Body vibrations when falling asleep or waking?

Hello Helene,
I don't have a smart watch, but my Grandson does so he will lend his to me, right now he is up north working on the mines as soon as he is back in town he will set it up for me and explain what I should be doing to measure Oxygen Levels. Thank you for all your great advice, certainly I will take it on board and keep you in touch with how its all going,

Kind Regards Gloria

I experience the same, my body Vibrates but only on waking, I have consulted my Doctor who thinks its some form of Tinnitus, However I think its probably something else as it only ever happens when I am waking up, as soon as I go about my daily business, its gone I hear of feel nothing, my Doctor who is very nice has no idea what it is, I believe it could be nerves as sometime I get a sharp ping in my arms I am taking Lyrica because I have neuropathy among others things like Osteoporosis, also Pre diabetic, which is probably my age as I don't take a lot of sugary foods, I am almost 76 years old so of course things are going to happen to my body as it gets older, this sensation of Buzzing/Vibrations only started about a year ago.
However when traveling or flying it was happening a few years ago but it would stop as soon as I was settled in the country I was traveling to, to the point I would ask my Husband to stop the Bed from shaking. Now its every morning, its a little scary, I thought it was perhaps my Nerves shooting around my Body, as they do would be nice if someone could tell me why this is happening

@gloriadawn

Hello Gloria, I have found the vibrations coming on when one goes to sleep or wakens in the night or morning are directly linked to the total hours of sleep or also quality of sleep,(hence gets better with sleep apnea treatment if a person has that). Going to bed earlier or increasing the hours of sleep and not getting sleep deprived eliminates them. Maybe we need more sleep as we get older or maybe it is a function or brain aging. Try this and let me know if it works for you as well.

I started having this problem of "vibrations" seeming to radiate from my brain stem when falling asleep and waking up about 1 year ago. Doctors didn't offer much in terms of explanation or solutions. Suspecting that a prior head injury (hit my head on the bottom of a swimming pool) I went to a special type of chiropractor that focuses on the Atlas (top vertebrae C1) and the condition improved. Recently it has come back full force and like many here I have gone through countless lab testing, scans, evaluations, and found more that is normal than abnormal; which is comforting in some ways and frustrating in other ways. I have read this entire thread and my thoughts are that I'm dealing with some internal inflammation - perhaps due to a virus/long COVID effects as well as some low levels of Vitamin D and B12 and other nutrients so I am making adjustments to my diet and taking supplements. It's comforting to know that I'm not alone in this experience and I will follow up if I find a solution or ways to reduce it.

@bsirrah have you found any solutions? I’m 30M experiencing the same symptoms now. Very strange situation.

@nikana my issues have decreased significantly after focusing on reducing inflammation and improving gut health, which has seemed to improve my non-gut issues such as my nervous system and atomic system -- either that or it has just improved on it's own over the last few months. I took many labs and scans (MRI and CT) and other tests and ruled out many of the more severe conditions and I think that has put my mind at ease helping me not worry so much. To my understanding some people but not all with long COVID aka "Post acute viral syndrome" have problems with gut health and digestion and some even have allergic or autoimmune like symptoms and I am one of them ( I have a couple existing food allergies so my gut health has always been difficult). I altered my diet to follow as closely to a Mediterranean style diet (low inflammation foods) and completely cut out alcohol and high sugar foods as well as gluten. I also take probiotics and vitamin D in the morning with food and because I was having allergic reactions after eating like hives and itchiness I also take Zyrtec once a day and in the evening I take magnesium at bedtime, as well as a low dose beta blocker that was prescribed for reducing blood pressure. I hadn't ever had any problems with blood pressure prior to this - so I assume the inflammation in my vascular system has played a role as no routine cardiac tests found problems. Since starting the beta blocker I have had normal blood pressure and less dizziness, brain fog, headaches and feel much better. Over time the "vibrating" in my head and neck has decreased to barely noticeable and I am able to sleep comfortably. My situation my be different than yours so I definitely recommend speaking with your PCP about your specific set of symptoms and rule out more severe causes and I hope you feel better soon!

I so agree. There HAS to be a common thread. I googled "diaphragmatic flutters" and "injury to phrenic nerve" and "internal vibrations". They ALL refer to the diaphragm which controls the breathing. I also wore a heart monitor for 2 weeks to see if it would pick up anything and it did not. I got relief after a sleep study and didn't have vibrations for a week and a half after 2nd part of study where I slept with nasal piece. They slowly started coming back while I waited for my cpap machine. I didn't have them while using the machine but wanted to see if I could get same results as I did at sleep study so I started using it 4 hours each night, minimum required for medicare to pay, while watching TV on bed. I don't have the vibrations 90% of the time and I honestly think it's from having the air forced into my diaphragm by the machine. That's why I think mine is related to phrenic nerve injury. There has to be a doctor somewhere that find this fascinating enough to want to figure it out. When you can place your hand on your side or pelvic area or wherever the vibes are and actually feel the vibrations, that only proves they are real. My neurologist also thinks they may be from over active central nervous system. There's a lot of guessing going on but like I told him, I want to know what is PHYSICALLY going on in my body to cause them. Sometimes I feel them in my buttocks. They travel to different areas. I've been keeping a journal since 2019 and rate them every time I have them on a scale of 1-10. I thought one night one of my cats jumped on the bed but woke up and saw that it was me having vibrations, a level 10 that time. It is so crazy. I've not had covid or the vaccine. Please, will somebody out there help. I'm donating my body to science so maybe it'll be after I die they finally figure it out and it'll probably be something so simple........

I also have inner vibrations. They started in Jan 2020. They always occur when waking. On some days, they'll just last a few mins to an hour after waking, but generally there is a consistent pattern of lasting all day for two days and the next two days I only have them for a short time after waking. I too think they must be related to sleep cycles/quality. None of my providers have dealt with the condition. If anyone has received any answers that has helped with this condition, it would be great to know.