Read Our Stories
Severely interrupted sleep affects our energy, memory, and mood. However, there are aspects of the hypnic jerking experience that makes it unique.
Read stories from folks suffering and seeking answers.
ELAINNE
Wife, Retired Math Teacher, Age 76
"There was such a sense of bewilderment and disbelief about what was happening. No doctors could unravel the mystery. Then suddenly, these random big breakthroughs..
K.B.'s Story
Toddler, Age 2
"Our 2-year-old daughter has been having Hypnic jerking since she was 4 weeks old. She’s had 3 EEGs, and seen 5 neurologists, 2 sleep specialists, a movement disorder specialist, and a hematologist..
THERESE
Wife, mother of 4, age 41
"I've had hundreds of tests, and I've spent tens of thousands of dollars searching for answers. Yet I sit here today, no better, and with no more answers than when this started four years ago. It truly feels like my body is being tortured."
JESS
Home-schooling, stay-at-home mom of 2, age 32
"I’m not an anxious person so I think it was all a perfect storm of events that led up to my jerking. Just as I would doze off my body felt like an adrenaline rush - a hard jolt that would cause my whole body to react. It would go on and on, keeping me awake."
CHRIS
Attorney, Age 35
"My nervous system shoots a jolt of electricity down my spine that convulses my body awake every time I reach the moment of sleep onset, and I have no power to stop it. These sudden body spasms will keep me awake the entire night, one violent shock after another (after another). I have had to give up many rigorous physical activities I used to enjoy because they seem to make my symptoms even worse."
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JESSICA
Mother of 2, Age 40
"I had no idea what was happening to me... It certainly was scary having the feeling that my body could no longer shut down without being woken by a twitch. I didn’t realize then how much worse they would become.... "
An honest interview with
"The Man Who Cannot Sleep"
A frank discussion with the Carnivore Broadcaster about hypnic jerks with Tracy Hans, therapist and founder of Hypnicjerking.com
I knew there were probably over a thousand people out there in the world who had no idea that others were experiencing this too.