Looking forward to my hypogognic sleep state. Anticipating what it might feel like, as I do most every time I feel sleepy, once I got interested in sleep states instead of insomniac states.

One of the nicest is feeling like my body is melting and spreading. Hard to explain, but when it feels like my fingers and toes are getting huge like The Hulk, I know sleep is coming soon. Sometimes it's my tongue that begins to relax and grow right before falling asleep. Unfortunately, I only know this because sometimes my brain gets mixed messages, and my arms-legs-jaw decides to give a sudden myoclonic reminder.

Then I'm either biting my tongue quite hard, or scaring the cats off the bed with jerking legs and arms. Then I'm awake again, hoping to find that hypogognic state that leads to REM.

Lately it's been Benadryl (diphenhydramine) that helps me into this pre-sleep state. Anyone else know what I mean?