I also have these spasms. They are a side effect of opiates. From all that I've read and after speaking to my doctor, it is definitely the methadone. They are called myclonic jerks and are a symtom and not the illness itself. There is actually a scientific study that associated these with long term opiate use. I'm going back to the doctor regarding these and other methadone related issues I'm having. I'm actually switching to suboxone. I'm taking my last dose of methadone tomorrow and will induce on suboxone Monday, today is Thursday. My primary thinks switching is a good idea and so do I. I took suboxone on the street and never had issues like I do with methadone. The jerks are very scary at times and now due to the weight gain from the methadone, I've developed sleep apnea, which is causing me to wake up gasping for air. 30% of methadone patients develop sleep apnea. So not only do I have these crazy jerks but now I wake up gasping due to lack of breathing correctly. Hope this helps. I know it did me, knowing I wasn't alone and all. Good luck!
hi,i am only on methadone,and I've had this problem as well for over a year now. Ive been on methadone for 3 years now,i take zero other drugs of any kind,no alcohol or anything. If i start to feel sleepy,il get hard,jolts,like insane hard jolts to where i can just fling/throw my arm across myself outta nowhere.As for the electrical jolt when almost having fallen asleep,i use to have that a lot of the time,but no really anymore,just the intense spasms when feeling sleepy,especially during the day i find,because i split my dose, 60ml in morning,and 60mls at night,so when my morning dose really really kicks in around 1-3pm i start to get sleepy,and man I've literally thrown things across the room,because if its in my hand and i have a jolt,its gone.I have been searching for others with the same problem and you are the only other one I've found.
please help, you are the only one that i have read that says my symptoms.
im on methadone 110mg, celeca 40mg, and ambian 10mg. and these jerks are really becoming a problem with my sleep...it freaks me out because it will liturally feel like iv been electracuted and i jump out of a deep sleep. and while im falling alsleep different parts of my body jurk....and i cant get a good nite sleep. unless i take some kind of benzo!! i can lay down and sleep good if i take something like that. but im not soppose to be taking that kind of meds being on methadone. so i dont know wht to do....can you give me any kind of insite to i can do what i need to do. or is it really some underlying problem that im not aware of and dont know about?? let me know what you think. thanks my
I take Effexor and I've taken soma recently for back pain. I have noticed a spasm happening frequently. It's really scary.... Maybe it is the Effexor. How much are you on?