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Hi guys
So I’ve suffered from insomnia since early 2017. Well actually i’ve suffered from health anxiety since 2016 properly and the insomnia would come during bouts of when i feared I was suffering from an illness and would go away when I was given the all clear.
Anyway late 2017 I finally overcame a health anxiety bout that lasted approximately 3 months but my sleep didnt return to normal like it usually does. A few days later of little to no sleep I experienced my first hypnic jerk. Mine were slight twitches to random body parts not usually accompanied by a dream.
I came to learn these twitches are a ‘normal’ thing that a lot of people get and in time they kind of improved but like insomnia they becoming bothersome in bouts. It’s the frequency that’s bothersome not the intensity as they are usually small jerks.
So i would go a while without them or 1 or 2 before sleep onset but when I’m in a rough patch they happen a lot more.
How can I beat the insomnia and fear of the jerks? Every day when it gets to night time I fear that I wont sleep…I kind of exam my body and think “why have I not fallen asleep”..I start worrying about jerks. It’s just really annoying.
Any tips would be very much appreciated.
