NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS
Question:
You’re not alone. PLMS (Periodic Leg Movement during Sleep) affects approximately 5% of the population. Sometimes called PLMD (Periodic Limb Movement Disorder) or RLS (Restless Leg Syndrome), all are sleep/movement disorders and can be treated (but not cured) with medication. Look at www.rls.org/ for the homepage of the Restless Leg Syndrome Foundation. Plenty of info there, along with links to related sites, concerning your situation.
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I have said this before, and I will say it again: A host of Harvard University sleep specialists were certain that I had Nocturnal Myoclonis. When medication for that turned me into a zombie, they treated me for periodic limb movements with sinemet and valproic acid. When this turned me into a zombie, and didn’t work. I stopped altogether. Nine years later, a lowly pulmonologist in Santa Cruz California noted that i had 51 apneas per hour, and put me on a CPAP. Funny thing! Once my body stopped oxygenating at a mere 35% and was getting all the air it needs, (98%), my legs and arms stopped shaking. And they shook while I was awake, too. But I do have some huge resentments against Respironics. Fanne in santa cruz. In article <4ugn6j$…@cletus.bright.net>, Anna Mae Steel – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -<amsbo…@bright.net> wrote: > I have read several of the postings on this news group and have not seen > any references to nocturnal myoclonus. > I did’nt make this term up! The sleep disorder section and the neurology > department at the Cleveland Clinc tacked that one on me. I went through > the sleep test (night of wires).Muscle jerks -15 second intervals. > I put off for two years before going for help.The prescribe medication > has helped to where I can get 4-6 hrs of "sleep"". > Does anyone else know of this condition,or,have the same . I would like > to know for my own information. > Frank Steel
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In article <4ugn6j$…@cletus.bright.net>, Anna Mae Steel <amsbo…@bright.net> wrote: >I have read several of the postings on this news group and have not seen >any references to nocturnal myoclonus. >I did’nt make this term up! The sleep disorder section and the neurology >department at the Cleveland Clinc tacked that one on me. I went through >the sleep test (night of wires).Muscle jerks -15 second intervals. >I put off for two years before going for help.The prescribe medication >has helped to where I can get 4-6 hrs of "sleep"". >Does anyone else know of this condition,or,have the same . I would like >to know for my own information. >Frank Steel
Sure, you’re not alone with that disorder! A number of the sleep lab patients I see have nocturnal myoclonus. What medication are you taking that helps? Dan Weinhold
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I have read several of the postings on this news group and have not seen any references to nocturnal myoclonus. I did’nt make this term up! The sleep disorder section and the neurology department at the Cleveland Clinc tacked that one on me. I went through the sleep test (night of wires).Muscle jerks -15 second intervals. I put off for two years before going for help.The prescribe medication has helped to where I can get 4-6 hrs of "sleep"". Does anyone else know of this condition,or,have the same . I would like to know for my own information. Frank Steel
