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Myoclonic Epilepsy? Possible?
by CSRNiceGuy, Feb 11, 2008 09:22PM
Hello,
My name is Andrew and I am a twenty-year old male. I have had a nagging, fairly disturbing little condition for the last several years. I've always, in the past, chalked it up to tiredness or too much caffeine, which is in my own researching, seemed plausible. Yet now, I really am ebcoming worried.
Point blank, for the last several years I've developed a very odd... jerking. It's where, My arm will shoot forward, my eyes roll up in my head for a moment, my entire upper body pitches forward, for only an instant. This, in the past, usually happened when I was on the computer and still does, in fact. I spend long, long hours on computers and have probably averaged 8-10 hours on a computer, every single day for about 5 years now, through both my recreation and for the last several years, my profession of customer service and data entry.
I need to explainthat due to this.. 'glitching', I am unable to do many things. I can not do puzzles, like I used to. I am unable to do very in-depth analyzing without getting a headache and just... 'tension', followed by these glitches. I am completely unable to play a game of Chess, where I once was an avid lpayer. I can not do antype of puzzle... it's not too light-oriented as I can still watch flashing colors, yet they do annoy me, as I suppose they would most.
It feels like I'm being electrocuted when this happens. I usually take a break for a moment, then go back to what I was doing... usually data entry, or speaking. Almost immediately... it happens again. I jerk forward. If I keep pressing what I'm doing, it happens again and again. It renders me completely useless in my field of data entry, at times. I feel trapped by these little bursts of mybody, that moreso frustrate me then cause me physical harm, though I've banged up my knees on more then one occasion when I'm jerking forward, violently.
The reason I'm asking now though, is this is almost an huorly occurence, not a daily one. It's becoming increasingly hard to hold a conversation with anyone, anymore. I try to get myself involved with what is going on and interact, yet I can't. It happens, it frustrates me and it hurts me to a degree, and I feel so inebriated because it's an intermittent problem to a certain degree that I fear would be very hard to pin down on any one cause.
I consider myself fairly healthy overall, although I am a bit overweight and I do smoke. I am twenty-years old and this happens a quite bit. I am also told my half-sister has this same problem and she's also my age. Is it possible this is genetic?
I ask, please... is this myoclonic epilepsy I've heard about, does this sound what it's like. I'm truly not sure what is wrong with me, but I know I'm not having Grand Mal or Petite Mal seizures, I just need to know if there is a way to correct this, and get my mind back to some degree.
I'm sorry for being so wordy, but I would desperately appreciate any advice.
Thank you,
Andrew
My name is Andrew and I am a twenty-year old male. I have had a nagging, fairly disturbing little condition for the last several years. I've always, in the past, chalked it up to tiredness or too much caffeine, which is in my own researching, seemed plausible. Yet now, I really am ebcoming worried.
Point blank, for the last several years I've developed a very odd... jerking. It's where, My arm will shoot forward, my eyes roll up in my head for a moment, my entire upper body pitches forward, for only an instant. This, in the past, usually happened when I was on the computer and still does, in fact. I spend long, long hours on computers and have probably averaged 8-10 hours on a computer, every single day for about 5 years now, through both my recreation and for the last several years, my profession of customer service and data entry.
I need to explainthat due to this.. 'glitching', I am unable to do many things. I can not do puzzles, like I used to. I am unable to do very in-depth analyzing without getting a headache and just... 'tension', followed by these glitches. I am completely unable to play a game of Chess, where I once was an avid lpayer. I can not do antype of puzzle... it's not too light-oriented as I can still watch flashing colors, yet they do annoy me, as I suppose they would most.
It feels like I'm being electrocuted when this happens. I usually take a break for a moment, then go back to what I was doing... usually data entry, or speaking. Almost immediately... it happens again. I jerk forward. If I keep pressing what I'm doing, it happens again and again. It renders me completely useless in my field of data entry, at times. I feel trapped by these little bursts of mybody, that moreso frustrate me then cause me physical harm, though I've banged up my knees on more then one occasion when I'm jerking forward, violently.
The reason I'm asking now though, is this is almost an huorly occurence, not a daily one. It's becoming increasingly hard to hold a conversation with anyone, anymore. I try to get myself involved with what is going on and interact, yet I can't. It happens, it frustrates me and it hurts me to a degree, and I feel so inebriated because it's an intermittent problem to a certain degree that I fear would be very hard to pin down on any one cause.
I consider myself fairly healthy overall, although I am a bit overweight and I do smoke. I am twenty-years old and this happens a quite bit. I am also told my half-sister has this same problem and she's also my age. Is it possible this is genetic?
I ask, please... is this myoclonic epilepsy I've heard about, does this sound what it's like. I'm truly not sure what is wrong with me, but I know I'm not having Grand Mal or Petite Mal seizures, I just need to know if there is a way to correct this, and get my mind back to some degree.
I'm sorry for being so wordy, but I would desperately appreciate any advice.
Thank you,
Andrew
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