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Body vibrations when falling asleep or waking?
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According to my NEURO, the MRI is to look for any abnormalities of the spinal area that could relate to a nerve or nerve pathway setting off these vibrations (i.e., it could be indicative of a neurological disease or not a disease but some other acute or chronic condition related to inflammation, injury, etc.). For myself, I'm thinking it's going to be negative (this is not me sleeping in an odd way, pressing a nerve, etc.) since it's aligned to those 10-20 seconds of coming out of sleep. My NEURO is smart (I personally have a PhD in NEURO and feel a good judge of that) but he's never heard of internal vibrations and has no patients with them (and he originally confused our conversation with "tremors" related Parkinson's or MS, which is not surprising). But we'll see....my MRI is Friday.
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How did your MRI turn out?
Incidentally I think I stumbled upon the source of my internal vibrations and am currently experimenting to see if I'm correct. A number of months ago my wife started using nicotine pouches and lozenges to quit vaping. I started using them as well just for fun, because I like nicotine although I haven't smoked in close to 15 years. My use of the lozenges has become quite liberal. A few weeks ago I thought that my wakefulness was being caused by nicotine stimulating my nervous system. That didn't seem to be the issue as the problems continued. Last night I was awakened at 11:15 p.m. with these vibrations and then again at 2 a.m. Both times I took a half a lozenge and my body quieted down very rapidly after finishing them. I did some research and nicotine withdrawals can cause nerve twitching and sensitivity during the withdrawal process. So as of 2 a.m. this morning, I'm no longer using them. As I sit here I can feel my forehead, neck, and face lightly twitching and vibrating. Just thought I'd let you know!