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Muscle Twitch in Legs/body?
Wed, 11/01/2006 - 10:32Hi Everyone,
I just discovered this site the other day. I am hoping it will be a good forum for information and support. I am 33 years old and was diagnosed with seizure disorder last June. I haven't had any seizures since starting dilantin, however I continue to have what I like to call "Seizure Activity". Essentially it involves muscle tics/jerks/spasm in my legs, and now in my face. It usually only happens when I am tired. My doctor keeps telling me it isn't necessarily seizure related, but it's too abnormal not to be. Not to mention that the symptoms started when my seizures started and also subsided when I started the meds.
Re: Re: Muscle Twitch in Legs/body?
Submitted by PoohpasMommy on Sun, 2006-11-05 - 15:29
Wow! I am new to the site but these muscle spasms seem to be what my husband was experiencing last week. He has had a siezure disorder since he was 11 (now 32). Last week, he had 6 siezures within two days (after having none for 2 years). While he was in the hospital, he started having these spasms. We thought they were siezures but the doctor said because he was alert and aware, they were probably just spasms. But the fact that you mentioned the noise that occured struck me as odd, because he complained of the same thing.