Andrew Paul is Popular Science's staff writer primarily focused on tech news. Previously, he was a regular contributor to The A.V. Club and Input, and has had recent work featured by Rolling Stone, Fangoria, GQ, Slate, NBC, as well as McSweeney's Internet Tendency. He lives outside Indianapolis.
ArticleBody:It’s one of the oddest sensations you can experience as you’re trying to turn in for the night. Just as you think you’re falling asleep, you suddenly feel as though you’re in a freefall. Your stomach somersaults and your body involuntarily spasms as you lay in bed. Your limbs, or even your entire upper body, may jerk or thrash in the process.
“It’s definitely not the sign of a sleep disorder that we would treat, and not a sign of any underlying problems such as seizures or movement disorders.” The American Academy of Sleep Medicine offers a number of reasons that may be causing your particular variant of hypnagogic jerks. Unfortunately, the spectrum of explanations is so broad that it really doesn’t help narrow down much at all.
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