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Internal shaking when drifting off or waking up from sleep
I don't even know where to start. For the past few weeks I have been feeling like I am shaking inside when I lay down to sleep. At first it was just when I lay down, and then it started more when I wake up throughout the night. I initially thought the bed was shaking or it was vertigo, but the room wasn't spinning. It was like inside of me from the torso up. This alarms me. I had blood work pulled at the ER and even had a brain scan. I had an echo a few months ago (trying to normalize blood pressure- another story). All came back well. I changed a medication recentlty for blood pressure and wonder if its that. I have tried to explain this to family and no one has ever heard of it. Last night when it happened I quickly checked my heart rate and breathing. All is fine. I don't seem to be in any pain, but it's a scary feeling. If I sit up it stops. If I shift positions it stops. It doesn't happen as soon as I lay down, but soon after. I think I am overall in good health, so I don't know what this is. I am following up with a neurologist too. But it is so hard to describe to be. Once it felt like vibrations and other times is like shaking. Not in my arms, legs or hands, just upper body and head. I am concerned.
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I have the exact symptoms. Have you received any formal medical diagnosis?
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1 ReactionSeems like a whole lot of posters have experienced this situation… isn’t any doc curious enough to give us an explanation for our symptoms??? We have urgent need to have this caused exposed in time for us to alter our diet, actions, sleep patterns, mental distractions, medication or lack of certain chemicals? WHO will be brave and educated to help us???
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2 Reactions@dbamos1945 - I can only tell people here of my experience. I too developed tremors/vibrations while going to sleep, waking etc etc. It was due to Klonopin that a sleep doctor prescribed. Ruined my life for 2 1/2 years. The vibrations are finally gone now for 6 months or better but that was the reason for my issues. So if you have been on a benzo or are on one now, I'd say that could be the culprit. They screw with your central nervous system, just a fact.
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3 Reactions@arthur57: sent you a private message today (11/14/25).
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Thanks for the tip on meds. I only take 7mg nightly of mitazapine. Curious if this could be the rational.
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1 ReactionI have it before and found it was too much caffeine. When I stopped the coffee it went away.
I just had an episode right now. This time I hadn’t had much caffeine but I have had some so I’m going to give it a break again and see.
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1 ReactionThank you. Maybe caffeine is the culprit.