I suffered a head injury and about six years later started having seizures.  I start out with twitching also.  I was taken to the ER many times and they told me I was fine.  I even went for In-patient testing and was told it was all my imagination.  My personal neurologist suggested that it was just one of those cases you cannot prove where it originated and was more concerned about treating it than trying to find out why they were happening.  I would see a neurologist and explain EVERYTHING you see happen.

Hello Cajung, my name is Omega. I'm new here too. My husband has similar seizures. Mostly in the mornings but sometimes any time of day. He also has head injuries from childhood and started having twitching and shaking seizures many years later. He is 34 now and the doctors still don’t know exactly why or how his seizures happen but say it may be the 'tonic-clonic’ kind of epileptic seizures. He tried some standard epilepsy medications but stopped because they made him feel angry all the time.

If he starts to get a little bit shaky at home and lies down straight away to rest and calm his nerves the shaking will often just fade away. Getting in bed and giving him some cuddles helps too. We have found a few cheap and easy little ways to help him have less seizures. I made a ‘wheat-bag heat-pack’ which really helps to calm his nerves and make the shaking fade away. It also helps after a big seizure when his back aches. I made one by putting a few really big handfuls of linseed grain into a pillowcase and tied a knot in the open end. We heat it up in a microwave oven for about 3 minutes and it really helps a lot. (most people use wheat because thats whats in the ready-made ones in the shops, but I found that the home-made one is better than the bought ones. The linseed grains stay hotter for longer but think any grains will work. Also the pillowcase is bigger and more flexible to shape itself to the curves of your back or neck or wherever the muscles ache.)

Chamomile tea in baths helps to calm his nerves, we put dry chamomile tea in his pillow case too. I think it’s the smell that helps. He wont drink it as he doesnt like the taste.

Reducing the amount of sugar and caffeine makes a HUGE difference. Even just switching from coffee to tea helped to keep his nerves calmer. Coca-Cola is really bad for his nerves but he won’t stop drinking it. :-(Getting really good quality deep sleep and rest may be the most important. Making the bedroom as dark as possible while sleeping helps the brain to rest properly. Avoiding bright lights in the evenings helps too. I learned that foods like chickpeas, tahini (sesame seed paste) and olive oil have an important amino acid nutrient called TRYPTOPHAN that our body and brain needs to make us sleep properly and deeply. So we made some yummy hommous dip and had more of these foods in our meals and it made a big difference to getting proper sleep and rest. Some more foods that have lots of tryptophan are bananas, mangoes, dates, chickpeas, tamari (soy sauce), soybeans, asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, all beans and peas, miso soup, Apricots, Pumpkin seeds, Sesame seeds, Oats, whole grains, Celery, Sunflower seeds, Barley grains, Beets, Cashews, Almonds, Walnuts, Cabbage, Potato, Brown rice, Tomato and peanuts. Eating these food together with carbohydrates and starchy foods like potatoes and whole-grain breads helps the tryptophan get to the brain.  I sure hope some of these things will help you as much as they have helped us.  

He has been very stressed and extra shaky lately and so he is trying calming herbal medicines and an Indian Ayurvedic herbal medicine from the local market. He likes it and says it worked straight away, he feels calm and doesn’t shake anymore. I'm suspicious of all medications and usually try to find solutions in diet and exercise and a healthier lifestyle but I’ll get some professional advice about the herbs and keep my fingers crossed…

Good luck :-) from Omega

I would suggest getting him into see a neurologist and have them do an EEG. I would also think that maybe, you should avoid letting your husband drive until you know what exactly is going on with him. It's not only dangerous for everyone else on the road but him as well...

But call a neurologist ASAP and get him in to be seen.

Take care!!