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Originally Posted by Heart2Heart
I'm not sure if this will help ? Many jerks, jolts and twitches happen right before we drift off to sleep. I had them and it frightened me until I learned it can be a normal thing as well. I'm not you so have no idea if its that. But maybe if you read about that by searching net under " Body jolts when falling asleep " or " Body jumps when I'm falling to sleep ". Or some other search words. Good Luck and hope it all sorts out for you.
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Yes, those are called myoclonic jerks or twitches. They are known to occur in nearly everyone at one time or another when falling asleep. You need to stop focusing on motor symptoms and look at bigger picture. Many different things can look like PD, so you cannot go on motor symptoms alone. Do you have any of these other things going on:
loss of smell
constipation
REM sleep disorder (dreams so vivid that you act them out)
If you don't have any one of those signs, you most likely do not have idiopathic PD, but you may have a secondary form of Parkinsonism.