jumpy arms and legs - Multiple Sclerosis Message Board

jferdinandca · 02-10-2006, 05:35 AM

Recently I have had my arms and legs twitch, big twiches, they move 4 or 5 inches. Is this what is referred to as a spasm or what. can someone please shed some light. This happens mostly at night and both my arms jumped so much it woke me up last night. Thanks

Peanutsmom247 · 02-10-2006, 06:22 AM

If it's happening at night, it may not be abnormal. I know that during a certain stage of sleep, the body can twitch/jump. That happens to me (and a lot of other people I know) as well. I also know that there is something calledd RLS (Restless leg syndrome) that causes that kind of twitching at night. Maybe you might want to do some research on the net about it.

Good luck finding the answers that you need

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jferdinandca · 02-10-2006, 01:04 PM

I did consider that but i do have it some in the daytime and it is in my arms also. It has just started and it does not hurt, just an involutary jerk, very quick too.

duttin · 02-10-2006, 01:31 PM

I can relate,I have severe spasms,to where the tendons knot up and meds don't provide much relief.I get the involuntary muscle jumps,they drive me nuts and can be bothersome,some can be painful.I get them in arms and legs.The spasms in the legs,once thought to be restless leg syndrome has been ruled out.My neurologist can't get the muscle spasms under control with meds,so I am seeing a neuromuscular Doc at the cleveland clinic on the 21st.I know my neurologist had a name for it,can't remember.
Toni

jferdinandca · 02-10-2006, 02:12 PM

Thanks for replying.
I haven't gotten a diagnosis yet but I am close MRI coming up, my ENT and family dr. are quite sure, so much that my family dr, was ready to start steroid treatment, I am not quite ready for that at the moment. I have both left and right side weakness, left in dec. and right in Jan. by an ENG. couldn't walk a straight line, couldn't flip my hand in my palm, and he poked my arms and could only feel one point on both sides. I also have lost my taste completely, day 19, and loss of words, also right foot tingling up to my knee. I figured this was just one more thing.