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Electric Shock sensations

Does anyone ever have electric shock sensations?  It feels as though someone is zapping me with electricity in the back of my head.  The feeling starts at the base of my skull and travels down the back of my neck.  The sensation only lasts a few seconds, but sometimes it does it over and over for several minutes.  I have had these before, but it was very few and it very infrequent, but they have returned and now are happening every day.  

I have googled this and all I can find is withdrawal from antidepressants, or something related to MS.  I have never taken antidepressants, and I haven't been on anything else recently either.

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I have had an electric shock sensation many times in the right side of my neck when I turned my head.  I thought that was normal.  I have asked other people if they get that and they said they did. Were they just saying that to be nice, I wonder?  Are the zaps in the side of my neck from MS?  Hmmmm
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I bend my neck down a little and the zap goes down both my arms to the tips of my fingers, chiropractor said signs of Lhermittes or m.s..im hoping just pinched nerves or something simple but have a lot of neck, middle and lower back pain too...anyone have any other simple logical causes of this???
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Do supernatural experiences come along with these zaps?
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I have the tingling in hands, feet and head. I have been diagnosed with Raynaud's Syndrome.  I was tested for MS and it was negative.  I hear a constant low roar in my ears and when the tingling and the roar stop ( for just a few seconds) it shocks my system and begins again.
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The best diagnosis I've gotten is Ulnar Neurosis. For tingling in my hands and fingers when I wake up. Today, however, at the base of my wrist, I noticed a periodic electric pulse. I have a brother who has been diagnosed with ALS at the age of about 30 yrs. Symptoms of ALS don't generally hit until you are over 50.
All these things, MS, ALS, Parkinson's, etc seem to have been linked to Mycoplasma infections. I'm not sure how to get tested for Mycoplasma as I think it's difficult to test for. Mycoplasma can get down into your mitochondria membrane and damage it. (In order to parasite off your energy production). Depending on your genes, it can sometimes cause autoimmune issues because it picks up some of your DNA and your immune system maps the wrong stuff to attack.
I'm curious how many of you live in Tic infested areas as mycoplasma infections sometimes are associated with tic bytes. Others are associated with war veterans who have served in Iraq and been exposed to bio toxins. (Genetically engineered mycoplasma by the US Army and sold/given to Iraq during the Iraq/Iran conflict prior to the Gulf War)
There are controversial techniques to try to kill the mycoplasma in our bodies. But how do we keep from getting reinfected? (If that's even what this is???)
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Yeah!!!!!!  Quix surfaced!

I get these little annoying zaps and am never ready for them when they occur!
they can go away any time!

my neuro seems to know what they are and acknowledges them thank goodness.  
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