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

[hbananas]

I've had the uncontrollable yawning without the stretching for a long long time.  Sort of like the soft palate rising, ears popping part that you can even do with your mouth shut.  This often happens to me lying in bed, and it perversely keeps me FROM falling asleep.  Gollie gee whiz, is this something else to add to my possible symptoms list?  I hope you feel better very soon, Quix.

Holly

[gollie]

Hi Quix I havnt seen you on much but your post explains why now.  Any way I just wanted to say hope you feel better soon. and to tell you
that I have had a similar experience with the yawn thing just a couple of times awhile back, i wasnt laying down, i was sitting up and started to yawn but my mouth did not open enough so i was just breathing in little puffts of air instead of one long breath of air in a normal yawn. and right after i thought i was done with the abnormal yawn it happened again almost like a reflex type thing.  thinking back on it im prone to believe
it had more to do with the lower jaw muscel not opening properly right at the time of a yawn comming on but yet the yawn itself once in motion almost like a reflex that just dosnt stop right in the middlel. just because your jaw dosnt co operate by opening all the way.  that is the best way i can find to describe it.   (yawn like a reflex in the middle of a muscle not co operating)  if that makes any sence at all.
any how good to see you on   dont work to hard and hope your tn is better soon  Gollie

[ELT]

oops, sorry, my computer froze

[ELT]

   I have been having the uncontrollable need to stretch, and, I wasn't sure if what I was doing was yawning because, though it felt somewhat like a yawn, it seemed more that I was tightening my jaw hinge.

   Lately, when doing ANYthing, my hips, kneew, shoulders, wrists, jaw, have been tightening up.  I have had THE worst pains in some joints, but, I have not got arthritis, or anything like that.  After my walk yesterday, I couldn't walk, after sitting down for a bit.  The pain was agony, and my leg kept buckling under me, it went the opposite way (my knee) as I told it to.  Make sense?

   Oh, and I looked like the town drunk as I staggered through my house.  Had to shut the blinds, didn't want to give the neighbours something to talk about.  Haha

   All is well today, sort of, I lived through exercise class, mostly cause I listened to my body better today than I did yesterday.  Had to, had to go for coffee and a bowl of indian lentil soup after class.  Our bonus for the work.  Healthy enough, right?  

   Have to make up for the chicken wings and potatoe wedges from last night,   One of those quick effortless meals. lol  

   And, Hahaha to the Cog and Fog, I can SOOOOOO relate.  

   Erica

[Momzilla]

Hey~ I had my "girls" hard pressed yesterday.  Always gives me a curious hankering for pancakes when I'm done.....

I have never said anything, but I get this weird reaction whenever I yawn.  I get a spasm in my neck/throat something fierce!  This always leads me to think I don't have MS, too, because my spasms are EVERYWHERE, not just in my limbs.  My muscles are tight in my right leg, especially, but also in my other leg, feet neck, back....

My seven year old throws himself onto the floor sometimes with "toe cramps."  Now, I've never EVER fallen with toe cramps.  But apparently his toe cramps are worse than mine.  He is our little actor.  I don't know where he gets it!

I hope you have abetter day, Quix!

Zilla*

[Rena705]

P.s.  I can say that about being stupid to smoke only cause I have quit for 218 days today!  I have a counter on a Quit Smoking program on the net...in case anyone is wondering how I can keep count all the time!  PLUS I am PROUD to keep count!

Rena