mine comes and goes, and yes its like you describe, but I am not sure if its the MS or what it is.....

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I have had some neck pain aswell. Mine has been mostly on the left side of the back of my neck. It was really bad and constant June- Aug but has since got better. I do sometimes have this pain but it is not constant anymore. I used the magic bag (heat)and some Tylenol (ultra strength) when it was really bad. I mentioned it to my neuro but he said he didn't think it was MS related...hope it gets better soon! Good luck.

I have a lot of pain there too, alot of the time... have tried many, many things, but here's what I KNOW at this point:
*if I start taking Tylenol (or the like) at the START, I can control it almost always
*if I'm stressed out, it is going to get worse. Period.
*sometimes, if I have a chance to really talk about what a drag it is, including my rage or frustration about it, it lessens by the end of the day
* it is the worst in February, which coincides with the worst of winter, and the most sedentary time of year for me.

Does any of that help? Keep talkin!

mine feels like a really bad stress tightness and has been real bad on and off for about two weeks

my neurologists in chicago said it was stress all the time but i was taking 150 zoloft to keep stress down so my m.s. wouldnt act up. and my new neurologist dr loftin took me off zoloft and put me on cymbalta, not working yet . he said it should take care of the pain also.

my neck pain comes and goes ice pack is what works for me

I have neck pain and back of head pain, too. When I lay on a pillow it feels like I'm laying on a book.

Sometimes my neck hurts so bad it feels like it's swollen. I use ice packs sometimes and then sometimes I have to just lay flat with no pillow, nothing. MS is literly A PAIN IN THE NECK!!!lol..

This has been a new symptom for me, as of this past week. Severe pain in the neck, which sends sharps, burning sears of pain down my spine whenever I tilt my head down, or move it severely to the right or left. Never quite had this before. Was wondering if it was related to the biopsied that I had on my thyroid last week. My neck was swollen, but only for several days. ~ Tonya

tonya, by the way my name is tonya also. i have the same symptoms when i bend my head down it feels like a rubber band being stretched and i feel it go down my arms, back in my neck. its wierd.

Yes MS can and often does cause that "traveling pain" I have had it for years not constant just comes out occasionaly to shut me down. I can take pain meds for this but found that sometimes the best is to wait it out. I have had it last longer than a week not typical but the only thing I could do is rest till it subsided. Hope it does for you hang in there I know its by more meaning than one a "pain" to deal with.

Lhermitte's sign is a brief, stabbing, electric-shock-like sensation that runs from the back of the head down the spine, brought on by bending the neck forward. I know this to be one example I know there are others just not sure where I found that info.

Cymbalta worked for me for depression, not for anxiety and stress. If zoloft works for you, you should stay on it.

I'm taking Paxil for stress and anxiety and it has been a miracle for me.