Ideomotor Jerk!

[byronselorme]

That's a good start

[Diane]

Vermiform = worm-like

[byronselorme]

Ideomotor Jerk!

I would never miss an opportunity to admit I don't know what I am doing. Thanks for that info Jo. I have to read up on vermiform now

[Jo Bowyer]

You both know what you are doing and I hesitate to advise, but I'm going to anyway. Myoclonic jerking once established is difficult to down modulate. Keep it vermiform and enjoy!

[byronselorme]

That happens sometimes. But usually at the end of a ...spasm.. With the muscle staying "on" if you will. Often it is in cervical extension.
Who knows. The floor is pretty safe.

[Dan84]

Byron

I get those ideomotor jerks too; mine are pretty regular (sometimes like shaking head no) They always seem to end well, but for someone looking in, it must look lie I'm having a fit. Actually my wife accused me of that once.

Do you find that you get into positions and just sort of hang out there for a bit?

[benjamim fontes]

Diane,
yes, now it works fine for me too. Thanks.
Benjamim Fontes

[Diane]

Try again, Benjamin? - worked fine for me.

[benjamim fontes]

Byron Selorme,
The video... I see nothing, only a black board.
What is going on?
Benjamim Fontes

[Jo Bowyer]

Myoclonus can be physiological and is observed when someone is in a hypnogogic state; falling asleep,waking or being treated. The most common variant I deal with is PNES/NEAD which is essentially a management problem.

Myoclonic disorders: a practical approach for diagnosis and treatment
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3036960/


Some of my posts:

Simple Contact - Ideomotion Contraindications
http://www.somasimple.com/forums/sho...665#post164665

PNES/NEAD
http://www.somasimple.com/forums/sho...608#post184608

[byronselorme]

Interesting video about Huntingtons Corea.

Brief, purposeless, sudden movements.

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[byronselorme]

Hi Pete,

You might be right about that. What I did notice was that the areas prone to this "jerking" were my trouble spots. It was like they were trying to kick the door down or something. I didn't really mind them except that they were so sudden it felt as though something was misfiring.

I stopped worrying about it long ago. And then they have chilled out as well. I don't know if it was the Gaba or not.

Bas, you say such nice things. Thank you.

[Pete]

Me Too...

Hi Byron

I have recently started to experience very similar twitches/jerks. Mainly when I am on my own, but also when someone has their hands on me. They are around my lower spine, sacrum and stomach. I'm not on any medication other than Thyroxine, nor have I been for several years. I can inhibit them at will, and bring them on by thinking about them. For me, my guess is that they have a 'psychological' element, although their occurence does not coincide with any particular emotional experience. I welcome them as an instinctive physical expression.

[Bas Asselbergs]

nari, it doesn't surprise me that they do not mention much: how many people on Gabapentin (even in trials) try ideomotion? Most all patients on that stuff have such deep ground-in patterns of protective holding and fear of motion that it would take a guy like Byron with his unique background and smarts (he sought out Soma after all!) to mix these two!

[nari]

I've done a search on side-effects and there was only one mention (amongst dozens of listings) of uncontrollable shaking, not spasms, in one part of the body. Not much help there.

A chat with a pharmacist might assist in sorting out possible neurophysiological reactions.

Nari