Child (now 3years old) Twiches/Jerks During Sleep Several Times Since Birth

[njbryan]

My son has is now 3 years old and since birth, he had what was first identified as the "startle reflex" and then what his ped referred to as my son continuing to have a startle reflex well after it should have went away. My son, born at 37 weeks on the dot, and then on oxygen for 12 hours after his birth has been healthy except for extensive behavorial problems. However, his startle reflex has NEVER gone away while sleeping during naps or at night. He doesn't sleep well at night and this startle reflex is like a full body jerk or tremble, very fast, very short. I have consulted 4 doctors about this, 1  and a pychologist, none seem to think its and issue. Is this an issue, should I look to someone else, for help, is there anyone else to look to? I feel that maybe this may be a link to other problems my son is having, i.e. behavorial issues, lack of sleep... and I just want so much to give him the help he needs.

Thanks for any help you may offer.

[babyangel1979]

Can someone help me out here I am so scared that there is something wrong with my 3 year old son,he is jerking,jumping,hitting his self in his sleep,when he wakes up he runs as fast as he can to my room and screams a monster in my room,can someone please help me cope with this.

[darcyv]

HI i am 32 and have the following symptoms in my sleep I jerk, punch and kick out, shout,swear,get up through things around, bang my head and grind my teeth. I have been doing this since i was a kid doctors have not heard of this it stuffs up relationships and i am sick off it can some one please help me.

[darcyv]

HI i am 32 and am still doing theses same things i seen a doctor but they do not know what the cause is i am trying to find out a cure any suggestions.

[mothermoon392]

Hi everyone,
I have found the answer to my son's sleep twitches. I too read message boards since day one of my now 4 year olds birth wondering the source of his bodies behavior as he slept. Never got any answers nor did he grow out of these mysterious symptoms. Here are a few symptoms he had. He would fall asleep and sweat for the first 20 minutes of rest (not all the time, but enough to get my attention), his hair would get wet. Soon after he fell asleep his body would twitch, the twitching bounced all around his body. He was a "Colicky" baby (breast fed). Around 2 years old he started having night terrors, not all the time but he has had them off and on since about 2 years old. He'd wake up from naps really groggy. But in the morning he woke up just fine. For a few months in a row he would get a fever of about 101 for one night once a month and than it would just go away over night (the fevers never bothered him), I thought it was teething related (I went to a ped for this and she was perplexed as the frequency of fevers were uncommon, she was no help). But other than those few sleep related issues he was and is super fun, happy, healthy, energetic kid who has a great vocabulary and loves to be active. I would have never guessed he had what he has. Long story short I was tipped off by a good friend who had just been diagnosed with Lyme Disease. Her symptoms sounded just like how I feel, I thought I had a thyroid disease (Hashimoto's thyroiditis, my mother has it). I never felt terrible just a little tired, I just thought that was motherhood. But sure enough I got tested by a LLMD and I have Lyme and coinfections. I had my son tested and he has Lyme, Babesia and two other coinfections I can't list off the top of my head. These diseases all had twitching as apart of their symptoms (he only twitches in his sleep). Night sweats, night terrors, everything was a symptom related to tick born diseases. He was bit by a tick or I possibly passed these diseases to him while pregnant (we also have dogs that could be a possibility). I don't know when I got bit. Never saw the tick and we live in Coastal California where I never knew lyme disease exist! It does just in case you're wondering, Lyme is in every one of our states here in the US. Knowing what I know now it's an epidemic.
The few things that alarmed me of your post Katherine is the mention of your thyroid and the ADHD. Lyme is being linked to ADHD, Asperger's, Alzheimer's, Thyroid, fibromyalgia and many more. It's showing up in autopsy research related to Lyme. You would never know my son has it. He's a really energetic happy kid. Anyone interested in more information please use the information from  ILADS.
http://www.ilads.org/
The government ran sites are not up to date on Lyme info. It's gone to epidemic proportions as you'll see if you dig into lyme research. This may not be what your children have. I only feel responsible to share my findings with you all as I never once came across Lyme Disease or tick born related illnesses as a possible cause to my son's mysterious symptoms.

[lyns14]

Having similar problem with my 1yr old son his fontanelle closed early since then he makes at night  screaming has violent  her jerks when sleeping night and day is lashing out bitting himself  and everyone and everything fearless never really cries when things seem sore this is my second child and never experienced this with my first any advice ADHD  has crossed  my mind

[lyns14]

Having similar problem with my 1yr old son his fontanelle closed early since then he makes at night  screaming has violent  her jerks when sleeping night and day is lashing out bitting himself  and everyone and everything fearless never really cries when things seem sore this is my second child and never experienced this with my first any advice ADHD  has crossed  my mind