 [ Symptoms ] diagnosed with myoclonus dystonia after years of baffling medical tests living with too many animals [ Disease ] 12 years old dystonia is most probably an acquired disease it may occur during early years of life of around 10 11 years when the brain development takes place the reason for dystonia though is not the animals or pets around in the family it is surely related to a neurological disease that needs to be found out eeg and mri brain need to be done