Is it normal for someones muscles to jerk while at rest?
Im a 31 year old female. I’ll be sitting relaxing and watching tv and my arm muscles will jerk so bad that my whole arm jerks. My other muscles jerk hard too. Right now I have a trembling feeling in my muscles in my right lower arm. I also have on many occasions very strong eye twitches some that have lasted for at least a day or more. When Im in the process of falling asleep, a lot of the time my whole body jerks really hard from muscle contractions causing me to wake up. I don’t see anyone else doing this and can’t help but wonder if it’s Multiple Sclerosis or what. I looked at the website at the symptoms and I have these out of those listed on the website …………. # Weakness
# Numbness
# Tingling sensations
# Balance problems, stumbling
# Depression
# Fatigue
# Bladder problems– sometimes as soon as I get the urge to go I either have to hurry to get to the bathroom or I don’t make it in time. And sometimes I feel like I have to go more frequent than normal. This comes and goes.
# Slurred speech my family tells me all the time I mumble and slur when I talk and are always asking me to repeat.
#Bowel problems – Just a few years back I have become lactose intollerant from what cause I don’t know.
I also have noticed memory loss or difficulty concentrating or solving problems. I don’t want to go to the dr. if it’s all nothing because I don’t want to look like a hypochondriac. Just looking for some advice and insight maybe if anyone knows anything about M/S.
My meds are as follow… wellbutrin xl 300 mg taking for about 4 years or so. 75 mg of seroquel for 4 years est. .5 mg ativan and 20 mg prilosec for acid reflux —1 year I drink lots of water too.
My muscles have jerked like this since I was a kid but it’s getting worse.
The twitching you’re describing is called myoclonic jerk – it’s an involuntary muscle twitch that usually occurs in the state between wakefulness and sleep. Most of the population has experienced at one time or another. The fact that you experience it so often, combined with your complaints of memory loss and difficulty concentrating leads me to believe you either have a definite lack of sleep or even a sleep disorder, like apnea.
However, uncontrolled muscle twitch, confusion, and speech problems are also possible side effects of Seroquel. Seroquel can also cause high blood sugar in some patients, which leads to increased thirst and urination.The Ativan can also cause mental fog or confusion.
There’s probably a 0.000009% chance that you are developing multiple sclerosis, and 99.999991% chance you need to talk to your doctor about the side effects of your medications and possibly alter your dose.