therefor, your mind uses what you believe it would feel like and that's what you feel.\nI used to have this dream when I jumped off my house (creepy, right?) and it always made me want to vomit. (i'm afraid of heights)
201673
Because you are moving fast too. It's the same reason you can jump on a train and land in the same spot.
1127306
You really were not breathing for real before you started dreaming about it. Outside stimulus actually works itself into your brain. Think about this.... have you ever been asleep and having a dream, and your alarm clock started going off(in real life) and that noise somehow worked it's way into your dream? Or maybe this.... you are having a dream, and in your dream you hear a phone ringing, only to wake up and find that your phone really is ringing? Or how about the famous pee dream? You dream that you need to pee so you go to the bathroom and pee(in your dream), only to wake up and realize you have peed the bed? Even if you wouldn't have stopped dreaming, you wouldn't have died. The worst that would have happened is that you would have passed out, but once you passed out you would have started breathing again. It is impossible to kill yourself by holding your breath!! You will pass out first and once you do you will start breathing again.
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I do sometimes.\nLike I am about to go to sleep when I jerk awake with a Little scream because I am about to fall of a building or stairs or getting hit with something.\nThings like sudden jerks and screaming are normal. I doubt you have any "inner problems" And hey I wouldn't blame you for screaming I know I don't want dressers floating over my head. \nWell I hope you start having less scary dreams.\nThe scream could have also been when you where motionless you needed to scream but your dream couldn't let you so it must have been an automatic reflex when you woke up to finally be able to scream.
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It sounds like you know you need sleep, but why no sleeping, David? E-mail me, tell me what's up. Yes, I read through your Q&A: "How can I force myself out of my slumber during a dream?"
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It's called sleep paralysis.
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Would it happen to be scratching yourself or moving around and banging into the bed post in your sleep?\n\n Maybe it was the violent dream you were having.....?yeap, I guess it was......
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Maybe it has something to do with the actions you're making.  When you're timing yourself out of water, you're just sitting there right?  But when your under water, you're treding or moving in some sort?  Try timing yourself when your walking around the house or jumping up and down....the blood takes in more oxygen(which means you need more) when its pumping faster.  Just an idea!
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why do i wake up in the morning?