Uncontrollable yawning and stretching

[Quixotic1]

Now it's my turn.  I sleep in a recliner, which keeps me from moving much at all for the 12 hours I sleep.  So, I do naturally stretch, especially my legs, in the morning.  But, this morning, I awakened earlier than usual (had to get up and go get my poor little boobitas squished - I want to see mandatory Man-O-Grams!).

But, I digress.  Every time I moved I had an uncontrollable full body stretch - the kind that you usually do once or twice, straight out with arms above your head, and that feels so good in the morning..  Each time it was accompanied by a yawn.  I usually yawn with my mouth open, but these caused my teeth to clench.  I did this maybe 2 dozen times.  It stopped when I got up.  This was very weird.  I have never heard of such a thing.  I don't think it is a side effect of the Tegretol.  And the teeth clenching started up the TN, so it has been a miserable day.

With each stretch I had trouble pulling my right leg out of it's spastic extension.  The spasticity has been the worst today that it's ever been and my right hip flexors are the weakest they have ever been.  I could barely walk even with my brace.

Has anyone ever had this happen to them???

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I also need to tell you that I will be hit and miss here on the forum until we get the "Information and Resources" section done.  If I get started answering on the forum it uses up all of my screen energy and so I will be taking every other day or so to work and getting the info to MedHelp so that they can make it available to everyone.  Then we won't have to rewrite all the same answers all the time, and I can use research energy to answer the harder questions.

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On Cog and Fog:

Two women with MS were driving to a lunch.  The passenger noticed that her friend had run 4 stop signs in a row.  "Elsie," she said, "Did you know that you didn't stop at any of the last 4 stop signs and just drove right through them?"

Elsie looked perplexed.  "Oh, dear, " she said, slightly stricken.  "Am I driving??"

Luv ya's, Quix

[Erin0313]

Quix

  Sorry that I don't have any ideas on your yawning or stretching. I hope this is a one time fluke and not the beginning of some new thing for you.

Thanks very much the laugh I really needed it!!!

Hugs,
Erin :)

[Quixotic1]

I have to remind you all that this post is two years old.  I had completely forgotten it. (Swiss cheese for brains)  I only had that stretching/yawning thing I think for two days, but it is interesting to see how it might relate to spasticity (which is typically a spinal problem in MS) and to spinal lesions.

Still clearly it is something I don't remember ever being discussed here before, so thank you for bumping it up.

Quix

[Quixotic1]

Some of you mentioned that you had clonus with the stretching.  I always do, too - on my LEFT side which is my normal side.  The spasticity is on the left.

Also, uncontrollable yawning can be a side effect of the antidepressant meds and probably others.  the worst I ever had was on Zoloft.

weird

Q

[Allessior]

I have uncontrolled stretching, usually in the morning and night, but not exclusively.  I remember when my sister had brain trauma several years ago she would do uncontrolled stretches as she was in the hospital bed, and the neurologist said that was from damage to a particular part of the brain.  I don't have head trauma except from over 30 years ago when I played football and suffered a few concussions.  I am sure there can be several reasons for these stretches.

[Jaybeo]

I don’t have any answers but I’m terrified right now because Reo nights ago I had uncontrollable full body stretches that were so very painful and I couldn’t even control my car and had to stop. I got a pretty bad headache too and still don’t know why it happened. Could someone please help me.   I would be so grateful!!!