tremors & jerks oh my
 

i've had tremors in my left hand for some time.
then the right hand started.
now i don't just have tremors but i have jerks of both of my hands.

it's hard to brush my teeth and hard to sit at the computer keyboard.
i also can't keep my hand over the mouse because my hand jerks too much.

anyone know anything about this?

thanks.

my leg is starting a jerk so I can relate. It will wake me up from my drugged sleep.

I take more Baclofen. Nothing really works but it sorta works.

I've noticed that my arms and legs sometimes jerk when I'm sleeping and it wakes me up.....so I'm not sure if that's MS related or not. I don't notice it happening when I'm awake. Maybe mention it to your Neuro?

I have a, every now and then, tremor and a jerk. Sometimes in my leg and other times in my arm or hand. Nothing specific or long term. It usually happens when I'm overly stressed, tired or foggy...strange????:eek:

I hope yours is just a temporary thing, too..:hug:

Sorry to hear that Nancy. From someone (me) that takes 120mg baclofen/day and still gets spasms, buy a table-top hand cycle and start cranking every day. Increase amount of oxygen going thru your lungs/blood and let me know if it helps. Swimming every other day here and it helps my legs alot for a few hrs after. Head feels better too.
I don't know if i'm allowed to post a link to a online retailer but thats where I bought mine and love it. It's made for your legs while using computer.

Honestly I also think your MS is progressing. Just as I typed that, my legs started tap dancing (spasms) and I got out of pool 2 hrs ago! grrr..

Judy,

I wonder if what you are experiencing is Myoclonus. I get tremors and twitching/jerking periodically and use Klonopin (Clonazepam)

Here is some information about Myoclonus:
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/m..._myoclonus.htm

I'm sorry that you're going through this at the moment NurseNancy, and I do think it's MS related. :hug:

Essential tremors and those jerks, called myoclonic twitches, are right up there on the long list of MS symptoms.

I once had a leg jerk/spasm so severe, that I damaged a tendon in my knee, but I've not had them in my hands.

As already suggested I think this is another one for your Neuro.

Hi. I have frequently on the old forum recommended Magnesium for this condition. I have to take 900 plus units per day for this. I take Mag Oxide and Mag Taurate. The first is cheaper and easier to find in health stores. A neurologist recommended this for me over 20 years ago when i could not take Baclofen or the other drug I tried. It stops the jerks, which would go on all night if I did not take the Mag. If I take half the dose, the jerks continue, so it's dose sensitive. It also helps spasm, in fact, my spasms were
especially bad even more than jerks at the time it was recommended.

Exactly what I have used for my tremors and myoclonic jerks. My MS presented with these tremors, in 1978. I take Clonazepam. My nursing career suffered due to these tremors. But the drug worked.

Midway though my career, I had to switch to a NY Financial desk job.

thanks for the feedback everyone.
snoop, that was a good article.

i see my neuro in a wk or so so i'll ask him about your suggestions. :)