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Q: Shivers...?

asked by: Mighty Oak on June 17th, 2005

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I'm new to this board, and I wanted to share/ask if anyone else has intermittent shivers. I'm not sure what they are, they're very random, and i'm not certain if I should tell my doctor about them. I don't want to mention them if they aren't significant or if they might just be a random occurrence. She did ask me if I have seizures, and I am certain these couldn't be seizures.

At completely random times/intervals (but perhaps more frequently when I am very tired), I get a random, uncontrollable shiver. My head twitches, or my eyes jitter a little. They never last more than a second or two, and i'm perfectly aware the entire time. Still, I haven't noticed any of my friends or relatives having "random shivers" and i'm not sure if this is something I should mention to my rheumy. Do any of you experience these kinds of disturbances? They happen very infrequently, and are so brief that it hardly seems worth troubling myself about, but it makes me wonder.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

--oak

Replies(6)

Hollydc

replied on June 23rd, 2005

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I definitely think that you should mention any strange symptom, no matter how small or insignificant it seems to you. It might be a sign of the on-set of something happening. You might just want to call your doctor and ask that he gives you a call if he can not talk when you call. Just ask him if you should be concerned.... Another thing is medication, have any changes been made? Could be a factor?

Also, I have experienced shivers before, but I later found out that I was going through withdrawls from a pain medication the doctor had me on. Of course when the doctor realized what was happening, he put me back on the med and then weaned me off of it the proper way. But if I had not have mentioned it to him, lord knows what I would've continued to go through.

Hope this helps!

Mighty Oak

replied on June 23rd, 2005

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Thanks. That does help. I haven't had any change in medication since february. Strangely, the shivvers seem to have let up since I started plaquenil (at least, I think they have... They're so random it's hard to tell).

I was just curious to see if anyone else had experienced something like this. Someone told me, after seeing a shivver, that I should read up on "partial seizures" and their comment got me thinking. Since I was under the impression that a seizure was a seizure, I figured that I didn't get them. She said that some people have seizures in specific areas and don't experience any unconsciousness at all. Normally those last a few minutes, but since mine only last a few seconds, I doubt that's what it is.

Pixii

replied on June 23rd, 2005

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Been There Done That Too.. :)

I have them also.. Have had for quite some time now. I never thought they could be seizures either.. But since I have them quite often now, i'm beginning to wonder.
You can feel your whole body shivering for no reason. I think i'll be asking my ra doc about it, this next time I go in too.. :p
seriously.. To tell ya the truth.. I thought I was just an oddball.. I'm glad someone else posted about it.. :d

Hollydc

replied on June 24th, 2005

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Re: Shivers

Hi,

here are some sites you can check out that talk about shivers:

http://www.Healthopedia.Com/chills/
http://www.Wrongdiagnosis.Com/sym/shiverin g.Htm#possible
http://www.Dayton-wright.Com/lupus01.Htm
http://www.Msakc.Org/articles/msfibrolupus .Asp

please tell your doctor and make sure that you stress your concern and the urgency of knowing what's going on!

I hope this helps!

Maureen S Flynn

replied on June 25th, 2005

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Shivers

Hi, i'm new here, but not to sle - I was diagnosed in 1993. I don't exactly have shivers, but have developed tremors - mostly in my left leg and hand, sometimes moving on to my head. (for awhile I thought it may be all in my head, but it's not.) I was retired on disability in 2002 for seizures. I'm now seeing a neurologist and she thinks the sle may be affecting my brain. Exciting, huh? I would report any odd symptoms immediately.

Ajawwn1991

replied on July 7th, 2009

New User

i get the same thing...
i actually had one today, i was walking down the street just as normal, and then i get a sensation in the middle of my spine, which rapidly spread through my body, causing my back, arms, legs ect. to shiver. it lasts for no more than a second, but they seem to happen at random times.
the common phrase/saying people use for it is 'somebody just walked over my grave'.

Unfortunatly i have not been able to find an explanation, how weird. :S

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