Hypnic jerk while falling asleep?

I thought this was going to be about trying to polish one off while falling asleep. Welp.

my gf does it. Sometimes I'm up reading in bed and she like jerks/twitches as shes falling asleep

I have experienced this once or twice, not a fan of it.

Happens to me all the time. For a while it was happening every night, and it would cause me to be wide awake and take an hour or more to fall asleep. I found ensuring proper body temperature helped a lot. If I am even a little too warm, I know I will have a hypnic jerk, so I try to be a little cold while falling asleep. As a result, I turn down the heater at night and try to have one blanket too few during the winter.

Had phases where I literally couldn't sleep because it happened all night long. Miserable.

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I do sometimes and it feels like my heart rate has increased or skipped a beat

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You're in love.

Don't squander it...

I get these frequently. Even went to a sleep clinic and did a sleep study. I was convinced it was sleep apnea. Turns out it was mental. Kolonopin works wonder my friend

I do this from time to time.

I remember doing this for the first time as a kid. I was dreaming that I was about to jump over a fence and kinda jumped or "jerked" while sleeping.

Ever since, I've still done this, but not that often. Usually happens when I'm trying to fall asleep and I don't think I've noticed doing this in the middle of night, you know once I've been asleep for a while.

That's called a hypnopompic jerk. Or she was just literally doing the Hitler salute.

My fiancee tells me I do it as I fall asleep every night. It has woken me up a couple of times. I have no idea why I do it.