Muscle jerks symtom of restless leg?
When your muscles jerk in the jaw, shoulder or legs while you are falling asleep is that restless leg?
I Have FMS, so not now to chronic insomnia and unrestorative sleep. But lately far more day time drowsiness, to the point of falling asleep at work. Then when I try to sleep, or nap, these muscle jerks jolt me awake. If I take a sleeping pill, apparently I still kick and twitch anyway. I also making a lot of noises, but not talking. I'm dying to get a good nights sleep at this point.
Here's a link on the site to read up on restless leg syndrome - http://www.healthcentral.com/sleep-disorders/restless-leg-syndrome.html
It sounds like you would benefit from a consult with a sleep expert and a determination if you would benefit from sleep testing.
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I have been diagnosed with RLS, and leg and sometimes arm or wrist jerks are common for me, along with the feeling like my legs are moving inside my skin or twisting like a rope. My neurologist prescribed Requip, which recently came out as the less expensive generic Ropinerole, and it makes a big difference in my ability to sleep.
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As a comment to the suggestion for a sleep study. I would only do it if your insurance will foot the bill. I had a sleep study, and it was completely inconclusive. They told me that I woke up numerous times (like I didn't know that!), but they could not tell me why. They just gave me a prescription for Ambien and sent me home. Fortunately it wasn't MY money that was wasted!
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I did go to a sleep study recently and there was no indication of RLS, it looks like it is because I am short on magnesium. Go figger.