Ok for the last week or so if I turn my head or bend a certain way I have what can only be described as electricity flashes. If you have ever played with one of those little lightening ball things with the electricity flying around in it (you touch it and the electricity follows your finger around), you will know what I am talking about.

It doesn't hurt. It just feels very odd. Now seeing as it is not painful I have not bothered to call my neuro...mainly because I am in the process of finding a new one.

Has anyone else had this? Does it turn into something worse? Should I be worried? I am honestly more concerned with the On in my left eye that has been there since Dec than I am about this or the numb legs I have had since August. I am terrified that these two things are never going away.

Sounds like L'Hermittes Sign honestly.

Maybe someone else will think of something else, but that's how my L'Hermittes presented.

If it happens when you put you chin down towards your chest, it's definately l'hermittes..I have it most of the time. I don't think it's dangerous in any way, not painful..Just a little annoying.

You know I have reached a whole new level of annoyance with this MS thing! I mean seriously enough already! Can i please pick the disease that is behind door number 2? The one that is treatable if not cureable??

That's L'H... for me too. I've gotten used to it.

You might want to make note of the first time you felt it and keep notes to talk to the neuro about it.



Niko

If what you are experiencing is L'Hermittes it is caused by a lesion(s) on the cervical spine. There are other causes for L'Hermittes and is not exclusive to MS.

When you bend your head down you get sensations ( electric shock, vibrations/buzzing) for a second or two but the sensation can be repeated everytime you bend your head down.

I have had this symptom for 23 years. For me it's not painful just annoying. I get vibrations/buzzing from mid spine down. There really isn't anything you can do about L'Hermittes. If you have pain with it your neuro can try some meds for pain but it won't stop the L'Hermittes.

Here is more information about L'Hermittes:
http://www.themcfox.com/multiple-scl...ittes-sign.htm

Yep, get this annoying SX too. Sometimes it's from turning my head, sometimes bending the head down.

Yupp, L'Hermittes was one of my first signs of MS....Aggrevating dang disease..