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#145 - Hypnic Myoclonus: Jerk Your Body
Manage episode 474342457 series 3365942
We have all experienced it...you're sitting in bed, nodding off, and suddenly you awaken with a start feeling like you are about to fall down stairs. Hypnic myoclonus is estimated to affect as many as 60-70% of individuals, but what is it? In this episode we will:
- Define hypnic myoclonus, often referred to as "sleep starts" or "hypnagogic jerks"
- Review the symptoms of the phenomenon
- Speculate of the evolutionary cause
- Characterize individuals at the highest risk
- List the causes of hypnic myoclonus
- Discuss diagnostic and treatment options
Produced by: Maeve Winter
More
- Twitter: @drchriswinter
- IG: @drchriwinter
- Threads: @drchriswinter
- Bluesky: @drchriswinter
- The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child
Thanks for listening and sleep well!
152 episodes
Manage episode 474342457 series 3365942
We have all experienced it...you're sitting in bed, nodding off, and suddenly you awaken with a start feeling like you are about to fall down stairs. Hypnic myoclonus is estimated to affect as many as 60-70% of individuals, but what is it? In this episode we will:
- Define hypnic myoclonus, often referred to as "sleep starts" or "hypnagogic jerks"
- Review the symptoms of the phenomenon
- Speculate of the evolutionary cause
- Characterize individuals at the highest risk
- List the causes of hypnic myoclonus
- Discuss diagnostic and treatment options
Produced by: Maeve Winter
More
- Twitter: @drchriswinter
- IG: @drchriwinter
- Threads: @drchriswinter
- Bluesky: @drchriswinter
- The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child
Thanks for listening and sleep well!
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