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Will a hypnic jerk need to wake you up to be classified as a hypnic jerk?

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Dr. Hanul Bhandari answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Sleep Medicine

Not necessarily: No, a hypnic jerk does not necessarily need to wake you up to be called a hypnic jerk. It occurs at the transition of wake to sleep and people feel the "twitch" or "jump" and thus, wake up. For example, during a sleep study some people experience a hypnic jerk but to not wake up, although it is caught on the recording.

Answered 4/7/2014

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I havent slept the greatest the last 5 nights. I have been dealing with random adrenaline rushes and hypnic jerks a lot while trying to sleep or rolling around when I wake up and go back to sleep. Should I be concerned?

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I have vertigo with hypnic jerks and it's real scary it wakes me out of a dead sleep and it causes panic attacks. What can I have that's doing this?

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