Are Twitches a Foresight to Parkinsons?
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at
6:22 am
rubikscubeconfused asked:
I have heard that acting in your sleep and twitches in your body are foresights to Parkinson’s and im curiously nervous because i both act in my sleep and have twitches quite often in random parts of my body and im only 14. Myabe Parkinson’s wasn’t the disease. Please any information on this topic will be greatly appreciated.
I have heard that acting in your sleep and twitches in your body are foresights to Parkinson’s and im curiously nervous because i both act in my sleep and have twitches quite often in random parts of my body and im only 14. Myabe Parkinson’s wasn’t the disease. Please any information on this topic will be greatly appreciated.
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No, everyone has those. Stop worrying!
I’ve never heard of “acting in your sleep”. What’s that? Do you do Shakespeare or just reruns of the George Lopez show? I think you mean “precursors”, not “foresights”. Muscle spasms aren’t unusual and can sometimes signal muscle fatigue. I sincerely doubt you have anything to worry about. Just be a kid while you can and stop worrying about it.
Restless leg syndrome? I don’t htink Parkinsons is around anymore. Like an extinct disease. :p Everybody gets random twitches though…Chill.
ya get a LIVE!!
Usually Parkinson’s patients do not manifest early tremor or acting out in their sleep. Parkinson’s disease is very much with us – there are more than 6 million people with the disease worldwide and the numbers are growing. Juvenile PD (2-20 years) is still very rare. As people become aware of the early or precursor symptoms, more people seem to join the ranks of Early Onset PD or YOPD (21-50/55 years).
So what do your sleep twitches and acting out mean. They could be normal sleep responses. Are you stressed about anything other than the sleep symptoms? I think many of us have gone through at least the twitching part.
This could also be an early symptom of RLS – Restless Leg Syndrome – which you can read about at the National Institutes of Health website:
If you Google “sleep twitches” you find a link to Myoclonus which can be pretty frightening as it does suggest PD and some other serious Central Nervous System disorders. But you will also read that hiccups are a form of myoclonus.
I think, however, that the best site at which to read about sleep twitches is below where you will read:
“Another theory suggests that the transition from the waking to the sleeping state signals the body to relax. But the brain may interpret the relaxation as a sign of falling and then signal the arms and legs to wake up.”
You might learn even more about sleep issues at “Talk About Sleep”
We don’t have enough information to diagnose you nor can we do it online.
If you recognize other real symptoms, you will be in a better position to discuss them with a doctor.
Have you discussed this with your parents yet?
Best Wishes