Electric like currents: Forgot to ask this question, please?

This was one of my most noticeable symptoms several months prior to being diagnosed with MS. I would only feel it when I held my head down or turned my head at a certain angle. I called it "my tingle" lol. I still do actually. It does increase in intensity for me when I have been exercising (temperature rises) or when I'm a bit stressed out.

I was eventually sent to a neurologist - unfortunately not one who specializes in MS. I developed my "tingle" which does feel like a mild electrical shock, around Nov 2010. I was running on a treadmill and when I looked down it was so intense that I almost lost my balance. It took me about a week to realize that it was the simple action of me looking down that was causing it. It started in my feet and eventually worked it's way up to my lower back. In Jan 2011 I was involved in a car accident. Within a week my feet went numb, then up to my knees, and by March my left hand. I had the feeling of a million bugs crawling up my legs which also intensified when my heart rate was up. By April I had to walk away from my part time job because my legs had weakened to the point where I couldn't walk 15ft without having to sit down. They initially thought all of my symptoms were due to the accident, but they finally stopped looking on the surface and sent me for an MRI. That's when they found the lesions. 2 CT Scans, 4 MRIs, a spinal tap, and a crap load of blood work later, they said I have MS. My official diagnosis came on June 1, 2011. It's still new for me but I deal with what I experience now because I know it could be worse.

I had this long before dx, but I should have been dx 12-15 years before I was. It's more disconcerting than anything.

Every conversion kit that I've come across involves bolting an electric revolving joints motor to the existing transmission. I would like to remove the transmission and mount the electric coaxial rotary joints motor directly to the drive train.

I've heard this can be done successfully but there is little information rotary union available. Anyone have any experience or ideas on this?

Hey guys,

I am diagnosed with MS now for 5 years or so. I am on Rebif, but somehow got tired of injections, so I didn't use it for 5 month. Last week I had a tight schedule and got so tired. Unfortunately, yesterday suddenly I found this electric sensation when I am bending my head forward. Is it possible to get rid of it? I am an international student in US, and really can't let it get worse for a while :( Any suggestions? Is there any way to suppress this attack?

bjlangley: How was the Vitamin D intake helped you? Is it effective?

Thanks
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Vitamin D deficiency. I am currently taking 50,000 IU of vitamin D via a gel cap every 2 weeks. The anxiety is better, but not gone, the electrical current sensation is also much better. I've noticed a correlation between the intensity of the electrical current and the anxiety as well as the tremors. Cymbalta has helped the acute nerve pain in my thoracic area as well as the depression. I also have pain when I would bend my neck to look down and had a lumbar puncture, a brain scan, and 5 mri's which all came back normal. I read where Vitamin D deficiency can cause chronic to acute pain that cannot be explained. This along with a B 12 deficiency will cause central nervous system problems. The longer they go untreated the more permanent the symptoms become. I suggest that everyone get these two checked regularly. The earlier the diagnosis the better the outcome. Although long and slow to recovery. Skin sensitivity to heat and cold, numbness in your toes and fingers, change in personality such as moodiness and depression are among some of the other symptom.

I just now saw this thread after attempting research on it myself. Ive also been experiencing strange quivering on my leg nerves when I bend at the waist. They started only a few days ago along with this outrageous constant muscle cramp near my cervical spine. So far Ive done my best to remain healthy and drink plenty of fluids along with an easy-going 30 minutes of daily exercise and lite stretching. At night I try to keep a ThermaCare on my neck to relieve some of the tension. For the time being, Im not too concerned. Ive had a wide history of anxiety provoking hydrochondriac tendencies. However, if the symptoms don't subside within another week, I might check to my doctor just to be sure. If anyone has suggestions for what I'm experiencing, please feel free to give your input.

- Liv

debd1125 said...

Good morning. I am getting what seems like non-painful electric sensations when I move my eyes? Does anybody else feel that?

Hi , I too have the same thing going on with me, I also have it shoot all over my body when i move my eyes, it makes me sick to my stomach. I was rear ended about 20 years ago and i think that might have something to do with it but not sure. it started doing it about 8 years ago. I feel the sensations sometimes when I walk too. It is not continues but happens a few times a year and last from a few days to a couple of weeks. I went to a neurologist and she looked at me like i am crazy. Have you found out anything??