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Vibration when laying down
Okay, I’ve read a lot about internal tremors and vibrations when sleeping but here’s my issue.
I don’t feel it my wife does. She has a very sensitive back due to arthritis and when I lay down she says I cause the bed to vibrate even if I’m awake. We’ve changed to two twin beds separated by 2 feet with mine on a custom airbag isolation that I devised. Most nights this suffices but occasionally this is not enough.
I’m seeing a Neurologist who has put me on trazodone 50mg. This worked for about 2 months then the vibrations started again.
He boosted the dosage to 100 mg (I’m 6’2” 250lb so he figures I can handle it.
Unfortunately it didn’t fully help, I still vibrate when I lay down but it stops after I fall asleep.
The weird part is I feel nothing.
I’m waiting to get into a sleep lab but I’m in Canada and social medical dictates it could be months before I get in.
For background history this started about a year ago and last June I retired so if it was somehow job stress that’s gone enough though I never felt stressed at work or at home.
Also I tend to go to bed late (12:30/1:00) and wake up early 5:30 to walk my dog. Since retiring I’m trying to go to bed earlier ( 11:30) and waking up between 7 to 7:30 to no avail.
I’m open to any suggestions or theories.
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I’m not certain who’s talking in your post, you or your wife since you said she had the tremors? Sleep issue I recommend you see a sleep specialist to discuss your sleep hygiene (their term) to prepare for sleep. You might consider meditation for a start and change your dogs walk time to suit you not the dog.
I said I have the tremors, she feels it. The neurologist has me booked for a sleep lab but good old Medicare means I’ll get in someday.
The problem isn’t how or when I go to sleep. I simply vibrate when I lay down but I don’t feel it.
I have a vibration analyzer that I’m setting up this weekend to see if I can quantify the intensity and vibration frequency.
I don’t know if knowing the intensity and frequency will help but at least I’ll be able to say with better clarity what’s happening.
I hope you obtain a repeatable result so you can seek treatment.
Well, the frequency I vibrate at is in the 3 to 4Hz range. I measured the bed without me and then with me laying down. In the middle of the day my Wife does not feel the vibration but at 11:30 pm she feels it. Both the afternoon and evening test with me laying on the bed shows pretty much identical vibration frequencies in 3 to 4 Hz.
So I seem to always vibrate laying down but my wife only feels it when her lower back pain is bad at night...
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