Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a type of epilepsy that starts in in childhood or the teen years. People who have it wake up from sleep with quick, jerking movements of their arms and legs. These are called myoclonic jerks. Even if you don’t have epilepsy, you’ve probably had these jerks that jolt you awake, often when you’re just about to fall asleep. But people with JME usually have other types of seizures as well. After the age of 30, the seizures tend to get better. And medications can keep JME under control. But most people with the condition will need to take the medicine for the rest of their lives, even if they stop having seizures. The signs and symptoms of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy are:Myoclonic jerks or seizures, which are described as quick jerks of the arms and legs, and are the hallmark feature of the disease; they may be the only symptom in about 17% of the cases; in about 20% of the cases, the seizures occur in clusters, affecting only one side (unilateral) of the body, and start before a tonic-clonic seizure and Generalized tonic-clonic seizures, appear a few months after onset of myoclonic jerks and Absence seizures, usually the first symptom to present around 5 and 16 years of age Myoclonic status epilepticus is considered to be the most concerning problem of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. It occurs when multiple myoclonic seizures do not readily stop and after sleep deprivation or missing medications.