Im not sure where to start but I will start with back when I was a teenager. When I was a teen, at school I would lie my head down on my desk and knod off but as I would knod off I would jolt my self alert or awake or whatever. I know hypnic jerks are pretty much normal but I still have them to this day. As I lie in bed falling asleep my leg would jolt me aware or awake. Once in a while, my whole body will jolt me awake. It did the other night. I am taking lamictal and am aware of that being also a seizure medicine. I take it for mood. I do not have a seizure disorder. Is this still normal for me to still be experiencing these jolting awake episodes? It happens just about everyday/night. Also, when I was a teen, I played sports, with physical exertion, the base of the back of my head would fill like over exerted. I was not in good shape as I should have been. I was of normal weight. The feeling felt like blood rusing through, back at the base of my head. Can these two things (hypnic jerks and the feeling at the base of the back of my head) be related in anyway? I have wondered if I need to be checked for any genetic heart conditions or any other that cause either symptom or both.
I don't think they would be related in any way but so that is why I put both of them here with my questions.
Not sure if this plays a part, but I stay dehydrated due to a good amount of sodas per day. Something I am working on. I have an anxiety disorder and have had a few panic attacks. Not major ones but enough to cause a little concern at times.