Re: jerking at night in his sleep?

July 14, 2003

I have had the same thing sometimes even when i'm awake. I was told

its phantom shocks Got them when I was anxious or nervous about the

whole situation. they went away now If it was a real shock I'm pretty

sure he would feel it

Bill

> Just wondering if this is something from the ICD, or the Coreg.

> Ever since my hubby got the ICD 2 months ago, and started taking

the

> coreg at the same time, his body " jumps " while he sleeps, like a

> hiccup type jump. He doesn't feel any of this and said I am nutz.

> He said if it would be a shock, he would feel it, and I thought

> maybe it was the pacing part of it doing the therapy thing. I am

> going to ask the doctor when he goes in again, but wondered if this

> happens to any of you guys?

July 14, 2003

Hey "cutefrog"

I agree with Bill. My hubby told me the same thing after my ICD

was implanted. He thought for sure I was being shocked. I do

beleive it is the phnatom shocks. Your mind is a powerful place and

subconciously it remembers the shocks that your body had under anestesia.

So when you are in a subconsious state for just coming to from sleeping,

your body/mind can remember this and that is how it reacts. Not all

EP's have bought off on this theory but many do beleive this.

Hope this helps, guin

P.S. These phantom shocks can be so real to you (the patient)

truly beleive you have been shocked - you can be awake and even get the

jerking, which convinces you even more that they are real shocks.

Bill Schaeffler wrote:

I have had the same thing sometimes even

when i'm awake. I was told

its phantom shocks Got them when I was anxious or nervous about

the

whole situation. they went away now If it was a real shock I'm

pretty

sure he would feel it

Bill

> Just wondering if this is something from the ICD, or the Coreg.

> Ever since my hubby got the ICD 2 months ago, and started taking

the

> coreg at the same time, his body "jumps" while he sleeps, like

a

> hiccup type jump. He doesn't feel any of this and said

I am nutz.

> He said if it would be a shock, he would feel it, and I thought

> maybe it was the pacing part of it doing the therapy thing.

I am

> going to ask the doctor when he goes in again, but wondered if

this

> happens to any of you guys?

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http://www.ZapLife.org

July 14, 2003

My husband has the same thing. It started right after his second heart surgery. He also has restless leg syndrome. He will be sitting in a chair and his leg (legs) seem to just start bouncing around. Nothing we can do about it. The jumping at night doesn't seem to bother the doctors. We now have separate beds because of this and the ICD (I am afraid I will roll over and hit it, causing him to wake up in pain).

Gail

jerking at night in his sleep?

Just wondering if this is something from the ICD, or the Coreg. Ever since my hubby got the ICD 2 months ago, and started taking the coreg at the same time, his body "jumps" while he sleeps, like a hiccup type jump. He doesn't feel any of this and said I am nutz. He said if it would be a shock, he would feel it, and I thought maybe it was the pacing part of it doing the therapy thing. I am going to ask the doctor when he goes in again, but wondered if this happens to any of you guys? Please visit the Zapper homepage athttp://www.ZapLife.org

July 14, 2003

I don't know if my whole body jerks, but I had a neurological

disorder in 1996 and ever since I have a tendency to have twitchy

muscles in my arms and face.

Our bodies electical system is a truly mysterious and touchy thing.

Bridget

> My husband has the same thing. It started right after his second

heart surgery. He also has restless leg syndrome. He will be

sitting in a chair and his leg (legs) seem to just start bouncing

around. Nothing we can do about it. The jumping at night doesn't

seem to bother the doctors. We now have separate beds because of

this and the ICD (I am afraid I will roll over and hit it, causing

him to wake up in pain).

>

> Gail

> jerking at night in his sleep?

>

> Just wondering if this is something from the ICD, or the Coreg.

> Ever since my hubby got the ICD 2 months ago, and started taking

the

> coreg at the same time, his body " jumps " while he sleeps, like a

> hiccup type jump. He doesn't feel any of this and said I am

nutz.

> He said if it would be a shock, he would feel it, and I thought

> maybe it was the pacing part of it doing the therapy thing. I am

> going to ask the doctor when he goes in again, but wondered if

this

> happens to any of you guys?

>

July 14, 2003

Hi Foggy,

We talked last Thursday. I wrote an article about phantom shocks a couple

of years ago. If you go to the zapper website you can read it.

Don't be surprised if the interrogation shows nothing.

Are you sure that he is not just being froggy's mate and trying to keep up

with your jumping???

Doug

>

> Please visit the Zapper homepage at

> http://www.ZapLife.org