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A big thanks to Caroline for all the info, and another one to April for chiming in! Yes, I know that this may well amount up to NOTHING -- I've been chasing rainbows for many years now...Playing the game of process of elimination is such fun, isn't it?! I see it like Scrabble or Battleship...

Thanks so much, Caroline! So I'm famous, whodathunk?! I'm sure that there were hoardes and hoardes of "cerebellar atrophy and mnd" stalkers out there, during my 15 minutes' worth?! How many people had it on their top 10 to-do list at that very moment, do you think?! Millions? Billions...

Hi Caroline, When I tested for SCA-13 a few months ago, a variant "of unknown clinical significance" was identified on the KCNC3 gene (potassium voltage channel)...The only way to research this further, I've been told, is to have my affected brother tested, and if he too has the variant, then...

Timing Oh, and another thing I forgot to mention -- they seem to occur when I am resting/relaxing/falling asleep, thus adding to my sleeping problems...Grrrr! :shock: Take care, C.

Hi Caroline, Thanks so much for inquiring -- I definitely have familial hyperreflexia and spasticity. And that is why we've been given the "Spinocerebellar Ataxia, type unknown" diagnosed. The word "clonus" hasn't come up as of yet in my exams (over the past 3 years), but now I think that it...

Yes, Caroline -- this definitely helps, thanks! :) So I can erase the word "fasciculations"entirely in this instance, right?! I hope so -- as I understand, fasciculations are visible, whereas myoclonic jerks are not (just the aftermath). Is that correct, do you know? Thanks so much for your...

Hello, I occasionally have random "jerks" all over my body (feels like electrical pulses/jolts, in a sense) and am wondering if these would indeed qualify as fasciculations? I'm waiting for my EMG results -- would they capture these in any sort of way? Anyway, when these do happen, I just...

Hi there, I, just like Paul, am here as a result of differential diagnoses: SCA (Spinocerebellar Ataxia) or UMN (Upper Motor Neuron) disease. Whatever I have is most likely some kind of hereditary, progressive motor neuron disease -- symptoms ranging from ataxia (speech, balance, coordination)...