Myoclonic/Dystonic Jerks?

Ive been getting these uncontrolled movements lately. more like limb jerks. for example, my hand-wrist just jerked a few minutes ago when lying down. No pain, just a limb jerk. is this myoclonus or dystonia?

This is a good question. I have frequent sleep starts occuring almost every night without fail along with BobJazzy-like twitching. My twitching started with medication use, so I've suspected there is some kind of connection there, however, I saw a neurologist and the test for myoclonus/dystonia came back negative. Of course, it was a physical exam and no additional testing was done, but I did not have inducible myoclonus.You know, I have wondered about this myself, however. Prior to taking the medication, I never had twitching and never had sleep starts, so who knows? My personal guess, based on a conversation with mommyLDN (Leanne), is that the myoclonic sleep starts are due to upper motor neuron hyperexcitability. I believe a neuro that Leanne spoke to awhile back offered up that explanation to her.All I know is my myoclonic sleep starts have been present ever since the first dose of medication and worsened with each subsequent dose, along with the twitching, which actually started on the second dose. I don't think everyone here gets these sleep starts and I think whether or not you get them probably depends on how you developed bfs in the first place, along with genetic factors as well. From what I can tell, they are probably benign, but they are annoying as f*ck. I personally hate them.

No I'm not taking any meds at the moment. I've only had these limb jerks a few times, though they don't always happen while I am falling asleep. Sometimes I am just relaxing and my ankle will jerkreally fast. Unfortunately, I didn't have this symptom when I visited the neuro a few months ago.I'm not sure I was tested for this, how is the test done?

my twitching started around march 2012. i twitched everywhere. sometimes my shoulders, my bis, my triceps, calfs and the freakiest ones were my fingers. i tried everything. i tried drinking garorade, eating banannas etc....Buspar an anti anxiety pill somewhat works. I still take it at night for sleeping. however, none of this works like my workouts. One day my dad said "youre looking chubby"...lol his an old military guy. so, i got back into working out with weights. the work outs are intense. I do 30 minutes of cardio followed by lifting weights. each day i do a different body part. but please be advised, this works for me. I think it reduces my stress and anxiety...and that is the key. meditations might work for you...who knows? im not fully cured yet, i still random twitches. especially at night and when i wake up. but the work out have made a huge difference.

btw, has anyone had weird finger twitches? like the ones that move your entire finger for a second? it happened 3 times just now with different times in between them. im starting to think it may be myoclonic siezures.