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Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 5:01 am
by Burninator
Happens to me a lot in various ways, but the most consistent - and troubling - is when I’m on the verge of falling asleep my jaw will snap shut and then reopen so quickly that afterwards I often question if it really happened. The lingering sound of my teeth hitting each other always freaks me out a bit and I have to check to make sure I didn’t chip one of them.
Does anything like this happen to any of you?
Edit: typo. Goddammit.
Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 5:17 am
by flybye99928
i to have experienced this some, although not as severe, for me its more like a muscle twitch, maybe in my legs, sometimes my arms, but sometimes my arm jumps ...its weird seems to happen at night only reallyand sometimes i feel like its on days when ive over-indulged, but not sure on this theory...
Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 5:38 am
by Burninator
flybye99928 wrote:i to have experienced this some, although not as severe, for me its more like a muscle twitch, maybe in my legs, sometimes my arms, but sometimes my arm jumps ...its weird seems to happen at night only reallyand sometimes i feel like its on days when ive over-indulged, but not sure on this theory...
Definitely only happens for me at night too, and I’ve noticed the same correlation with over-indulging. Just the other night it happened while I was lying down and my leg flew up like I was kicking a field goal.
Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 5:58 am
by SanPedroLover
Burninator wrote:Definitely only happens for me at night too, and I’ve noticed the same correlation with over-indulging. Just the other night it happened while I was lying down and my leg flew up like I was kicking a field goal.
Yeah same here. Not a big issue but it happens sometimes, same circumstances for me.
Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 6:12 am
by flybye99928
i scoured reddit about it a cpl months back, it seems like it was fairly common from what i could find, no one seemed to worried about it, so i kinda said fuck it

Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 6:15 am
by Burninator
Oh word. Yeah, I’ve never really been worried about it (except for the sake of my teeth) but it’s just odd haha.
Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 6:40 am
by flybye99928
Burninator wrote:Oh word. Yeah, I’ve never really been worried about it (except for the sake of my teeth) but it’s just odd haha.
it is weird for shure, i def dont like it lol
Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 6:42 am
by flybye99928
im glad u posted about it, makes me feel better that im not alone in this issue

Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 7:02 am
by Burninator
We stand in solidarity haha
Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 7:33 am
by Klyded
When I first started with Kratom, and for months thereafter I experienced random "jerkiness" in the arms particularly. Not so much so that I couldn't ignore/control it and then it just seemed to stop ever happening for me altogether.
Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 8:20 am
by MycatTimmy
I’ve had it to. Not my jaw but in my arms and legs. With me I don’t think it’s overindulgence because I haven’t gone over 8 gpd in a couple of weeks.
Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 8:59 am
by Burninator
MycatTimmy wrote:I’ve had it to. Not my jaw but in my arms and legs. With me I don’t think it’s overindulgence because I haven’t gone over 8 gpd in a couple of weeks.
Does it usually happen during the day or at night? It only does it to me when I’m starting to doze off or am already tired.
Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 11:30 am
by Kratatomic
Interesting. I’ve been using kratom for 12 years and can’t say I’ve ever experienced this. Seems like from what you’re all saying I’d know it when it happens...kicking a field goal while trying to fall asleep! Sorry you have to deal with this! I will say though I’ve been fortunate enough to have always gotten along at lower amounts, never exceeded 4g at a time, so maybe thats a factor? Although I have been guilty of burning again too soon, haha.
Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 12:05 pm
by Burninator
Kratatomic wrote:Interesting. I’ve been using kratom for 12 years and can’t say I’ve ever experienced this. Seems like from what you’re all saying I’d know it when it happens...kicking a field goal while trying to fall asleep! Sorry you have to deal with this! I will say though I’ve been fortunate enough to have always gotten along at lower amounts, never exceeded 4g at a time, so maybe thats a factor? Although I have been guilty of burning again too soon, haha.
Haha it was slightly hyperbolic but you get the gist.
I usually don’t burn more than 2.5g at a time, so it’s not that. Although I can definitely relate with your last point lol.
Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 12:25 pm
by MycatTimmy
Burninator wrote:MycatTimmy wrote:I’ve had it to. Not my jaw but in my arms and legs. With me I don’t think it’s overindulgence because I haven’t gone over 8 gpd in a couple of weeks.
Does it usually happen during the day or at night? It only does it to me when I’m starting to doze off or am already tired.
It seems a little more frequent during the day
Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 12:46 pm
by Mahoganyrush
I do but I have MS but I have never had that happen from just kratom, other supplements like phenibut can cause the jerking and twitching you are talking about though.
Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 7:41 pm
by BallzDeep9
Burninator wrote: Just the other night it happened while I was lying down and my leg flew up like I was kicking a field goal.
True story,
I dreamed I was walking in a field.. like a school.. kids were playing ball.. A loose soccer ball came toward me. I ran up... Gave it a mighty KICK!
BOOM
I woke up, had kicked the wall HARD

.. almost broke a toe. Black n Blue toes next day..

Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 10:00 pm
by Burninator
BallzDeep9 wrote:Burninator wrote: Just the other night it happened while I was lying down and my leg flew up like I was kicking a field goal.
True story,
I dreamed I was walking in a field.. like a school.. kids were playing ball.. A loose soccer ball came toward me. I ran up... Gave it a mighty KICK!
BOOM
I woke up, had kicked the wall HARD

.. almost broke a toe. Black n Blue toes next day..


Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 2:09 am
by Love_Redz
I’ve never gotten it with leaf but when I used to take Very strong opioids for pain I would experience it almost every night, kicked my wife a few times well needless to say she kicked back lol, if I remember correctly it was called (myoclonus)
Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 11:14 pm
by Burninator
Ok another similar question:
Has anyone else ever experienced their eyes losing focus and then eyeballs start - for lack of a better word - vibrating?
Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 11:34 pm
by Banana pants
Burninator wrote:Ok another similar question:
Has anyone else ever experienced their eyes losing focus and then eyeballs start - for lack of a better word - vibrating?
Sounds like nystygmus. Isn't that part and parcel with wobbles? I've never had either but someone on here (can't remember who exactly but it was in the past couple of weeks) described it as part of their wobble experience.
Re: Does anyone else experience muscle jerks?
Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 12:06 am
by Burninator
Banana pants wrote:Burninator wrote:Ok another similar question:
Has anyone else ever experienced their eyes losing focus and then eyeballs start - for lack of a better word - vibrating?
Sounds like nystygmus. Isn't that part and parcel with wobbles? I've never had either but someone on here (can't remember who exactly but it was in the past couple of weeks) described it as part of their wobble experience.
Ah so that’s what it’s called. I didn’t realize it was part of wobbles. Makes sense though.