Waking Up an Hour After Falling Asleep with a Feeling of Being Electrocuted and Tinnitus 5x Louder

JD Walton

Member
Author
Jan 27, 2024
2
Tinnitus Since
2023
Cause of Tinnitus
Gunshot
Hi all,

I have been dealing with tinnitus for about 2 months due to a firearm discharged near my ear.

In short, the tinnitus symptoms when awake have subsided greatly, to where I can function most of the day.

I have always been a deep sleeper, but since the accident have been sleeping less and less.

I go to bed feeling relaxed with very low tinnitus, and then I wake up after 1 hour of falling asleep with a feeling of being electrocuted: face, arms, hands, and fingers feel stinging and numb (they feel cold to the touch and very tense.) Ringing is 5x louder. My body is to the point where it is not wanting to fall asleep, and I cannot fall asleep even when going days without sleep.

Please help, I would love to know if anyone else has experienced this?

I can also turn off the spike by listening to purple noise for about 5 minutes. However, I cannot fall back asleep.

Thanks,
JD
 
Sleeping position? Avoid lying on back?

Is snoring increasing your tinnitus during sleep?

Noise of pillow rustling against your ear? Use a pillow with a hole?

You are still at early stages, things could easily improve.
 
I am having a sleep study done next week so hopefully this will help identify any of these issues... I have a feeling it's anxiety.
 
I experience something similar due to Magnesium/vitamins deficiency + anxiety. I feel like I'm getting electric shocks while trying to sleep.
 
Hi all,

I have been dealing with tinnitus for about 2 months due to a firearm discharged near my ear.

In short, the tinnitus symptoms when awake have subsided greatly, to where I can function most of the day.

I have always been a deep sleeper, but since the accident have been sleeping less and less.

I go to bed feeling relaxed with very low tinnitus, and then I wake up after 1 hour of falling asleep with a feeling of being electrocuted: face, arms, hands, and fingers feel stinging and numb (they feel cold to the touch and very tense.) Ringing is 5x louder. My body is to the point where it is not wanting to fall asleep, and I cannot fall asleep even when going days without sleep.

Please help, I would love to know if anyone else has experienced this?

I can also turn off the spike by listening to purple noise for about 5 minutes. However, I cannot fall back asleep.

Thanks,
JD
Hello there!

What you describe tends to happen to me randomly. I've experienced it several times. Waking up to a feeling of being electrocuted along a monster spike, which lasts until I sleep again. I think tinnitus is closely related to sleeping and rest. If I ignore my sleeping regime and hygiene, I end up waking up to what feels like a gigantic steel drill being inserted by my anus to my occipital bone and open coffin with loud white noise.
 

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