myoclonus

[marvinmartian]

I am a 38 yr old male and am being told I have myoclonus, At 1st i went and had an MRI done and they read i had...
Widely scattered punctate regions of T2 and Flair signal hyperintensity within the
deep white matter both frontal lobes. This might represent some vasculitis, or
early changes of small vessel ischemia. Cannot completely exclude early changes of
multiple sclerosis.
I watned toget a second opinion and went and seen another doctor explaining that I do not have all the symptoms of MS. They offered to look over my MRI scan and results and called me latter the same day telling me that what they had was wrong. He thinks (at the time was not MS at all or anyting thay had listed) and was wanting to see me.
He later told me I may have Myoclonus. As of now I am taking Clonazepam and I still often have jerks, My whole body at times will jerks a few seconds....me head will jerk backwards as if it's wants to fall off arms will fling almost hittimg my significant other.
I am currently laid off work but been told by my family doctor that she does not wanting me working right now. But yet I need to work due to us having a baby on the way.
Not olny that I am or I was on Niaspan for my high cholesterol which I had a reaction after a few days of taking it so my nurologist suggest I not take it no more.

[marvinmartian]

The only thing that my neurologist had said on the findings in my MRI was the 4 spots that are about 4cm big is probably scar tissue since it was so far in to my brain.
Too bad I was not able to email you my MRI and let you take a look at it and let me know what you think.
But thanks for the reply. This gives me a lot to look in to and may pass on to my doctor.

[Dr. A. Srivastava]

Hi, Thank you for your question. Although without being able to placing your findings in context with clinical features and the results of other investigation such as hematological, MRI, I can not offer the specific advice & treatment you need. However, I will try to provide you some relevant information about your health concern.

It seems like a white matter disease. In white matter disease or microvesicular ischemic disease of brain, pathology is associated with the brain white matter, either exclusively or in combination with grey matter changes. It occurs due to metabolism errors, exogenous toxins released by virus, autoimmune disease, leukodystrophy, demyelination, and radiation effects. Spasticity, muscle weakness, paralysis, hyper-reflexia and movement disorder may be the clinical features associated with white matter disease that need to be evaluated thoroughly. However, it is sad to say that there is no permanent cure but conservative treatment & physiotherapy exercises that would help you to regain your normal function and stopping the further progression of the disease. Please consult a neurologist in this regards. Hope this helps.