Head - neck position affecting buzzing sensations?

[SuperJew26]

Has anyone had changes in their tingling / buzzing sensation's frequency / intensity by adjusting their head and neck posture... I have had buzzing, twitches, and alot of other things before in the past. I found out at work today that one little buzz in my upper right leg would increase when I put my head way down. Scared me to death. I'm going to the doc again to discuss this new one as it reminds me of something ms related. I have talked to at least one other member here who has had this... and she had multiple clean mri's, but i still worry.

thanks

-roger
26/male

[countrygirl]

I may be completely wrong but if your buzzing alters when you move then it could be because the buzzing is caused by a spine problem and the movement alters the pressure on a nerve.

I have spinal damage and I get vibration feeling in my legs on and off that is coming from damaged nerves in back.

Do you have any back ache or am I barking up the wrong tree here

[SuperJew26]

What I have is a sign of MS. I think its called Lhermitte's sign. Moving your neck mostly down makes a slight small buzzing in my leg. It could be a disc issue or whatever but often it is your nerves irritated by ms from what I understand.

[Aloha Apple]

Ugh whoever invented MS needs to be shot. LOL 
Why is this disease so deeply rooted in our brains? 
99% of us Don't have it, but think that we do, and it SUCKS. 

[SuperJew26]

I don't have the radiating shock though like it says.. just one part of my leg....
I'm to the point of accepting it right now if it MS...

[Momoffive]

Crap, why did I have to click on this thread?  I have been having tons of buzzing in my feet and I have wondered if my posture affected it.... MS.... arrgh!

[SuperJew26]

From wiki:

"Lhermitte's Sign, sometimes called the Barber Chair phenomenon, is an electrical sensation that runs down the back and into the limbs, and is produced by bending the neck forward."

well i don't have this.... don't have anything in my neck or back.. its not electrical either.. more like a slight "the vibrating phone" phenomenon.

[countrygirl]

I get the tuning fork sensation in my legs - not an electric shock at all its just like someone has banged a tuning fork for a few seconds - a def buzz, I have it for months at a time then it goes away for up to a year and I have had this for past 20 years and still funtioning fine!

[SuperJew26]

Yep,, like a dull tuning fork.. i think i have an answer sort of...

 Britannica Concise Encyclopedia | Date: 2007

Pain along the course of the sciatic nerve, from the lower back down each leg. It often begins after lower back strain and is associated with spinal disk herniation. Pain is increased by coughing, sneezing, or bending the neck forward.

Basically compressed muscle, joint pain and stress in lower back cause this. Not enough pressure to cause pain, instead you get buzz, or very slight discomfort.
http://www.chirogeek.com/Sciatica_Real_PAcut-away.jpg . Anything that tugs on the chord such as muscle stress, posture, neck posture, lifting, etc, can aggravate it..

I guess that's just another one of the many things it could be besides something big...

[s-jay]

Yip I get the I get the tuning fork sensation in my legs and bum ... I hate it, but at least it does not hurt

[marc]

It may be related to nerve or muscular issues in your neck or shoulder. Tension in your shoulders caused by
stress or sitting at your computer all day can cause muscular issues in your back and shoulders which can
cause problems in your neck which in turn can cause head issues. To be safe I would consult your physician and
keep a detailed log of your symptoms.

[Nriniawokczyc]

This is terrible, I have the same thing, I noticed it about 1 week ago and I'm about to give up on life because of it... you noticed this August 25 or so right? its October now, how are you doing today??? did you get tests done??? what did your doctor say???

[SuperJew26]

Might went away. The doc said it was not the ms sign or anything.. here is an idea of what it might be.. ( taken from a dartmouth medschool site. )

The spinal cord, meninges and cervical roots and even lumbar nerve roots are stretched slightly when the head is flexed onto the chest. Because the spinal cord is pulled upward slightly in the spinal canal by neck flexion, the lower lumbosacral nerve roots are also stretched and pain may be experienced in the low back and legs as well as the neck.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dons/part_1/chapter_1.html

So this could be caused my a number of things from tense muscles to compression of nerves, disc problems, sciatica,  just a ton of things really in the lower back... The Lherm sign is if you do it and a powerful electric shock travels from your upper neck down your back and arms. The doc said you would know it if it happened.
Also people taking SSRI's also have zaps in their head and neck as well due to concentration of chemicals caused by the meds.

When i noticed my little upper leg buzz, i was checking it a gazillion times a day which might have made it worse. I stopped checking it for a week ( it was hard because i have OCD)... and then it was gone.. degenerated axons don't heal that fast, and when I did mine once, i couldn't hardly reproduce it again for a while after. I have lower lumbar pack pain sometimes... maybe because of my poor posture... I'm an IT engineer.

I am really doing well on my fear of MS....I think I have learned to accept the fact that I might develop ms, cancer, spontaneous human combustion, etc.
I know that I am physical able to enjoy life today, and we all should take advantage of this, because not the best doctor in the world can't promise you that you will see tomorrow. A 1 in a 1,000+ chance of something shouldn't take the life you have today away. And if i have MS (which docs say i don't) there are some awesome ms meds coming out in the next few years that are showing to halt the progression of this.

http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/AANMeeting/tb/9152

http://www.drugresearcher.com/Emerging-targets/Apitope-vaccine-stops-MS-in-its-tracks

http://mspipeline.wordpress.com/

I also do preventative things like take Vitamin D3 5,000 (amazing stuff.. prevents everything from depression, breast cancer, ms, etc...(this comes from Harvard studies).. just google the benefits in the news, http://www.slate.com/id/2105560/
And I take fish oil pills ( Omega 3 ) --> tons of benefits on this one as well.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_oil
helps heart health and depression - shown in studies

And all my family here at AnxietyZone.com, who have been with me all this time as helped alot. I also take Lexapro and goto talk therapy.

[valleyplayer42]

what is a radiating shock,of course once in a blue moon i get like a sharp quick pain above one of my thighs for no reason,im not sure if its the way i move or not,but its sudden and its strange,so thats another thing i have to worry about along with the wierd feelings in my face,dammmmm

[SuperJew26]

radiates: starts from your neck then travels down to you back, then to your arms and hands..

When your dealing with stress and muscle tension, I understand nerves can be squezzed, pinched, become compressed, a number of things.... there a gazilion reasons why this stuff might happen.

.. it just sucks that nasty diseases have to share alot with anxiety and stress as far as symptoms go.

[Nriniawokczyc]

I fell so rediculous, my doc told me its nothing serious, now I know I'm a bonefied hypochondriac to the nth degree...

[SuperJew26]

well my friend, join the club. I expect to see you on this site more often...

Are you on any medication??? You should also find a therapist. Just because the doctor said you were fine... doesn't mean you don't have a disease.

You have a disease called Anxiety, and you should formulate a game plan to fight it... Everyone on this site is pretty dedicated to helping ourselves and others manage this. Your anxiety is not going to go away on its own..

--SuperJew

[Nriniawokczyc]

the buzzing sensation is seemingly getting worse, but I'm no longer experiencing suicidal ideation as my doctor assured me its not MS related... I'm still worried, very very woried.

[SuperJew26]

You should ask your doctor for a good therapist, and perhaps some meds like Lexapro or Celexa to help you through this.. I know this has helped me alot.
A Dr assurance is only a quick high...... you will eventually come down just like a drug user, and you will want more reassurance, and more and more..

You have to break the cycle.



-SJ

[SuperJew26]

You should ask your doctor for a good therapist, and perhaps some meds like Lexapro or Celexa to help you through this.. I know this has helped me alot. I was against taking meds or anything at first... but when i tried and after a month or so my feet were back on the ground, i learned to value them..
They are no cure, but they can help keep your mind from going 300mph,kph, and make your thought processes more reasonable.... You should really discuss this option with your doc.... and after being on the meds for a couple weeks, i would schedule an appointment with a therapist....  it helps to start the meds first... my shrink told me that people like us need help from meds before therapy because it makes our sessions 100x more productive.

I have searched the web and i found alot of people (guys only for some reason) who have this upper leg buzz thing. They all had clean mri and sent along their way.
And after you get over this symptom, you are going to switch to another symptom again and again if you don't accept that you might have OCD (health anxiety is  a type of OCD).

The suicidal thoughts you have demonstrate that your thinking has polarized..... you either think you have MS and dying, or you think you are fine.
You don't seem to think about anything in the middle. This is where the meds help.. they will make your thoughts more flexible. Something in the middle is that you have a tensed up piriformis muscle putting tension on your sciatic nerve, or that you have a slightly bulged disc. I actually have an extra lumbar vertebrae in my backbone which makes my anatomy a little different than most people ( i have heard this is not really rare in some ethnic groups) - fyi. What im trying to say that there are a million other things that can cause symptoms besides a big disease... and stress/anxiety is definitely one of these.

You don't want to be like my great grandma... my mom used to tell me she was soo worried and stressed that she had one disease or another, always going through medical books.....

In the end she was right.. she did die of a bad disease...... pneumonia at age 98


A Dr assurance is only a quick high...... you will eventually come down just like a drug user, and you will want more reassurance, and more and more..

You have to break the cycle.

-roger



-SJ

[nokia1]

Hello SuperJew26 ,  I have anxiety since march 2006 and all anxity symptoms. 

My anxiety Is focused on MS and you can imagine that I have each Ms symptom. 

I have the same buzzing that you're describing when I bend down my head.  I get buzzing above my knee after one day in my palms then in my toes then stops.I have no electrical radiates in my spine nothing but ?
I'm thinking on L'hermitte sign as well and I'm so scared.   
Also my neck is cracking a lot . I do not know what to do?

[idreamofskiba]

I had L'hermitte's sign, and if felt like an electric current going down my spine out to my arms and legs.  (I described the sensation to the neurologist, and he confirmed L'hermitte's sign is what it is.)  I haven't had it for a while, been seeing a chiropractor and he says it could be because I have a messed up neck.

What you're describing doesn't really sound like L'hermitte's sign to me (but I'm no expert.)

I'm focused on MS right now as well (but slowly moving on to other things *sigh*).  Will be getting an MRI next week to rule it in or out. 

Please keep in mind, a lot of anxiety symptoms mimic MS, which is a very cruel thing for us with health anxiety.  I thought I had every MS symptom in the book, but the neurologist told me the way those symptoms are presenting themselves, they are probably just caused by anxiety. 

The only reason he even slightly expects MS with me is because of the L'hermitte's sign, and the right side of my face has constantly felt weird for the past few months. 

You could just be having a problem with your neck, which can cause lots of weird sensations throughout your body.  If possible, maybe see a chiropractor - while I'm not completely off the MS boat, I'm really starting to believe it was all caused by my bad neck and back.  Not sure what's going on with my face, though. 

Have you seen a Dr. at all for any of your symptoms?  If so, what have they told you?

[nokia1]

I did MRI's c-spine and head both normal. All physical symptoms are ok, no Babinski no hyper reflexes.   My neuro thinking that its just anxiety but not me

[idreamofskiba]

I know it's hard to convince yourself you don't have it if you keep having symptoms, but as long as you're anxious about it, those symptoms will never go away.  I was a complete mess about it up until very recently, and it hasn't even been ruled out yet.

Have you read this wonderful post yet?
http://www.anxietyzone.com/index.php/topic,9832.0.html

If you don't mind me asking, what are your other symptoms?

[nokia1]

Here are my symptoms, also I could remember more but you should ask me for some.

In March 2006 after 2 moths of stress that I got HIV  I started seeing floaters, being off balance, tingling buzzing numbness in hands and foot, thiches all over, my right thigh started cramping(but only when I'm walking). I had blurred vision, weak forearms (If I lift something they strated to hurt and cramp) Also my muscles were jerking I can see them, my tongue started to sore I lost my taste for 2-3 weeks my calfs cramped etc. After suggesting with my "friend" Google I was convinced that I have ALS or MS.
Then I started to feel my left leg and arm  weak I did EMG which was ok.
After 12-13 months suffering and googling I went to neuro, all physical exams were ok, no Babinski, I have abdominal reflexes I did MRI of my head - it was ok,, then 19 months ago I did c-spine and upper throatic - again normal