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alarimer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-16-06 09:50 PM
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114. when I am just about to fall asleep and I twitch myself awake
I am not sure what it is but it isn't painful, just a sudden jerking (usually involving my legs) and then I'm awake again.
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  -Medically insignificant yet annoying maladies that constitute torture. LaraMN  Dec-14-06 12:56 PM   #0 
  - cold sores  ohiosmith   Dec-14-06 12:57 PM   #1 
  - I don't think I've had one, but they sound quite aggravating  LaraMN   Dec-14-06 01:12 PM   #3 
  - Likely not as aggravating as boob sweat.  ohiosmith   Dec-14-06 03:58 PM   #15 
     - I've had both.  SmokingJacket   Dec-14-06 06:19 PM   #30 
  - like zits, your doctor lies to you about cold sores just to see how big and embarrassing it will get  yurbud   Dec-15-06 12:27 AM   #77 
  - I have mild Meniere's Syndrome in my left ear.  Left Is Write   Dec-14-06 12:58 PM   #2 
  - What are the symptoms of that?  LaraMN   Dec-14-06 01:13 PM   #4 
     - I have fluid in my inner ear. If I lie on my right side, I can feel and hear it  Left Is Write   Dec-14-06 01:16 PM   #5 
  - Ack! That is so annoying!  billyskank   Dec-14-06 01:30 PM   #6 
  - No kidding!  LaraMN   Dec-14-06 01:31 PM   #7 
  - IBS  Maestro   Dec-14-06 01:35 PM   #8 
  - Go to a doctor; I suspect you have an ear infection  undisclosedlocation   Dec-14-06 01:44 PM   #9 
  - ah the joys of lactose intolerance...  bleedingheart   Dec-14-06 01:55 PM   #10 
  - Or--if there's not an ear infection....  Bridget Burke   Dec-14-06 02:28 PM   #14 
  - I have skin allergies  Maine-ah   Dec-14-06 02:01 PM   #11 
  - See a dermatologist.  femmocrat   Dec-14-06 09:13 PM   #41 
  - Constantly runny nose  mcar   Dec-14-06 02:18 PM   #12 
  - Dude, that sucks....  LynzM   Dec-14-06 06:12 PM   #25 
  - Maybe you need to move?  Zookeeper   Dec-15-06 01:07 AM   #81 
  - I SAID YOU SEEM TO KEEP TOUCHING YOUR OWN ASS!!  Richardo   Dec-14-06 02:19 PM   #13 
  - Crabs  RetroLounge   Dec-14-06 05:56 PM   #16 
  - Paper cuts.  philosophie_en_rose   Dec-14-06 05:59 PM   #17 
  - Hangnails and hemorrhoids.  evlbstrd   Dec-14-06 06:01 PM   #18 
  - hangnails  NJCher   Dec-15-06 12:03 AM   #72 
     - It's when a little sliver-like layer of nail comes loose on one side.  evlbstrd   Dec-15-06 09:27 AM   #102 
        - owwwwww  NJCher   Dec-16-06 12:33 AM   #108 
  - Benign Positional Vertigo  Roon   Dec-14-06 06:01 PM   #19 
  - I actually read about this in a novel....  LynzM   Dec-14-06 06:14 PM   #26 
  - PUPPP  LynzM   Dec-14-06 06:21 PM   #31 
  - I had that with my last child.  crim son   Dec-14-06 09:54 PM   #51 
  - Interesting  Roon   Dec-14-06 08:10 PM   #34 
     - In the book,  LynzM   Dec-14-06 08:27 PM   #38 
        - Yeah there is an exercise you can do  Roon   Dec-14-06 09:18 PM   #42 
        - That's a real thing  sir_captain   Dec-14-06 09:22 PM   #45 
  - wow do I hear you  sir_captain   Dec-14-06 09:21 PM   #44 
  - injections with giant needles  sweetheart   Dec-14-06 06:03 PM   #20 
  - Restless Leg Syndrome?  Kutjara   Dec-14-06 06:03 PM   #21 
  - the jimmy legs  MrCoffee   Dec-15-06 09:30 AM   #103 
  - Canker sores.  Pithlet   Dec-14-06 06:07 PM   #22 
  - Opthalmic migraines.  trof   Dec-14-06 06:08 PM   #23 
  - I get those too.  SmokingJacket   Dec-14-06 06:21 PM   #32 
  - I get those too...inexplicable.  Drum   Dec-14-06 11:31 PM   #71 
  - does a hangover count?  Ariana Celeste   Dec-14-06 06:11 PM   #24 
  - Is it chronic?  trof   Dec-14-06 06:15 PM   #27 
     - no  Ariana Celeste   Dec-14-06 06:17 PM   #28 
  - That annoying little tic  hippywife   Dec-14-06 06:18 PM   #29 
  - drink tonic!  Jean Louise Finch   Dec-14-06 11:19 PM   #68 
  - hiccups  bob_weaver   Dec-14-06 06:29 PM   #33 
  - I've got a sty in my eye  TommyO   Dec-14-06 08:25 PM   #35 
  - People who speak slowly drive me insane  WindRavenX   Dec-14-06 08:25 PM   #36 
  - Don't move to the south.  Pithlet   Dec-14-06 09:48 PM   #50 
     - Or the Pacific Northwest  WindRavenX   Dec-14-06 10:28 PM   #59 
  - Chronic Cough  Southpawkicker   Dec-14-06 08:27 PM   #37 
  - What I can't stand is  Aristus   Dec-14-06 08:33 PM   #39 
  - Paper cuts  u4ic   Dec-14-06 08:37 PM   #40 
  - Paper cuts: at the risk of repeating myself  NJCher   Dec-15-06 12:07 AM   #73 
  - dust-dry nasal passages & sinuses  bertha katzenengel   Dec-14-06 09:19 PM   #43 
  - I Can Relate To That!  Southpawkicker   Dec-14-06 10:21 PM   #57 
  - get a humidifier  NJCher   Dec-15-06 12:10 AM   #74 
     - Is it free-standing or....  Zookeeper   Dec-15-06 01:15 AM   #82 
        - Mine's free-standing  NJCher   Dec-15-06 02:08 AM   #89 
           - I've lived in several apartments and houses...  Zookeeper   Dec-15-06 02:14 AM   #91 
  - My stupid allergies  dropkickpa   Dec-14-06 09:22 PM   #46 
  - Itchy inner ears and twitching eyelids.  nytemare   Dec-14-06 09:25 PM   #47 
  - Plantars Fascitis  GoddessOfGuinness   Dec-14-06 09:30 PM   #48 
  - keep going  NJCher   Dec-15-06 12:11 AM   #75 
  - Yes...  Engi   Dec-15-06 07:39 AM   #97 
  - Ugh!!  Jimbo S   Dec-15-06 08:55 AM   #98 
  - Hot flashes -  GenDem   Dec-14-06 09:33 PM   #49 
  - are you willing to take three pills three times a day?  NJCher   Dec-15-06 12:19 AM   #76 
     - Gonna have to try that. Vitex helps a lot, but sometimes the flashes are MEAN  havocmom   Dec-15-06 01:25 AM   #85 
     - Yes, I'm willing, and thank you!  GenDem   Dec-15-06 07:37 AM   #96 
  - Allergies and killer cramps  Perragrande   Dec-14-06 10:02 PM   #52 
  - "Restless leg syndrome." I know women who have it, and it's horrible. It needs a  Redstone   Dec-14-06 10:05 PM   #53 
  - Funny you should say that....  Zookeeper   Dec-15-06 02:04 AM   #87 
  - I'll second this  MissMillie   Dec-15-06 08:58 AM   #99 
  - RLS sounds much more sophisticated, and yes, it is a real  yy4me   Dec-15-06 09:10 AM   #101 
  - Raynaud's syndrome  QuestionAll   Dec-14-06 10:07 PM   #54 
  - Strange Thing Is That I Used To Have That  Southpawkicker   Dec-14-06 10:21 PM   #56 
     - i get migraines as well...  QuestionAll   Dec-14-06 10:31 PM   #61 
        - No, No Vibrating Machinery  Southpawkicker   Dec-14-06 10:40 PM   #65 
           - mine turn pure white when i've been outside shoveling snow...  QuestionAll   Dec-14-06 11:22 PM   #69 
  - iritis.  QuestionAll   Dec-14-06 10:17 PM   #55 
  - ankylosing spondylitis...  QuestionAll   Dec-14-06 10:26 PM   #58 
  - Floaters in my eyes and tinnitus  gemdem   Dec-14-06 10:29 PM   #60 
  - i get floaters very bad when i get an iritis flare-up...  QuestionAll   Dec-14-06 10:33 PM   #62 
  - I've had floaters for over ten years...  Zookeeper   Dec-15-06 01:03 AM   #80 
     - h, i get those kind all the time as well...  QuestionAll   Dec-15-06 02:01 AM   #86 
        - Wow, that looks like it would be visually...  Zookeeper   Dec-15-06 02:08 AM   #88 
           - i haven't had a flare up in about two years, now...  QuestionAll   Dec-15-06 02:23 AM   #92 
              - OK. I thought I was over my fear of needles...  Zookeeper   Dec-15-06 03:19 AM   #94 
                 - my iritis is an offshoot of my ankylosing spondylitis(AS)...  QuestionAll   Dec-15-06 11:15 AM   #106 
  - I have those floaters now, too. They are irritating.  Pithlet   Dec-14-06 10:34 PM   #63 
  - I've had them since I was a kid  gemdem   Dec-14-06 10:37 PM   #64 
  - I always did, too.  Pithlet   Dec-14-06 10:41 PM   #66 
  - I have floaters  u4ic   Dec-15-06 12:53 AM   #79 
     - It was.  Pithlet   Dec-15-06 01:12 PM   #107 
  - I've Had Floaters All My Life  Southpawkicker   Dec-16-06 09:53 PM   #115 
  - Sciatica  oktoberain   Dec-14-06 11:06 PM   #67 
  - do you have an ear infection?  barb162   Dec-14-06 11:29 PM   #70 
  - Back spasms  kedrys   Dec-15-06 12:35 AM   #78 
  - fingernail hypertrophy  ChoralScholar   Dec-15-06 01:18 AM   #83 
  - Have you tried an OTC ear wax remover?  Zookeeper   Dec-15-06 01:20 AM   #84 
  - Sorry about that...  benny05   Dec-15-06 02:10 AM   #90 
  - Deviated septum!  KitchenWitch   Dec-15-06 02:26 AM   #93 
  - *snort* Yep...  Prag   Dec-15-06 08:59 AM   #100 
  - I had a nose job to fix that  Perragrande   Dec-16-06 05:46 PM   #109 
  - Candling...  NC_Nurse   Dec-15-06 07:26 AM   #95 
  - I'd go with the ear thing..  youthere   Dec-15-06 09:50 AM   #104 
  - Skin tags...gross and painful  Coventina   Dec-15-06 10:14 AM   #105 
  - Mouth ulcers!  Pacifist Patriot   Dec-16-06 05:54 PM   #110 
  - Athlete's foot and dry skin cracks.  riderinthestorm   Dec-16-06 09:02 PM   #111 
  - I used to get very reisitant athlete's foot  dropkickpa   Dec-16-06 09:35 PM   #112 
  - Ingrown toenails......  Rosemary2205   Dec-16-06 09:36 PM   #113 
  - when I am just about to fall asleep and I twitch myself awake  alarimer   Dec-16-06 09:50 PM   #114 
 

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