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I have suddenly started having Myoclonic seizures, could I be epileptic?
I am an 18 yo male. It started about a week ago. I stayed out all night with my girlfriend, and we had sex. After we were done, I got this feeling in my right leg like a continuous electrical current flowing right above my kneecap. That lasted maybe 20 seconds, and after that, my legs started to twitch a little bit. Not constantly, but like every 20-30 seconds they would twitch for a half a second. I walked into Walmart and it progressively got worse, my legs (mainly my right leg) started to get worse and do it harder and harder. I got back out to my car and I couldn t drive, because it was to the point where I was involuntarily kicking my leg. I had my girlfriend drive me to Urgent care and they took a blood lab. It came back inconclusive, so they had me get an MRI. The only thing they found was a small cyst on my pineal gland, they said that it is most likely not related to my current condition. So they are now having me go see a neurologist, I need to set up an appointment for that. But it moved from my legs to my abdomen after a couple days, and just yesterday to my neck. It is like my muscles engage or jerk anywhere from 0.5 seconds to 15 seconds. It doesn t feel like a normal twitch either, it feels like I m doing it but It s completely involuntary. Being physically relaxed or engaged doesn t change anything, but the quieter my brain is or the more focused I am, the less they happen. I am also motionless when I sleep. Could I be epileptic?
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- Anonymous2 years ago
This isn't characteristic of an epileptic seizure or any other kind of clonic-tonic seizure, because seizure activity usually results in a marked change in mental status in terms of being alert and oriented to people, places, and time. Rather, this sounds more like an electrolyte imbalance, as high or low potassium is particularly noted for making muscle cells excitable, and therefore causing muscle twitching more in the manner you described. The starting point would be to do lab work to check the electrolytes. This also sounds like it could be any one of a host of other neurological conditions, such as parkinsons disease, etc.