Easily *startled* effect
By Grammasherri
@sherrir101 (3670)
Malinta, Ohio
December 9, 2007 5:36pm CST
I am curious. I was reading a Multple Sclerosis magazine (MSAA The Motivator) the other night. In it is a section called "Ask the Doctor." In it was a question about being easily startled. The reply had that being easily started to an extreme could be a MS sympmtom. I am very easily started. My own shadow scares me some times. People have to warn me before coming up on me, so I do not jump out of my skin. I have a neurologist appointment in February and I am going to ask him about this symptom.
My question is...Do you or anyone that you know with Multiple Sclerosis react this way when startled?
Thanks in advance. -)
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5 responses
@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
10 Dec 07
Yes at times I get startles very easy. I was reading that part it has me wondering also. I have always been the time of person to get nervous very easy. The part in there about Childhood ms. Dr Kantar from Shands jacksonville is my nerologist. I was shocked to see him in there.
@sherrir101 (3670)
• Malinta, Ohio
10 Dec 07
It was an informative and great issue.
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@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
9 Dec 07
i am not an expert on MS..but I too startle easily, but I think I just concentrate very hard on things and then all of a sudden, it hits me that there is something I am not expecting.
I looked here http://www.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=HOM_ABOUT_symptoms and found nothing mentioning being startled but I did more research and found this about muscle spasms or contractions which could be mistaken for a startle reaction.
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=HOM_LIB_sourcebook_spasticity
I would say that if this is your only 'tie' into MS that you should not worry about it.
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@sherrir101 (3670)
• Malinta, Ohio
10 Dec 07
My *jumpiness* has been a family topic for years now and when I read that, it got me thinking... I was diagnosed with MS over 10 years ago.
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@bestisyettocome (1531)
• United States
10 Dec 07
You Goof! That's not the MS! That's cuz I picked at you so bad when we were young! hahaha. Post traumatic stress disorder!!!!!
@bestisyettocome (1531)
• United States
11 Dec 07
Well, it's habit by now! And you are such a pleasure to pick on! Love ya!
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@sherrir101 (3670)
• Malinta, Ohio
10 Dec 07
Nurse Jodi, I am still gonna ask the doc in February when I see him. AND... when we were young? I am old now and you still pick at me! :-)
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@sherrir101 (3670)
• Malinta, Ohio
18 Dec 07
I have had MS diagnosis for 10 years now. I have been 'jumpy' all of my life. It might be the MS, it might not. I will ask doctor in February.
Welcome to MyLot!
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@FarmAngel (7)
• United States
14 Dec 07
Hi Sherrir,
My husband and daughter have MS. I get that magazine also but being the caregiver have not had a chance to read all of it yet. My Husband does startle easily but not quiet as much as you. If he is watching TV and I walk in, even though I may have made some kind of noise first, He will jump, out of his skin as you say, but then he laughs about it. I believe the laughing is all part of a nerve sequence. My daughter who is only 26 does not have this problem. They are so completely different. She is a Nursing Student at the time.
Have a wonderful day. Farmangel
@sherrir101 (3670)
• Malinta, Ohio
15 Dec 07
My sister just got her Liscense Practical Nursing degree. She is now in RN school.
My boyfriend/husband also has MS (that is how we met.). He does not experience this at all and finds my *jumpiness* quit amusing. LOL
