Why do people involuntarily twitch in their sleep? I do it all the time and I don't know why.
2006-09-11 05:51:24 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
There is a condition called myoclonus. You can find out a lot at a site called wemove.org. Here is an excerpt:
The term myoclonus comes from the Greek words for muscle (myo) and tumult (clonus) and refers to sudden, brief, shock-like movements. These movements may be "positive" or "negative." Positive myoclonus results in contraction of a muscle or multiple muscles. In asterixis, or negative myoclonus, there is a brief loss of muscle tone and then the tightening (contraction) of other muscles; this results in a flapping-type motion. These movements, which cannot by stopped at will (nonsuppressible), often have a characteristic saw-tooth pattern, and they usually disappear during sleep.
William A. Hammond, an early American neurologist, published a paper in 1873 on convulsive tremor in the American Journal of Sanity. He described a patient with what later came to be known as myoclonus. Nikolaus Friedreich is credited with publishing the first description of the disorder in 1881. He used the term paramyoklonus multiplex, which means "quick movements of the muscle in multiple places." These muscle jerks occurred in a 50-year-old patient.
2006-09-11 06:10:10 · answer #1 · answered by Hermit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is your body switching in to a different level of sleep. You do this regularly during the night. it is you body saying your blood presser is getting to low. Then you have rapped eye movement (REM). That happens when you reach the final stage of sleep.
2006-09-11 12:59:34 · answer #2 · answered by caitie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your brain is still active. Sometimes it can't keep what's going on in your head from having a physical effect.
If it is a serious problem for you (i.e. keeps you awake or wakes you up frequently) you may have Restless Leg Syndrome and there are meds to help.
2006-09-11 12:55:42 · answer #3 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Involuntary muscle reactions. Part of the whole going into different stages of sleep. You also have Rapid Eye Movement as part of it.
2006-09-11 12:53:55 · answer #4 · answered by Mike R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a false response to perceived danger. While sleeping you can either imagine or dream of something dangerous and without knowing whether it is real or not you will respond.
2006-09-11 12:58:10 · answer #5 · answered by Joe K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know either. ANd by the way, if YOU are asleep, how do YOU know that YOU twitch all the time???
2006-09-11 12:55:31 · answer #6 · answered by THE LONER 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you must be all alone in the bed
2006-09-11 12:53:37 · answer #7 · answered by baheramgor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like this normal in human
2006-09-11 12:55:17 · answer #8 · answered by Hussain N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nerves,I don't know why,probably a nervous condistion??
2006-09-11 12:57:22 · answer #9 · answered by curious one 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could be genetics.do your parents have the same problem
2006-09-11 12:54:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋