Lightheadedness and Hypnic Jerks

[45678gsd]

Hello, I have been having hypnic jerks for about 5 weeks now almost every night, preventing me from sleeping. Its not just once, its pretty much every time I drift off to sleep. It is torture. I take melatonin 3 mg, xanax .5 mg, and requip 1 mg every night. This has helped me sleep the past week but last night the jerks happened again. Feeling very scared and frustrated. I have also felt a persistent lightheaded feeling every day for the past 5 weeks (not vertigo but kind of like like my head feels like a balloon). Has anyone else had these symtpoms from stress/anxiety? Any other treatment options? Thanks in advance.

[JAYnLA]

I've not had the hypic jerks with the regularity you're describing but I've had them, yes. The lightheaded thing is my frequent companion and I dislike it a lot. I'm learning to try to just keep doing what I'm doing and ignore it as much as possible - but sometimes, like yesterday, it's not possible to ignore. Apparently these things will decrease as we heal.

[dajingo]

i get this. its kinda scary. i feel like i stop breathing aswell. did you ever figure it out?