Electrical shocks throughout my body.

Going on 5 months of electric current sensation. Miserable. I am a 64 year old female and in January I started to feel pins and needles, creepy muscular spasms in my legs, unusual cold/hot sensations in my torso and arms. Physician in February, tested for diabetes and put me on anti-depressants. In March, the sensations became a chronic (24/7) electric current feeling travelling my entire body. At times, I feel pulsing in my rectum and the uncomfortable prickling pain in my urethra/vagina. My throat is sore and voice is raspy. The "current" can be felt in pits of my teeth, my tongue, my entire mouth at times. Along with this, for months - without relief - my shoulders have been in spasm, tensing upwards. I have pains of various parts of body - torso, wrists, hip flexors, jaw - but they are intermittent and random. Began seeing a new physician in April, shared all this with him. He prescribed low dose of gabepentin.
I pleaded with him to advocate for further tests. He ordered MRI of brain and spine, which he found to be normal (didn't indicate MS lesions), but the report noted a "flair" in an area of my brain scan; I am waiting to be evaluated by a neurologist in mid-July, the soonest I could be seen. Since my last appointment with PCP, I have developed a rosacea type flush of redness on my cheeks or nose. For a while, I had a cluster rash - didn't itch - on the top of my left thigh. There are days, I feel like whatever this is, is so virulent, I may not survive. I haven't had a decent night's sleep since February. Anyone have similar symptoms/diagnosis?

Going on 5 months of electric current sensation. Miserable. I am a 64 year old female and in January I started to feel pins and needles, creepy muscular spasms in my legs, unusual cold/hot sensations in my torso and arms. Physician in February, tested for diabetes and put me on anti-depressants. In March, the sensations became a chronic (24/7) electric current feeling travelling my entire body. At times, I feel pulsing in my rectum and the uncomfortable prickling pain in my urethra/vagina. My throat is sore and voice is raspy. The "current" can be felt in pits of my teeth, my tongue, my entire mouth at times. Along with this, for months - without relief - my shoulders have been in spasm, tensing upwards. I have pains of various parts of body - torso, wrists, hip flexors, jaw - but they are intermittent and random. Began seeing a new physician in April, shared all this with him. He prescribed low dose of gabepentin.
I pleaded with him to advocate for further tests. He ordered MRI of brain and spine, which he found to be normal (didn't indicate MS lesions), but the report noted a "flair" in an area of my brain scan; I am waiting to be evaluated by a neurologist in mid-July, the soonest I could be seen. Since my last appointment with PCP, I have developed a rosacea type flush of redness on my cheeks or nose. For a while, I had a cluster rash - didn't itch - on the top of my left thigh. There are days, I feel like whatever this is, is so virulent, I may not survive. I haven't had a decent night's sleep since February. Anyone have similar symptoms/diagnosis?

Going on 5 months of electric current sensation. Miserable. I am a 64 year old female and in January I started to feel pins and needles, creepy muscular spasms in my legs, unusual cold/hot sensations in my torso and arms. Physician in February, tested for diabetes and put me on anti-depressants. In March, the sensations became a chronic (24/7) electric current feeling travelling my entire body. At times, I feel pulsing in my rectum and the uncomfortable prickling pain in my urethra/vagina. My throat is sore and voice is raspy. The "current" can be felt in pits of my teeth, my tongue, my entire mouth at times. Along with this, for months - without relief - my shoulders have been in spasm, tensing upwards. I have pains of various parts of body - torso, wrists, hip flexors, jaw - but they are intermittent and random. Began seeing a new physician in April, shared all this with him. He prescribed low dose of gabepentin.
I pleaded with him to advocate for further tests. He ordered MRI of brain and spine, which he found to be normal (didn't indicate MS lesions), but the report noted a "flair" in an area of my brain scan; I am waiting to be evaluated by a neurologist in mid-July, the soonest I could be seen. Since my last appointment with PCP, I have developed a rosacea type flush of redness on my cheeks or nose. For a while, I had a cluster rash - didn't itch - on the top of my left thigh. There are days, I feel like whatever this is, is so virulent, I may not survive. I haven't had a decent night's sleep since February. Anyone have similar symptoms/diagnosis?

Hello @seeker4answers and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I am so sorry to hear of your experience and your progression of symptoms. All of this has to be overwhelming.

You will notice that I have moved your post into an existing discussion on this topic which you can find here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/electrical-shocks-throughout-my-body/

I wonder if you've considered journaling your symptoms and all of what you are taking in (food, medication, etc.) to see if there is any correlation between your symptoms, any flairs of worsening symptoms, and what may be contributing or even exacerbating them? One way to effectively see if food is contributing, is to try a detox diet to see if you can get any improvements if there are no other options present for you otherwise. Here is a link to one created by a Functional Medicine doctor that you may find helpful: https://10daydetox.com/wp-content/themes/tendd/downloads/resources/10-Day-Detox-PDF.pdf

Have you ever tried anything like this to see if it can be of any help in reducing your symptoms?

Hi, @seeker4answers

You have so specific symptoms, and it sounds like you're keeping good track of them, I'm surprised no doctor has stepped up to give you some help, or to at least give you a possible explanation for what is going on. To have to wait until July before you can see another neurologist seems a damn shame. Are there no other neurologists in your area who might be able to see you sooner? Might your PCP know of one? I don't know the protocol for this, but, considering your pain and other symptoms, might this warrant a visit to your local hospital's ER? I'm sure others here will have better suggestions for what you might. In the meantime, I wish you speedy relief from all of your discomforts.

Best wishes,
Ray (@ray666)

I am in California and have decent insurance. The specialists are so overloaded that it takes months to see anyone. I went on an email campaign and was finally given the appointment in July which was originally end of September! If I go to an ER, they will just do labs and run my vitals, which will be okay and then send me on my way.

My PCP has been ordering the MRIs - I just had 2 more - but I won't really have them evaluated until I'm seen by neurologist. I know enough from the radiology tech that they are looking for MS, which is what I suspected all along. I know doctors hate when one goes "on-line", to self diagnose, but given that I am always so uncomfortable, may anxiety level is through the roof and I just want to get some relief. I hate taking pills and they don't much work anyway.

I'm starting to wonder if chordoma on my sacral area, which they have yet to image, even with everything going on down there. More months of waiting to find anything out.

I am in California and have decent insurance. The specialists are so overloaded that it takes months to see anyone. I went on an email campaign and was finally given the appointment in July which was originally end of September! If I go to an ER, they will just do labs and run my vitals, which will be okay and then send me on my way.

My PCP has been ordering the MRIs - I just had 2 more - but I won't really have them evaluated until I'm seen by neurologist. I know enough from the radiology tech that they are looking for MS, which is what I suspected all along. I know doctors hate when one goes "on-line", to self diagnose, but given that I am always so uncomfortable, may anxiety level is through the roof and I just want to get some relief. I hate taking pills and they don't much work anyway.

I'm starting to wonder if chordoma on my sacral area, which they have yet to image, even with everything going on down there. More months of waiting to find anything out.