I call them 'my jumps'

 

I'm certain there is some kind of clinical name;

I just call them 'my jumps'.

The first was when I dropped 

my hairbrush at age 12.

A lapse of consciousness? I really 

don't remember the brush drop, 

only that it was on the floor.

These 'jumps' ~

some rather humorous,

some exasperating situations!

One such 'jump' involved powdered milk....

Measuring out ingredients called for in a recipe, 

dry powdered milk filled a cup measure ~ suddenly covered 

as though  in a very dry snow storm

Each 'jump' has involved my right arm flinging itself into the air.

Whatever I'm holding gets dropped or flung away.

I have ~ 

    broken china, 

    dropped raw eggs, 

    my garden fork, 

    and worst of all, 

    lost a freshly made cup of coffee to the kitchen floor.

A 'jump' can also be

    my knees buckling so I

    lose my footing and almost fall.

    I have dropped straight down and like a ball, bounced right back up.

These 'jumps' all happen in the early morning

when not sufficiently rested over a couple of days.

I have learned to give myself

lots of time to slowly wake up.

And on my first day off after a couple of long shifts

I sleep in - or at least try to.

No early morning appointments for me!

To avoid another coffee mishap, 

I do make my coffee or tea, doctor it and

head back to bed with a book for an hour

(or more maybe more!)

I have learned:

they may or may not be

a precursor to a tonic/clonic (grand Mal) seizure.

I have boasted aloud of being seizure free 

~ in my head, these 'jumps' do not count,

but I assume they do.

I still very occasionally have one of 'my jumps'

Before I am out of my pj's

and while I am still sleepy

Flags to my day that say:

    "slow down and breathe"

    "get centred and calm",

    "this morning you need more time",

    "do a longer, slower yoga routine"

Little tricks so I can enjoy the day that stretches ahead of me.

"If you realize you aren't so wise today as 

you were yesterday, you're wiser today."

 ~ Olin Miller

Authors note on Nov.12, 23: I have since learned that these 'jumps' may be juvenile myoclonic seizures. Confirming this requires a physician's diagnosis.