Can't sleep...weird jerking and gasping

[west milly Tom]

Hey Doc,
I have been unable to sleep for 48 hours now and am beginning to worry. In the dead of night when I am able to doze off as soon as I go out my body is having some sort of jerk reaction where I violently jerk awake, and it feels like I'm gasping for air. I've fallen asleep in the truck with my coworker who has told me that I scared the shit out of him when jerking awake. Also when I'm able to put together a half an hour or so I'm having nightmares/borderline hallucinations. I'm under a lot of weird stress right now as I have just broke up with my fiencee of 5.5 years and I'm drinking quite a bit this week too. Any ideas, normally I'd just pop a benedryl but I'm afraid of sheer terror in my sleep.

[Dr Steve]

Hey Doc,
I have been unable to sleep for 48 hours now and am beginning to worry. In the dead of night when I am able to doze off as soon as I go out my body is having some sort of jerk reaction where I violently jerk awake, and it feels like I'm gasping for air. I've fallen asleep in the truck with my coworker who has told me that I scared the shit out of him when jerking awake. Also when I'm able to put together a half an hour or so I'm having nightmares/borderline hallucinations. I'm under a lot of weird stress right now as I have just broke up with my fiencee of 5.5 years and I'm drinking quite a bit this week too. Any ideas, normally I'd just pop a benedryl but I'm afraid of sheer terror in my sleep.

Tom:

Drinking can absolutely screw up your sleep cycle. It sounds like this has been going on for awhile, though, as you relate the story of your coworker being startled by your jerking epsiodes.

You need to see your doctor on Monday because of the acute problem of no sleep for 48 hours. And no more alcohol until you see him/her ok? If you have chest pain, shortness of breath, or hallucinations, just go to the emergency room and make sure we're not missing anything.

Now, for the long-term problem, it sure sounds as if you have a sleep disorder. It could be sleep apnea, or just a parasomnia like hypnogogic episodes (jerking awake with onset of sleep). A sleep study will put this to rest (so to speak) very quickly.

Sorry to hear about your fiancee...that kind of thing can certainly make one miserable.

Keep me in the loop and let me know what you find out, ok?

your pal,



steve

[jauble]

I get this when I get stressed as well...make sure there is nothing within your reach that you can hit yourself with. I blacked my eye in my sleep once.

[YellowStoneSteve666]

I had a psychotic episode after a trip to Mexico in June that landed me in the psych ward for 10 days. Ever since then I can't sleep at all. I mean, not a wink since June, so I haven't slept one night in 6 months. The weird thing is that I'm not tired at all. I've tried everything to sleep, Ambein, Lunesta, Valium, nothing puts me out. The doctors told me I'm bi polar but never had anything like this happen to me before.

Here is the story of my episode for anyone interested in peering into the mind of a mad man, it's lengthy so be forewarned:

The episode itself happened in Mexico. I was paranoid and thought I was going to die for some reason. I thought Satan was there and took the form of one of my cousins I was on the trip with. There were these lizards walking around I thought were "Reptilians" spying on me. Then there were people in the swim bar pool that surrounded us, I thought they were "Grays". Then there was the plane rides home. I thought there were UFO's following the plane and I thought we were going to go down in the Gulf of Mexico. Once we landed in JFK we were walking back to get our luggage. I thought all the people around me were dead. I was seeing things on the wall that looked like "signs". Then my cousin called the car service to tell them we were there and the last four numbers in the phone number were 6666. That freaked me out and all my cousins (there were 10 of them) had to physically drag me into the van. As we were driving home I thought there were the famous "black triangle" UFO's following us. I could also have sworn I was communicating with my cousins via ESP. As we were driving along I thought Manhattan was completely blacked out. As we were driving back home on the Palisades Parkway I thought my "powers" were getting stronger and I was able to control the driver with my mind. As I looked out of the window, everything looked like a jungle like back in Cancun. We got to my cousins condo and one of them drove me to my home. Once I got there this is when it got REALLY strange. I tried to pick my 300 pound father up off the ground. I then tried to pick up my parents Chevy Blazer over my head. I then thought God was in the house waiting for me. I ran inside and was flipping out from what I was told later on. I thought we were all communicating through ESP. I then ran up stairs and started to smash my Playstation 3 and my computer with my chair at my desk. My mother and father were trying to restrain me, my sister called the police. I then started taking all my clothes off and I was naked. I was dancing and singing. In my head I had all these mathematical equations rapidly cycling through my head. I then thought God was talking to me and told me there was going to be an Intergalactic war starting on December 21st, 2012. According to God, he told me that the Earth is meant to be paradise. "Global warming" is God's way of transforming Earth into paradise. With all the war and violence going on, he told me, we are turning Earth into Hell. These types of thoughts were flying through my head. The police finally arrived and to me they looked like "Grays" when they walked through the door. I lost it completely. One of them pulled out his taser but my father got between me and the cop pleading with him not to hurt me. This whole time I was completely nude. They were all trying to hold me down. They later told me I said I wanted to shoot the Germans, the Japanese, the Vietnamese, the Iraqis, and the Pakistanis. I don't remember saying or doing any of this. The EMT's arrived and they wrestled me onto the stretcher. They rolled me out to the ambulence and once I was loaded on I got one of my arms free and punched one EMT in the face breaking his nose. They took me down to the Good Sam Psych ward. Once there I thought I was on board a UFO the whole time. I thought I was abducted and was under observation from various alien species. While I was there I figured I was Jesus Christ and all the species of the entire universe came to study me. I thought I was the second coming. There was this elderly lady there I thought was telling me this and started to speak to me in Phoenician. There was this chick there too. This 28 year old girl from Vermont, I thought she was a "hybrid". I thought they brought me there to interbreed with her to create a race of Jesus Christs. One night I tried to get into her room, I thought we were communicating through ESP. I had my penis out fully errect and overflowing with semen. The orderlies had to put me in an special room to restrain me. Then when they let me out I tried to tell my room mate that we have to force the US government into disclosure about alien life. That sent him off the deep end and he tried strangling me when I was in bed. Alot of other wierd things happened while I was there and alittle after but after a while it went away. There was this weird buzz I had for weeks but it went away after a while. It was the wierdest experiences of my life. Doctor Steve, any thoughts? :thumbup:

[west milly Tom]

Tom:

Drinking can absolutely screw up your sleep cycle. It sounds like this has been going on for awhile, though, as you relate the story of your coworker being startled by your jerking epsiodes.

You need to see your doctor on Monday because of the acute problem of no sleep for 48 hours. And no more alcohol until you see him/her ok? If you have chest pain, shortness of breath, or hallucinations, just go to the emergency room and make sure we're not missing anything.

Now, for the long-term problem, it sure sounds as if you have a sleep disorder. It could be sleep apnea, or just a parasomnia like hypnogogic episodes (jerking awake with onset of sleep). A sleep study will put this to rest (so to speak) very quickly.

Sorry to hear about your fiancee...that kind of thing can certainly make one miserable.

Keep me in the loop and let me know what you find out, ok?

your pal,



steve



Thanks Doc, always there when I need ya. I got like an hour of sleep before, full of jerking, gasping, and nightmares. Things are really weird now. I've probably had a twelver since I last posted to you, but ill see the doctor tomorrow if I get home from work in time. I have cheast pain regularly, but I think its anxiety related at this time, and crazy shortness of breath, but only when I try to sleep. Is the ER really right here?

[TheMojoPin]

Can't sleep...

...clown'll eat you?

[SatCam]

Doctor Steve, any thoughts?

food poisoning

[west milly Tom]

Hey Doc,

I'm listening to weird medicine on XM as we speak. I was glad that you read my letter in refrence to bogus pharmacies, I feel like I helped and thats cool for me. I did notice, however, that there was some question of the genuineness of my letter from Homeland Security. I kept it, so I still have it somewhere. I may have been wrong on the actual year that this occured, but it was no hoax. Again, thanks for the help, and as for our PM, I've been a very good boy. That day I PM'd you was a bad day I'm so unwilling to ask for any help with anything in my life, but let's just say I've been a good boy. Great show tonight I really enjoyed it. Happy New-Year.

WMT

[~Katja~]

Hey Doc,

I'm listening to weird medicine on XM as we speak. I was glad that you read my letter in refrence to bogus pharmacies, I feel like I helped and thats cool for me. I did notice, however, that there was some question of the genuineness of my letter from Homeland Security. I kept it, so I still have it somewhere. I may have been wrong on the actual year that this occured, but it was no hoax. Again, thanks for the help, and as for our PM, I've been a very good boy. That day I PM'd you was a bad day I'm so unwilling to ask for any help with anything in my life, but let's just say I've been a good boy. Great show tonight I really enjoyed it. Happy New-Year.

WMT

I can attest to the being a good boy claim, he is taking a good amount of nature walks recently ;)

[jlehane]

I remember that some old cars/trucks I had gave me fumes and it was noticed to the extreme with headaches once when a boss screwed up the work car and fed the wrong pipes thru,so I was getting re-uptake exhaust in a delivery chevette thru the air vents....oh man ,sickness,like I was dying.My body,once home flopped on the bed from carbon monixide rejection like a fish in a boat like the excorcist. It was life threatening.

[jlehane]

DON'T eat a jellyfish !

[Dr Steve]

Hey Doc,

I'm listening to weird medicine on XM as we speak. I was glad that you read my letter in refrence to bogus pharmacies, I feel like I helped and thats cool for me. I did notice, however, that there was some question of the genuineness of my letter from Homeland Security. I kept it, so I still have it somewhere. I may have been wrong on the actual year that this occured, but it was no hoax. Again, thanks for the help, and as for our PM, I've been a very good boy. That day I PM'd you was a bad day I'm so unwilling to ask for any help with anything in my life, but let's just say I've been a good boy. Great show tonight I really enjoyed it. Happy New-Year.

WMT

Tom:

If you have a copy of the letter and would like to share it, we'd love to pursue this one further on the air! We were just goofing on you...it's just a bad habit. :-)

I'm glad you've been a good boy, too. Keep in touch and get better!

your pal,


steve

[zildjian361]

I had a psychotic episode after a trip to Mexico in June that landed me in the psych ward for 10 days. Ever since then I can't sleep at all. I mean, not a wink since June, so I haven't slept one night in 6 months. The weird thing is that I'm not tired at all. I've tried everything to sleep, Ambein, Lunesta, Valium, nothing puts me out. The doctors told me I'm bi polar but never had anything like this happen to me before.

Here is the story of my episode for anyone interested in peering into the mind of a mad man, it's lengthy so be forewarned:

The episode itself happened in Mexico. I was paranoid and thought I was going to die for some reason. I thought Satan was there and took the form of one of my cousins I was on the trip with. There were these lizards walking around I thought were "Reptilians" spying on me. Then there were people in the swim bar pool that surrounded us, I thought they were "Grays". Then there was the plane rides home. I thought there were UFO's following the plane and I thought we were going to go down in the Gulf of Mexico. Once we landed in JFK we were walking back to get our luggage. I thought all the people around me were dead. I was seeing things on the wall that looked like "signs". Then my cousin called the car service to tell them we were there and the last four numbers in the phone number were 6666. That freaked me out and all my cousins (there were 10 of them) had to physically drag me into the van. As we were driving home I thought there were the famous "black triangle" UFO's following us. I could also have sworn I was communicating with my cousins via ESP. As we were driving along I thought Manhattan was completely blacked out. As we were driving back home on the Palisades Parkway I thought my "powers" were getting stronger and I was able to control the driver with my mind. As I looked out of the window, everything looked like a jungle like back in Cancun. We got to my cousins condo and one of them drove me to my home. Once I got there this is when it got REALLY strange. I tried to pick my 300 pound father up off the ground. I then tried to pick up my parents Chevy Blazer over my head. I then thought God was in the house waiting for me. I ran inside and was flipping out from what I was told later on. I thought we were all communicating through ESP. I then ran up stairs and started to smash my Playstation 3 and my computer with my chair at my desk. My mother and father were trying to restrain me, my sister called the police. I then started taking all my clothes off and I was naked. I was dancing and singing. In my head I had all these mathematical equations rapidly cycling through my head. I then thought God was talking to me and told me there was going to be an Intergalactic war starting on December 21st, 2012. According to God, he told me that the Earth is meant to be paradise. "Global warming" is God's way of transforming Earth into paradise. With all the war and violence going on, he told me, we are turning Earth into Hell. These types of thoughts were flying through my head. The police finally arrived and to me they looked like "Grays" when they walked through the door. I lost it completely. One of them pulled out his taser but my father got between me and the cop pleading with him not to hurt me. This whole time I was completely nude. They were all trying to hold me down. They later told me I said I wanted to shoot the Germans, the Japanese, the Vietnamese, the Iraqis, and the Pakistanis. I don't remember saying or doing any of this. The EMT's arrived and they wrestled me onto the stretcher. They rolled me out to the ambulence and once I was loaded on I got one of my arms free and punched one EMT in the face breaking his nose. They took me down to the Good Sam Psych ward. Once there I thought I was on board a UFO the whole time. I thought I was abducted and was under observation from various alien species. While I was there I figured I was Jesus Christ and all the species of the entire universe came to study me. I thought I was the second coming. There was this elderly lady there I thought was telling me this and started to speak to me in Phoenician. There was this chick there too. This 28 year old girl from Vermont, I thought she was a "hybrid". I thought they brought me there to interbreed with her to create a race of Jesus Christs. One night I tried to get into her room, I thought we were communicating through ESP. I had my penis out fully errect and overflowing with semen. The orderlies had to put me in an special room to restrain me. Then when they let me out I tried to tell my room mate that we have to force the US government into disclosure about alien life. That sent him off the deep end and he tried strangling me when I was in bed. Alot of other wierd things happened while I was there and alittle after but after a while it went away. There was this weird buzz I had for weeks but it went away after a while. It was the wierdest experiences of my life. Doctor Steve, any thoughts? :thumbup:

asshole keep your post's short:furious::banning::wallbash::bye::flush::thum bdown::devil2: