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Re: Curious about RLS

Posted by RHINO on September 09, 2002 at 18:01:46:
In Reply to: Curious about RLS posted by Shakylegs on August 24, 2002 at 21:51:13:
YOU MENTIONED THAT YOUR WIFE STATES THAT YOUR LEGS SHAKE DURING YOUR SLEEP. I WAS WONDERING, IS THIS YOU SHAKING YOUR LEG A COUPLE OF TIMES OR IS IT A "SLEEP TREMOR" WHERE YOUR LEGS SHAKE REPEATEDLY FOR SEVERAL MINUITS?
THE REASON THAT I ASK IS BECAUSE A LITTLE OVER 4 MONTHS AGO I BEGAN TO HAVE SLEEP TREMORS. I ALSO HAVE THESE TREMORS IN MY ARMS AT THE SAME TIME. MY NEUROLOGIST SAYS THAT HE BELIEVES THAT THEY ARE MYOCLONIC SEIZURES. HE HAS YET TO ESTABLISH A CAUSE BUT THROUGH MEANS OF EEG, EMG, AND COUNTLESS BLOOD WORK HAS RULES OUT MUSCULAR DISTROPHY, EPILEPSY, ALS, DIABETES, LIVER PROBLEMS, THYROID ISSUES, LYME DISEASE AND LUPUS.
I AM CURRENTLY AWAITING RESULTS OF MY MRI THAT I HAD LAST WEDNESDAY AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT.
ON TOP OF THE SLEEP TREMORS I SOMETIMES HAVE EXTREME PAIN AND CRAMPING IN MY EXTREMETIES, INTERNAL TREMOR TYPE VIBRATIONS THAT AREN'T VISABLE BUT YOU FEEL, SKIN PAIN THAT FEELS AS IF I'M SUNBURNED THAT STAYS A FEW DAYS AT A TIME AND THEN SUBSIDES.....THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
IF WHAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING IS "SLEEP TREMORS" PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU FIND OUT WHAT THIS IS......RLS OR WHAT. MY NEUROLOGIST HAD PRESCRIBED ME SINAMET 25/100 FOR THE PAST MONTH AND IT HAS PROVED TO DO ME NO GOOD. HE THEN DOUBLED MY DOSAGE BUT THE SLEEP TREMORS STILL PROCEED. I AM SO TIRED OF THIS. KEEP ME POSTED AS TO WHAT YOU FIND OUT AND I'LL DO THE SAME.
THANKS,
RHINO

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