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Author Re: PLEASE HELP. throat neck spasms, deep breathing, thyroid cancer, myoclonus
Chip Orange

2004-10-03, 10:17 pm

I had something like this when I was taking a med named Imipramine (I think
that's Tofranil) for chronic pain.

When I stopped, the sleep disturbances stopped.

hth,

Chip


"ani" <anita1766@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:KVzsb.29443$n6.5555@nwrddc03.gnilink.net...
> Hello,
> I suppose I am becoming a pest. I am still continuing to have sleep
> problems. Not related to thyroid or anxiety. they gave me Lorazepam,
> alprazolam, Xanax. nothing stopped it.
>
> I have these problems when I try to nap during the day, it also happens
> during the night sometimes, but mainly a day time phenomena
> (Why u ask - do I sleep during the day, I feel very sleepy.)
>
> These are the sequences of events:
>
> Frist
> 1. Feeling sleepy,
> 2. Start to doze
> 3. Muscle spasms in my throat (not always30% of the time)
> 4. Pounding of heart, skipped jumping beats (not always- 30% of the time)
> 5. sometimes involuntary jerks or hands or a leg (my doc called it
> myoclonus) or an abrupt closure of something in my throat (this will cause

a
> gasp) (50% of the time)
> 6. then Deep breathing and deep exhales (100% of the time)
> 7. Flushing feeling in my upper body accompanies deep breathing event

about
> 75% of the time
> 7. Wide awake feeling (done necessarily open my eyes)...(100% of the time)
> 8. In a few seconds feel sleepy again and cycle starts to repeat.
>
> IT GOES AWAY COMPLETELY WHEN I AM AWAKE
> I dont always have muscle spasms and pounding of heart- absent. Especially
> when I wake up. I only experience these deep breathing fits. But I am NOT
> anxious or panicky or anything of that sort.
>
>
> anita
>
> weird sleep problems- apr 2003
> diagnosed
> with hashimotos- may 2003
> with papillary thyroid cancaer with lymph node mets - june 2003



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