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Originally Posted by Conductor71
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.
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Here is my answer:
I have a definite decreased sense of smell. But I still can smell stuff.
I am not constipated.
As for sleep disorder. I am guessing I don't have them. At least not when I am able to sleep. Lately I have not been able to relax enough to sleep on my own. So I am trying to cope with sleeping pills.
What is a secondary form of Parkinsonism? How is it different from idiopathic PD?
I know that idiopathic means with no known origin or definite origin. But I have no clue what secondary Parkisonism is.