But I think I sprained my ankle in my sleep. I woke up this morning to my ankle (it was a problem ankle, sprained it many times in the past) to a swollen ankle. It was painful all day and I was limping around like I actually twisted it, except I was fine going to bed and waking up with this painful ankle. Does anyone have any idea if you can potentially sprain your ankle while sleeping?!
Sounds reasonable. I had a friend that dreamed he was being chased by the Terminator and woke up with a messed up knee.
No, I don't take anything. I am pretty young, 25 years old. I don't think I sleep walk? I have no idea what on earth happened...
If you weren't sleep walking you could have had a seizure. You may want to set up an appointment to see if you have epilepsy. I found out I had it during my freshman year in college. I had woken up with cuts and bruises but could never figure out how they got there. Well, my roommate saw me have a seizure, called 911 and the rest is history. One of the strangest things is, I only have seizure's in my sleep. I guess I'm fortunate because I could have my license taken away otherwise. You can't be born with epilepsy, usually a sharp hit to the head causes a pinched nerve, which leads to epilepsy. It couldn't hurt to set an appointment with a neurologist to get yourself checked, especially if this isn't the first incident. Have you ever woken up with bruises on your tongue? It's very easy to bite your tongue while having a seizure. Hopefully this is just a freak accident for you and not epilepsy, but it couldn't hurt to get yourself checked out just to be safe. Good luck. Pugs
dude you probably just kicked the wall next to your bed or twisted your ankle while turning from one side to another in your sleep.. I'm a heavy sleeper, and an active one may I add : I headbutt, kick and punch stuff while sleeping and I don't even feel it. I wouldn't give it much thought if I were you. it's kinda like when you strain your neck in your sleep, you're fine.
I wouldn't be surprised if you did sprain it. I know someone that dislocated his shoulder in his sleep. Get it checked out.
Had a friend do a calf muscle in bed. Although he went to bed with cramp and somehow through the night manage to do some more damage to it. So very likely, only takes a bit of moving about and your foot to dig into the bed and you turn and there goes the ankle.
That's exactly what I was thinking. When I had my first experience with gout, I thought I sprained my toe by banging it on the foot board of my bed. If it is gout, I would go to doctor ASAP and get some meds such as Indocin. If you don't take care it early, it will last about two weeks and will even get more painful. Advil works if it a mild case.
Do you tuck your sheets in at the end/foot of the bed? If you do so and you're long enough, you might be inadvertently pushing against the sheets while you sleep. For years, I used to be woken up by excruciating charlie horses in my calves and I couldn't figure out what was setting them off. However, one night I woke up and noticed that I was pushing at full strength against the tucked in sheets at the end of the bed. As soon as I relaxed - BOOM - charlie horse in my calf. Now I sleep with my sheets untucked and let my feet hang outside of the sheet. Haven't had a problem with the charlie horses in a long time. So it's possible that if you also push against the sheets in your sleep, you could have twisted your ankle somehow.
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Thanks for the info subtonic. I have had charlie horses while in bed before, but couldn't explain them. Yes we have tucked sheets. I'll look closer at this in the future.
I had a similar experience. I dreamed I ate a 10 pound marshmallow. When I woke up, I couldn't find my pillow.
