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Just to say that I’ve been sleeping much better now – I think they key has been more exercise and more down-time before bed to relax and clear my thoughts.
Hi Martin,
Thanks for responding. I usually get an episode of this once a year, but this time they have last far longer than any other time. I can’t say for sure what triggered them, but I remember that on that day, I had gone to a midday gym session involving heavy weightlifting…I had really pushed myself. Following that, I came home, ate, then later went by a friend and came home at night. It’s that night when it first started.
In the following two weeks I was taking melatonin every night, as it was helping me to fall asleep and stay asleep for a few hours, but the number of hours was getting progressively less. That’s when I went to see my GP and they prescribed Zopliclone, which is what I usually get when I get these twitches, and it helps me to get into a regular sleep pattern and the twitches go away. This time however, that hasn’t happened. After 7 nights the GP told me to stop taking the medication and try to sleep naturally.
Since then, I have been exercising more regularly, trying to calm down a few hours before bed by taking Kalms, chamomile tea, and doing some meditation….but I’m still taking the melatonin for fear of not being able to sleep. I know I should try and sleep naturally now so will do that. I know now that if I do get up say midnight or 1am due to twitches, to get out of bed and read until I feel sleepy again, after this there is some twitching but I manage to fall asleep again.
My main concern is if I need to go back to my GP as it’s been a month now since the twitches first started to happen…or do I just need to be patient and trust that in time, it will get better, or that this is just my new reality?
