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I made a post about this before but didn't get any replies so I figured I'd ask again. I've been doing some reading about different types of seizures and I think my wife may be having either myoclonic seizures or partial seizures.
Basically what happens, and this is fairly common (meaning almost every night) in the first 15-20 minutes of her falling asleep her body moves around quite a bit. Usually it's just her hands or feet, but sometimes it affects her arms and legs. Sometimes it's hardly noticeable, but other times it bothers me so much that I can't really sleep through it, although she has no problem doing so for the most part.
While it does taper off as she falls into deeper sleep, sometimes it goes on for longer then the usual 15 minutes or so.
In fact, just the other day even after awaking, the twitching of muscle continued, rather violently in her left arm/shoulder area.
I'm just confused what type of seizure could cause this. Can myoclonic jerks last for such a long period of time? Could a partial seizure last for such a long time? As far as I know, status can only occur with loss of consciousness. I've never heard of the term applied to a simple partial or myoclonic seizures.
I'm just very confused. Also, we've already contacted the neuro and have an appointment to ask him about it as well. I'm going to try to get it on video before we go so that I can show him as well.
Basically what happens, and this is fairly common (meaning almost every night) in the first 15-20 minutes of her falling asleep her body moves around quite a bit. Usually it's just her hands or feet, but sometimes it affects her arms and legs. Sometimes it's hardly noticeable, but other times it bothers me so much that I can't really sleep through it, although she has no problem doing so for the most part.
While it does taper off as she falls into deeper sleep, sometimes it goes on for longer then the usual 15 minutes or so.
In fact, just the other day even after awaking, the twitching of muscle continued, rather violently in her left arm/shoulder area.
I'm just confused what type of seizure could cause this. Can myoclonic jerks last for such a long period of time? Could a partial seizure last for such a long time? As far as I know, status can only occur with loss of consciousness. I've never heard of the term applied to a simple partial or myoclonic seizures.
I'm just very confused. Also, we've already contacted the neuro and have an appointment to ask him about it as well. I'm going to try to get it on video before we go so that I can show him as well.