I'm Mark "Waves and " . I usually hang out over at the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Forum and as of late have been getting some info from the folks over at the MS forum too. Now I have a question for you and maybe you can help and maybe not, but here goes.

For about the last 5 months or so when I would go to bed I would have these jerking sensations that would start in either leg or arm and and start jerking me all night repeatedly. Also I would have these jerks or tremors for lack of a better definition go through my chest and stomach area. All night long.

These never hurt. They just never give up and I can never get any sleep. I do not drink alcohol and I do not drink caffeine before bed. But I am also starting to have these same sensations during the day when I am laying down so I know it is not necessarily a night thing but it is a position thing. Any ideas what this might be?

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Thank you again.

Mark

Sounds like Myoclonus.

The jerking movements when you fall asleep fit the description of myoclonic jerks, which are quite common in millions of people. What is not common is for them to carry on all night and during the day.

The Thread below this gives information about Myoclonus. Maybe your starting point could be to check that Thread to see if the information fits your description.

How about this..

http://sleep.health.am/sleep/more/pe...ents-in-sleep/

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PLMS and RLS may be associated with some medical conditions, including uremia, anemia, chronic lung disease, myelopathies, and peripheral neuropathies. Use of medications, such as tricyclic antidepressants and lithium carbonate, and withdrawal from benzodiazepines and anticonvulsants may all induce these disorders. Other movement disorders that should be differentiated from PLMS include the hypnic myoclonus, nocturnal leg cramps, and jerks associated with long-term use of l-dopa.

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Furthermore, many patients with PLMS also suffer from other sleep disorders, including SDB and REM sleep behavior disorder.

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