OH YEAH !!! Which is the reason I take muscle relaxers prior to going to bed. Without those I would not get any sleep at all.
I take Tizanidine and have done so for over 10 yrs now. Can work wonders... but it does make you sleepy so I usually dont take during the day even tho my legs 'jump' daytime too. But bedtime is the worst. You WANT to sleep but your legs are jumping around.
Check with your Dr about muscle relaxers and give it a try !!

Valium for me, which helps with tremors and jerking

Jerking before bed? Isnt that question a little too personal to ask us guys? lol J/K

NOW THATS FUNNY FRED!

I liked that too Fred!!!!

Good to have a laugh on here.

I occassionally get that but my legs don't move-it just feels like they are-It is coming from the inside though.

I take baclofen during the day & at night otherwise my legs & arm would be having its own party without me. I used to have a bruised chin from the arm jerk & hand hitting my chin. It didnt tickle or look good. I also take valium at night at night as a muscle relaxer.
Now if the bladder would just join the program & let me sleep instead of waking me up every 1-2 hours - another story I know.
Talk to your Dr & get something for the spasms.

JUST ABOUT EVERY NIGHT. THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING WORSE THOUGH, ALMOST SEIZURE-LIKE...I TAKE A 1/2MG. OF ATIVAN EACH NIGHT...IT HAS BEEN HELPING.

I agree with Sambo39...I get it from the inside, but it doesn't seem to make my legs jerk on the outside..hard to explain (as usual)

Oh yes. I take tizandine and valium to try to help with it. Some nights it just does not stop and some nights I sleep like a baby.

Every now and then when I haven't put a new Duragesic Patch on my 1 leg will suddenly twitch on its own. Wh I don't really know because the Duragesic Patch is for pain and not for muscle spasms.

Fred...I hope you keep the curtains closed at night.

yes I do, most nights...never thought to ask for meds for it though..hmmm

klonoplin is a med. for that jerking of legs and arms. i know it well. this will stop it.

one-half milligram of ativan is not enough. i take one mg. when i do not take the klonoplin. your doctor will prescribe this with no problem. and yes, i know what that inside feeling is like--like something running back and forth, ......i take lyricia for that. it has to do with the nerves. just tell dr. he should have no problem prescribing this for youl

so, i got to give some advice. sure do feel good--especially if it helps any of you.

twinks

My legs as well...I can almost feel them preparing and then they just shoot out any which way. But it's not severe enough for medication. I hate taking meds so I won't unless the symptom is impossible to live with.

Oh yeah...it sucks. Only way I can get any sleep at all is Baclofen,Lyrica, and Klonopin. If I try to skip these there's no way Im gonna sleep.

I did this for a while and started taking Baclofen which stopped the shaking. 10mg 4 times a day has worked. Try it out......