Rythmic Movement Disorder?

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I have Rythmic Movement Disorder. This is where you have some kind of movement like rolling or head banging before you fall asleep. The thing is, usually this occurs in children under the age of five. When they reach the age of five, it usually stops. Well for me, it hasn't stopped and I'm almost 17. Does anyone know why I haven't stopped yet or any health sites I can go to, to read up on it?
best place to find out info is your doctor or the hospital where the consultant told you this is the condition you have.  (+ info)

Rhythmic Movement Disorder in a grown man....?

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Does anyone else out there suffer from this disorder as an adult. I think that my boyfriend does. He rocks his head back and forth in his sleep. I have been reading up on this and I'm seeing that it's very rare in adults....
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Can sensory processing disorder cause a person to appear drunk?

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Is there anyone with sensory processing problems that have slurred speech, awkward movement and slow responses to questions, in other words appear to be drunk most of the time or is it just me?
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Periodic Limb Movement Disorder - Abilfy (Aripiprazole)?

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I have been taking Aripiprazole for the last 7 years for the treatment of Bipolar Disorder. Now for the last few days I got Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (perodic leg movement for 2 hours during sleep daily). Is it in anyway connected to Abilify (Aripiprazole). Presently I am taking 5 mg of Abilify as maintanance treatmnt for bipolar disorder.
It is not Tardive Diskensia , it is PLMD (Periodic Limb Movement Disorder).
In 6-week clinical studies of adults with MDD, the most commonly observed side effects associated with ABILIFY plus antidepressant therapy (ADT) reported in greater than or equal to 5% and twice the rate of placebo plus antidepressant therapy included an INNER SENSE of RESTLESSNESS or need to move (akathisia)
Abnormal or uncontrollable movements of face, tongue, or other parts of body. These may be signs of a serious condition called tardive dyskinesia (TD), which could become permanent
So PLEASE speak to Doc. If symptoms are causing you concern.
http://www.abilify.com/bipolar/aripiprazole/side-effects.aspx  (+ info)

Periodic Limb Movement disorder?

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Hello, within the past week i've developed these jerking movements that make myself shoot wide awake. The most concerning thing to me is that it even affects my neck muscles, and i fear that i might snap my own neck in the middle of my sleep... as i fall asleep, my arms and legs spasm, but the spasm becomes a true contraction and actually forces my limbs to move on their own. I have been woken up by my neck turning over to the left, or over to the right almost the complete degree of movement. and then one night i felt as though i may have actually caused bleeding. i have been feeling serious neck pain and headaches lately, but have not displayed any symptoms of a Transient Ischemic stroke.

My question is; can periodic limb movement disorder affect the muscles in the neck? and if so, how can i reduce or allieviate the symptoms?

I know that i acquired it from going from a quiet sleeping area to a loud sleeping area, i am going to speak with my primary care today about this, but i am curious if there are any sleep experts who can answer this question.

- Thanks.
i have been deprived of sleep, and it is also affecting my ability to eat food, this has been the most hellish week of my life.
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I have been taking laxatives to have a bowel movement since 1998 how can I stop taking laxatives?

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I suffer from an eating disorder which is how the dependency to laxatives began. I want to have normal BM's. How can I do that?
It's going to depend on the type and the dosage, but hopefully you can modiffy this to your case:
If you take more than one which is what I'm guessing, slowly ease off. Say you take 3, today take your normal 2 and replace the 3rd with 1tblsp of olive oil(natural laxative) continue for about a week. Nexxt week replace he 2nd with like eating 2 tblsp of flax seed(another one) and only be takin the 1st laxative. A week later rplace your last me with another natural laxativ(east to google) by then you should be taking olive oil flaxseed and whatever else you choose. Start to learn how to incorporate these in meals(eg: flaxseed in sauces or cereals, olive oil and vinegar on salad, etc)
Oh and taking olive oil can seem gross, plug your
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Has anybody experienced a movement disorder after intense exercise?

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I have herniated disk in my lower back and neck, also sciatica and spondolysosis of the spine, I entered a vocational rehab exercise program for body strengthening after intense exercising at three weeks my whole body started to have uncontrolled body contortions becoming ridged and shaking. Was in the hospital for 12 days with 7 of the days of non stop moving could not walk without assistance. Doctors could not figure out what was happening and when all was over I had 5 herniated disk with one of them rupturing when I only had 3 to begin with. I'm fully aware of everything going on and not able to speak at times and other times would studder . It has been a full year now since this all came about I sleep in a recliner with a back support and a pillow for my neck I have tried to sleep in a bed however its not enough support and it causes my body to go into the movement episodes.I continue to have any where from 1 to 5 episodes a week lasting anywhere from 15 minutes to several hours after taking my medications I do have a couple weeks without any episodes. The episodes can be very painful and some of the triggers are of course when I have a flare up in my back or neck and or being over stimulated with sounds or to many people or stress or being tired. I can feel the episodes come on sometimes by getting a stomach ache or head ache and at other times they just happen out of no where. Greatly appreciated if anybody else has experienced this kind of bizarre happenings. It has been ruled out as MS or Lou Garrets or Parkinsons also seeing a movement disorder doctor and he still has not diagnosed me and he feels that Destonia and Proximal Deskinesia are not what I fit into.
Well, I can see why your doctor's are stumped. Some of these symptoms fit quite well but I am somewhat confused about how to begin because

In your case spelling does matter. Spondylosis or spondylolysis? They are somewhat different conditions although both involve the spine. I am assuming the former although it is usually a disease of aging. and if it is spondylosis, is it cervical, thoracic or lumbar?

Spondylosis, herniated discs, sciatica, contracture, dystonia, rigidity, tremors are not just bizarre happenings, they add up to serious medical conditions. Spinal degeneration certainly can cause intense pain as the compression of the nerve root from the spinal cord can cause symptoms which you have experienced. Do you have spinal stenosis with the herniated discs? Stenosis symptoms include stiffness, twitching in legs and affects the ability to walk.

First of all, it is not unusual when you already have herniated discs and certainly spondylosis for intense exercise over a three week program to possibly cause spinal cord problems. Your muscles and ligaments were not strong enough for this type of program. Your program probably should have been gradual. I doubt if your body was ready at 3 weeks for half of what you put it through. overdoing even normal activities can create pressure on the nerve root (pinched nerve)

But the connection between the intense exercise and the symptoms you experienced, shaking, contractures, rigidity appear to be an anomaly. You might want to see if a library has a copy of "Exercise Intolerance and Muscle Contracture" published in 2007. It was written by 3 French neurologists, Georges Serratrice, Jean Pouget and Jean-Philippe Azulay. Or better yet, ask your neurologist if he/she has read it. The point is that your muscles were not in condition for strenuous exercise and you depleted their energy supplies. This condition could have led to the next problems.

One of the problems we would have in offering any other advice is because we really don't have a good image to the time sequence of each particular symptom or condition. Nor do we know what medications you were taking, unlike the doctors who have seen you. We also do knot know your condition immediately prior to the onset of the tremors/shaking and the rigidity and contractures. It might help to know what medications you have been taking - if any - this would include over-the-counter medications as well. Are you taking nutritional supplements? CoQ10, B complex, others? Diet? Did you take an antidepressant in recent year(s)?

While there are several possibilities, I think that your next step should probably be to register at WeMove.org - if you have added a movement disorder to the mix. You can ask questions on the discussion boards and also read what others have experienced. Although your doctor does not feel that your muscle contractures are dystonia, I did set up that link. Are you also seeing a spinal specialist?
http://www.wemove.org/dys/

Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN), also known as neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation 1 (NBIA1) and formerly called Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome is a degenerative brain disease. Symptoms include dystonia, dysphagia & dysarthia (speech issues), rigidity and stiffness, tremor, writhing movements. While I doubt that this is your condition, I did want to mention it although it is a genetic disorder.

I don't know how much you've read about Spondylosis but the link below is to a good article about Spinal Osteoarthritis. . http://www.spineuniverse.com/conditions/spondylosis/spondylosis

Has your doctor talked about PNES (psychogenic non-epileptic seizures)? I doubt if this is the case considering your other conditions but because these "seizures" are often proceded by stress, headache, stomach ache, I just thought I would mention it.
http://professionals.epilepsy.com/pdfs/PNESbrochure.pdf
I feel terrible for you because you are in so much pain and discomfort as well as having your life turned upside down. I hope your doctors can figure out from the symptoms and perhaps the triggers.

I wish you wellness.  (+ info)

I have bowel movement disorder. what is the cause and what should I do? (sorry it is long)?

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For about 4 years now I have been experiencing occasional constipation which goes with something like hemorrhoids. I have also been experiencing a lower back pain (not serious) and of recent (about 3-4 months ago) my bowell movement dropped to about two times a week, despite having three meals every day!! At times I have discomfort in the lower abdomen and at times some pains which are not serious.

I have been trying a lot of vegetables but it is not working. Is this a digestive disorder? NB: I also experience sour taste in the mornings as if I have a lot of acid in the stomach and occasionally I have heart burns depending on what I eat.
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Keppra has helped my movement disorder but one doctor said the medicine was working because I wanted it to.?

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I was on Keppra for a few months last year to stop the movements {hemiballismus}. I was told to stop the med when my main neurologist felt the problem was fixed. The movement started up again and I went back on Keppra. I am now free of the movement problem. One Dr. I saw thought I was only stressed and needed counseling and that the med was working only because I wanted it to. I was given Depakote first and it did nothing for me. Is there such a thing as the Dr. said? I am fine at home with a loving husband of almost 40 years and loving children and grandchildren, a wonderful church family, friends, etc. Yet she thinks I am a basketcase.
Sometimes movement disorders can be caused by stress or psychological trauma. This is called somatization (a physical symptom occurs in the body because of something in the mind and subsequent neurochemistry caused by the stress reaction). It does not mean that a person is "faking" a disorder. Something is indeed happening in the nervous system to cause the problem although it might not be a purely physical problem. In these instances (as in the case of certain types of seizures that mimick epilepsy, for example) medication often does not work. Psych counseling is recommended, but it is very difficult to get pts into such treatment and docs are often reluctant to get into the topic with pts anyway. It's easier to give them an antiepileptic or some such drug.

In your case, medication did work. It is not unusual for one medication to work when another doesn't. It, however, is not unreasonable for a physician to consider that a movement disorder is caused by a psychiatric problem--but if you are functioning well now and think that you are OK and that treatment helped you but your doctor thinks you are a "basket case," dump that doctor fast and find someone who is more sympathetic to you.  (+ info)

Does McMaster University Medical have a "movement disorder specialist?"?

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I need one concerning Parkinsons Disease
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