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I would say it was this year that I started getting these random jerking movements. Sometimes it would be my arm sometimes leg, sometimes whole upper body. Sometimes just the head. They come at complete random, and at start they were at extremely rare occurrence, maybe twice in a month or so. But then recently it progressed there was one day where it was going on for the entire afternoon/ evening. Someone who witnessed them suggested it being seizures, but I'm completely alert, awake, and my… read more

March 12, 2020
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I get the twitches also and they are seizures. Very small ones, but they leave an impact.

March 30, 2020
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I do...my arms...right before I have a seizure...and then I get my black red and blue circle ⭕ and then i know to lay down.

June 19, 2020
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I've had muscle twitches and jerking movements during the day. My neurologist told me it could be partial seizures.

April 4, 2020
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

This article explains very clearing the jerks and awareness.

https://www.epilepsy.com/learn/types-seizures

March 16, 2020
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Yes I think it just goes along with having epilepsy

March 13, 2020

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