ICD Migration and trouble sleeping

Hi, I'm new here but I've had my defibrillator for going on five years now. No complications, no shocks, no issues at all really. I had a friend's dog knock my defib further down.

Went to the ER and they did all the stardard tests. Other than the device having been moved, no leads were bothered or knocked loose. The cardiologist gave me the a-okay to be discharged.

But I'm having trouble sleeping. Each time I come close to dozing off, my muscles twitch and scare me awake. I'm assuming this is from my heartrate dropping to 60, then being kicked back up. I'd even said as much at the er but that didn't seem to be a concern?

Has anyone else had a similar problem? This has never happened before and I'm a state away from my doctors, so I'm at a loss and scared of being shocked because of this.

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by Theknotguy - 2014-12-25 08:12:43

Please check a previous message by AngrySparrow1. Use the Search button in the upper right corner of this forum. She goes into detail about possible reasons for twitches. Message heading is:

"Probably Not Appropriate, Interesting"

Comment was posted by AngrySparrow1 on 2014-12-22 10:27.

Web link:

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/myoclonus/detail_myoclonus.htm

Hope this helps.

Right after I got my PM I had twitching - also called a "startle" movement. It gradually decreased over my first year with my PM. No one could give me a reason why I had them.

TY.

by Rogue427 - 2014-12-30 08:12:36

I have them also, some times its a arm or leg and sometimes my side.

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