Has Your L'hermitte's Sign Changed or Disappeared?

[Audrey_M]

Over 15 years ago, I had my first experience with L'Hermitte's Sign. At first it scared the bejeezuz out of me, but then when it occurred more than a dozen times over a year without any lasting effects or other symptoms, I just passed it off as the body changing with age.

Over the next few years, I would have these shocking sensations and began experiencing numbness and tingling in my right hand, which I thought was nerve compresion from plastic grocery bags. Funny how we like to rationalize things away!

2002 was the year that I started to realize that I was in fact having neuro problems. Over the past 7 years, I have had few if any zaps down my neck. I have however had a very strong almost popping/cracking sensation in my neck that lasts for about the same time as a zap would. It also is in the very same region as the L'Hermitte zap.

Would this still be considered L'Hermittes?

How many of you have had L'Hermittes disappear?

[sllowe]

Me too - changed, reappear lessened, ramped up,changed locations too.

It's nuts isn't is? I 2nd Nancy, it ain't fun - but thankful it's not painful.

-Shell

[Nancy T]

Disappear... reappear in the same place... disappear.... reappear in another place.... repeat for 10 years!

After a long time (months) parked in my rear, it's moved to the outside of my left knee, though still sometimes occurring simultaneously in the old spots.

I have two different main Lhermitte's sensations: an electric buzz; or a "tense/pulling" sensation (not in the same place). Occasionally it will be a vibration.

Ain't it fun. (Thankfully not painful in my case.)

Nancy (not diagnosed)