Guest guest Posted June 12, 2006 Report Posted June 12, 2006 Kath, I started having a problem with twitching within the past year or so, in my arms, legs, and sometimes my torso. The doctors thought at first that I had RLS, but the movements were involuntary, meaning, I didn't feel like I " had " to move. They finally narrowed it down to PLMD, or periodic limb movement disorder. Another name for it is sleep myoclonus, or sleep seizures. They would start to happen just as I was starting to fall asleep, and continue all through the night. My husband told me that there were times when I would jerk and twitch up to 5 times straight in a row, which kinda freaked him out. The first med they tried me on was a Restless Leg drug, can't remember what it was now, but it was awful. I remember that the doctor started me out at 50mg, which made me hallucinate and gave me severe insomnia. It also made me very sick to my stomach. The only dosage I could tolerate was 1/4 of a 25mg tablet, which didn't control the symptoms. Once the doctor was finally convinced it was PLMD, he put me on Klonopin, which has worked out great. I haven't had a problem since. Just my 2 cents! Jen > > Hi, > > I don't have a clue what meds the person who wrote this comment is taking: > > I now twitch involuntarily, and who knows what that is from, or if it's now permanent. The doctors don't know. We do know what makes it worse. > > But - I do know that I have twitching and it happens when I take my Oxycodone. But, it goes away when I'm on a very low dose or haven't had any for awhile. > > It's not a twitching you can really see, but it does affect my arms and hands the most. > > Just thought I'd share. > > Smiling, > > Kath > > > > > Quote
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2006 Report Posted June 12, 2006 I think most people experience occasional muscle spasms, or twitching. I'm not sure what causes it, but it's usually not anything to worry about, although it can be very annoying, especially if it interferes with eye sight or walking, etc. Kaylene wrote: > Stress, causes my left eye lid to twitch, super > stress, causes both eye lids to twitch. You can > actually see them twitch, and after awhile it hurts. Quote
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