Sleep Issues

I am doing the strength template and frequently have hypnic jerks when trying to go to sleep. Lifting in the morning or evening does not make a difference. They keep me awake for hours but taking 100 - 600 mg of phosphatidylserine will help me fall asleep. I do little to no caffeine during the day, alcohol intake is limited to maybe once or twice a month, and I go to bed between 9 and 10. If I stop lifting for a number of days they will usually stop. Is there anything you recommended that I should do to deal with this issue?

Hypnic jerks are not pathologic, and I am not aware of evidence suggesting that phosphatidylserine can alter them.

However, you could have something like restless leg syndrome or a variant thereof, which might merit evaluation with a blood ferritin measurement and/or sleep study.

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Thanks for the quick response! I tried numerous things to deal with the issue, and phosphatidylserine is the only thing that works aside from first-generation antihistamines.

I had blood work done on 4/16/19 and my ferritin was 43 ng/mL.

I see. Unfortunately I don’t have anything else to add. Any evaluation beyond this would probably need a sleep study / consultation with a sleep specialist.

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Thanks again, I will look into a consult with a sleep specialist.

Not sure where the OPs gone from the last post, but with a ferritin of 43, I would recommend a trial of iron supplementation. I don’t know much about your age/sex/physical features/diet are, but generally speaking people with complaints like yours and a ferritin of less than 50 (in children), or less than 70-100 (in adults), although it’s technically a normal lab value, values less than these levels have been associated with restless leg syndrome and/or periodic leg movement in sleep (related, but not the same thing). You should consider a conversation with your personal doctor to make sure you don’t have any contraindications to use iron supplementation. Hope that helps.