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Originally Posted by Philster371
Thank you everyone for writing in this forum.
After reading the thread, I clearly have the symptoms of a periodic buzzing in the lower leg - 2 seconds soft vibration every 15 seconds. This started only 3days ago.
I am fortunate that my wife is a medical specialist - a family practitioner - who then specialised as a pediatrician (6 years experience) - who later specialised as a clinical geneticist (8 years exp.) - who finally specialised in pharmaceutical medicine (12 years exp.).
With her help I checked some cross references about l'Hermittes. Apparently, this condition can be caused entirely by inadequate support of the head and neck when sleeping and poor posture when sitting. I will be using additional and more supportive pillows to support my neck more from now on. Her comment to me was: "I recommend trying this for several days before any self diagnosis of MS!".
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Quick feedback after using one extra pillow last night with firm support in the base of the neck:
SYMPTOMS TOTALLY DISAPPEARED - and this after 3 days continuous buzzing.
I strongly recommend that you at least try this. Just because someone says you have Hermitte's because you seem to have the symptoms may not be true. Wikipedia even says:
Lhermitte's Sign, sometimes called the Barber Chair phenomenon, is an electrical sensation that runs down the back and into the limbs from involvement of the posterior columns, and is produced by bending the neck forward or backward.
Supporting my neck better removed the symptoms . . . it could work for you.