I have for as long as I can remember, shivered in short-sharp blasts (those associated with the phrase 'someone walked over your grave').
This appears to be a common phenomenon, affecting most people at some point. However, I seem to do this all the damn time, to the extent that my flat mates have labelled me with tourettes (which, apparently also involves involuntary twitches and not just amusing slanderous outbursts).
I refuse to accept this diagnosis however, and so set about attempting to discover the true cause for my twitch.
So far I have come across the myoclonous jerk and the hypnogogic jerk. The former seems to be associated withh various serious disorders, so I doubt it's that! the second, as far as i understand, is a side-effect of the mental transition between lucidity and dreaming.
Well, in my case, it doesn't seem to be related to fatigue and I'm reasonably convinced that I don't have MS or epilepsy as this has been ongoing my entire life.
So, why do I twitch??
2006-12-25 08:05:55 · 2 answers · asked by digital_pencil 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
I don't have an answer for this, but twitches often occur from a magnesium deficiency, or other electrolyte imbalance. You can try taking a magnesium supplement with meals and bedtime to see if it helps, or go the doc and get a blood test.
Info on Mg deficiency: http://www.nysopep.org/page.cfm/67
2006-12-25 09:57:11 · answer #1 · answered by formerly_bob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fewer than 15% of TS patients have coprolalia. Most people with TS have tics and/or vocal tremors, without "amusing" outbursts.
Head on over to your Physicain and ask for a referral to a Neurologist.
2006-12-26 07:24:00 · answer #2 · answered by Juliart 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋