Mom with MS: Built in Back Vibrations

It started one night when I sat near my husband late at night talking about something serious, I forget what though because I noticed that whenever he patted my leg, especially my knee, it felt like my leg was vibrating! I think it was at least a few minutes later when I interrupted him, laughing, to tell him that if he wanted me to hear what he was saying, he was going to have to not 'tap' my legs because it was too distracting because I was having some strange symptoms! Of course he found this a big odd (as did I!) so I tried to explain it...basically it felt as if my bones were tuning forks, that when bumped were vibrating, and then from that the water in the cells of my muscle/fat/skin surrounding the vibration kind of reverberated out from there.

It wasn't until the next morning, that I realized I could trigger a very similar feeling that went from the lower center of my back (spine) and spread through my back and down my legs by touching my chin to my chest! Once I realized this I was absolutely elated, this was the strangest symptom I had ever experienced! I asked my husband to try to feel the vibrations in my back, which of course he couldn't, and went straight to researching the symptom online to see what if anything it meant.

It was not long before I found sites and articles about what is called "L'Hermittes" or "Lhermittes" depending on who wrote it. I vaguely remember reading about such a symptom, probably almost 10 years ago when researching what this whole Multiple Sclerosis thing was about, but having not experienced it until now it was not fresh in my mind. It seems to be explained usually as a shock that goes down the back of the person experiencing it, I'm grateful that for me it is a low wattage shock that just feels like it is vibrating that is for sure!

I saw another person with MS describing it as if their back was a string on a violin being plucked which really resonated with me, it really is what it feels like in my case as well.

For me the symptom manifested as I recovered from the most dramatic exacerbation that I have ever experienced in the years since diagnosis, so I don't yet know if it will go away, recur or anything else about it, except that I don't mind this one as much as the lack of feeling/strength/coordination the earlier part of this flare-up included.