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Please tell me can frequent hypnic jerks be a sign of epilepsy?
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?nocturnal events?: Myoclonic jerks upon falling asleep are well within the normal range of behavior and do not signify epilepsy. Such jerks while asleep may be true nocturnal myoclonus. more commonly termed PLMS, and is a sleep disorder, not epilepsy. However, if jerks do occur sporadically during day in addition to above, get evaluation for possible epilepsy.
Answered 7/20/2014
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