myoclonic jerks

I'm meeting a close friend tomorrow for the first time in the year. She only knew me pre-whatever-the-heck-is-wrong-with-me*, when I could drink alcohol like it was water. I am not planning on getting black-out drunk, I don't plan on getting remotely "tipsy" but I would like to just have one...

Hi there! I'm new to this site and not really sure how this works, so sorry if I'm doing this wrong or whatnot.. but anyways, hi. :) I’m 19, almost 20, and have been plagued by what I call “twitches” for almost two years. These twitches are involuntary and I don’t know how to describe it, but...

Been diagnosed since 16 with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Had my first seizure in my sleep at 12 yrs old during a bad dream about a husky dog coming at me. Scary for a 12 yr old believe me :( so finally at 16 after my 4th seizure I was diagnosed with epilepsy. They gave me depakote and wow over...

My seizures started when I was 15 years old, since then, I've seen 4 different primary doctors, and 2 different neurologists, and yesterday, yesterday.. I was finally diagnosed. After 9 years I was finally diagnosed with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy. After 9 years of ER visits, blood draws and...

Hello to all of you. I am new here. About three weeks ago, I noticed that my body was jerking the minute I officially went to sleep. I didn't think much of it back then. But it kept on happening and then for a couple days it stopped. I had GREAT sleep those couple days. But then it returned. I...