Body vibrations when falling asleep or waking?

God I have been having these for years. I never knew what they were what year it was the first thing that made some kind of sense other than thinking I have some kind of a disease I have very vivid dreams due to taking progesterone and I think I’m going to get off it because the dreams I have are either anxious type dreams or sad dreams so I’ll try that but the vibrations are in my head shoulders mostly as soon as I wake up, they go away, but they come back as soon as I’m starting to doze off or when I am waking up quite annoying and concerning

I didn’t mean to say what year it was, I meant to say I didn’t know what they were. There’s no edit button on here.

I have the same thing
Four years on and off but I do notice when I’m in a deep dream or a dream that’s not so great I wake up I could be anxiety because I do have that. I don’t know. I never talk to a doctor about it.

Hi, any further news on this? It was happening to me between 3am - 6am every morning. Then my friend came to visit. She slept in my room while I slept in the spare room. I left my phone in my room and her phone's battery had died so it was off. Then, she experienced the exact same symptoms while sleeping in my bed. I, on the other hand, experienced nothing. It's the first time she had experienced these symptoms and she didn't know of my symptoms. What could have caused that? We're both healthy adults.

Hello @joelinebrecher, Welcome to Connect. It seems like everyone in the discussion has similar symptoms with the tingling/buzzing but no one has found any answers.

@cricketlips started the discussion but has not been back so hopefully others may have some thoughts to share with you. It does sound a little strange that your friend had the same experience when sleeping in your room and you didn't experience them when you switched to another room. Since you left your phone in the room where your friend slept and she experienced the symptoms, I'm wondering if it might be something related to your cellphone that is causing your symptoms. Have you tried turning off your cellphone for a night as a test to see if you still experience the symptoms?

Am new to this group and never knew “vibrations” before sleep was a thing until I saw your post. It’s only happened to me once or twice in the past month (but that was first time ever). I was in a completely relaxed state on my stomach. At first I thought it was being caused by something outside that was making our house vibrate (e.g.- construction equipment, heavy truck, minor earthquake, etc.). When I finally realized it was just me, I imagined it was my cat Boo whom I lost to a coyote a few months back, and her spirit was with me and watching over me. It gave me comfort as it reminded me of her purring when she used to lie with me in bed.

Finally! I've been scouring the internet for others with similar symptoms. (51 yo male, excellent health)
I've almost been embarrassed that I actually LOVE the feeling, and can't wait to go to sleep at night. Here's my experience (and uneducated assessment):
-- It's very pleasant. No, it's not stress, although those "stress shivers" you can get in your chest would be the closest analogy--but those are terrible and this isn't.
-- It happens most frequently while awakening, but sometimes as I'm falling asleep.
-- It started as a "purring" feeling in my head, but also has been in my chest so strongly that I asked my wife to put her hand on my chest to see if she can feel it.
-- If I relax and focus on it, it strengthens. If I start to "wake up" it fades away
-- Looking "up" a bit with our eyes closed supposedly helps induce slower brainwaves (Silva, Mind Control)
-- Sometimes as I'm almost asleep during the "purring", there's an even stronger rhythm that is more of a "Whap, whap, whap" that usually wakes me back up due to it's strength.
-- I've estimated the "purr" to be around 12hz (12 per second), just from comparing my memory of it to YouTube videos.
-- The slower, stronger "whap whap" pulse is around 4hz.
-- Occasionally, just for fun, I intensely focus on it and it kinda "explodes" into a more blissful feeling (but also wakes me back up).
-- Previously I had only experienced this on occasion when I was sick with a stuffy head.

My thoughts? This is totally just my uneducated theory, but for now, I'm going to believe I'm sensing my own brain frequencies. Placebo disclaimer: This awareness started concurrently with researching meditation and the book Mind Control (Jose Silva), and really trying to understand how I was "feeling" as I fell asleep. My understanding of meditation is that it can "synchronize" our brain frequencies (Dr. Joe Dispenza). Imagine that our electrical impulses in our brain are like raindrops on a lake. Some reinforce others, some cancel out. If we could listen in (like and EEG does) we would effectively describe the sound as noise. But in meditation (or falling/awaking), our brain is slowing down those frequencies, possibly to a level that we could discern as vibration (alpha range of 8-12hz). And, if we're relaxing/meditating well, those frequencies synchronize into what Dispenza calls "coherence." I think this is what I'm sensing. All the web-evidence out there suggests this is a very good thing for our brains. We're just a lucky few that for some reason can sense it (or learned to).

Because a low theta (4hz) frequency is unlikely for me to have while conscious on any level, there's a chance that I'm creating it myself by having two 12 hrz frequencies (left and right sides of my brain, maybe) slip momentarily out of sync, which would create a 3rd, slower sensation, like when you have two engines running at the same time (jet engines or air conditioners sometimes sound like this. You're hearing two frequencies "almost" in sync)

Should we try to perpetuate this feeling? According to Silva, learning to stay conscious while letting the brain relax into slower frequencies IS actually the goal.

If you want to dive down this rabbit hole with me, check out the book
Mind Control by Jose Silva and the Gaia TV series called "Rewired" by Dr. Joe Dispenza.

Personally, I can't wait to greet that Cheshire cat every night now, and wonder where it will take me. 🙂

Wow, that was a lot! Also extremely insightful and reassuring is nothing seriously wrong.
I recently started experimenting with different forms of meditation including Reiki, Zen and Transcendental--all which have helped me become more grounded and re-focused on achieving several life goals which I thought were no longer possible because of my age. Would be interesting exploring your theory on vibration, brain waves and different frequencies in a biofeedback session.

It's been awhile since I've picked up a book, but will most definitely look into both your suggestions in my free time. 😊❤️

You can edit if you go back to the original post and hit the 3 ... at bottom of post. I will say edit this comment.

Maybe it's due to the Bed's location in the house being near an electrical nexus.
I live in an apartment directly under an early-hours working apartment dweller.
A couple of hours before he leaves, around the same hours you are describing, I think he's running something electrical and I experience external vibrations.

Although I live near powerlines close to my door, it seems more likely that it is some kind of close by electrical source like an air conditioner, fan, or microwave.

I experience it especially in bed —it keeps me from relaxing and sleeping enough and paired with my brother's snoring I'm very tired, and it's hard to focus.