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Body vibrations when falling asleep or waking?
Sleep Health | Last Active: Jun 14 6:52pm | Replies (402)Comment receiving replies
I should add that the thing that has been MOST helpful is physical therapy, with someone that understands neuromuscular connections. The vibrations are not just in your brain, they are real, especially in areas with clusters of autonomic nerves, like the chest, neck, etc. These will eventually cause your muscles to spasm. I have PT weekly and we work on the muscle spasms, because lessening that greatly reduces the severity of how the vibrations feel at night. You can also take cyclobenzadrine or other muscle spasm relaxants. I also take a combination of fast-acting propanolol and melatonin to help me fall asleep. Alpha- and beta-blockers in general have been helpful to many people in reducing CNS overactivation. Anti-inflammatory supplements or things like low-dose naltrexone can help with inflammation - but as long as we continue to fight spike proteins and other COVID residues there will likely continue to be inflammation. I follow a keto diet, eliminate sugar and alcohol, get as much physical activity as I can, stretch and do yoga, and all these things help to a degree. I take fish oil supplements, Vitamin B12, circumin/ginger/turmeric all to reduce inflammation. Basically we are likely to be stuck with this for some years, but the difference between a milder version of this and the worse version is substantial and worth trying to keep in check as much as possible.
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I'm getting off the benzodiazpines. They haven't helped my vibrations at all but I was taking them for back issues. I also am on xanax, another they recommended for vibrations, but only 1 mg daily. Had the worse case of withdrawals at Thanksgiving when different doctor didn't call them in for over a week(had to change because of insurance issue, same institution though). I was in hospital 2 times in one day. It was horrible. The nurse manager ended up calling them in and I have an attorney. Thr flexeril I stopped all together, was only taking that at night, and I'm now on 3/4 mg daily of xanax instead of 1 mg. I'll taper down and get off period. I didn't eat for 5 days, didn't sleep for over 48 hours. I physically could NOT go to sleep and after reading up on the withdrawal, it appears to be a lifesaving mechanism. I will ONLY take my pain meds that I've gone from every 6 hrs to 7 hrs. I take vitamin supplements also and metoprolol beta blocker which it says is supposed to help with the vibrations but it doesn't. I've read all I can about the Fycompa and I'll try that. Not happy that it has a half life of 105 hours though. Still researching meds.
Good luck with your situation.
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I'm hoping your symptoms eventually fade and things return to normal. I have had the vibrations for over 4 months but it seems as if they have been getting better over the last week or so? Not sure if this will continue or I am imaging the less noticeable vibrations but I am optimistic they may come to an end eventually. I truly wish that I wouldn't have rushed out to get my second booster within 2 weeks of getting over Covid. I think that might have been a mistake as I'm wondering if my system simply went into overdrive to fight the virus. BTW, I also took Paxlovid when I first was diagnosed and that did make me feel better within hours it seemed but not sure if that has anything to do with my bodies reaction as well? Guess I'll never know? Best to all!