Funny tingling all over body

Hi Everyone!! 

Omg I can totally relate to all your comments.  I have had this tingling for almost a year now. I’ve been tested for everything; MS, Lymes, vitamin deficiency, nerve conduction study and pinched nerves. Everything was normal! But I’ve been taking VitB and D just to see if that would help but, nothing. I’ve now been on an Estrogen Patch for six weeks, nothing. I even tried acupuncture and it seemed to help a little but I still have the tingling.  Oh and I’ve also tried Neurontin (Gabepentin) and that may have help a little. But the tingling has never fully gone away!  They just can’t figure out what it is and it’s starting to drive me crazy! The past few days have been the worst. Here’s how it all started. I’ve been on Paxil for 20 years, all of a sudden it stopped working in March ‘16 and I started having panic attacks again, they switched me from the Paxil to Zoloft but I hated the way the Zoloft made me feel so I went back to Paxil and that’s when I started feeling the tingling, (while tapering off of the Zoloft and going back up on the Paxil). A couple months after doing that I had a Hysterectomy (Aug.) and since that the tingling has stayed with my everyday all day. Tonight I’m going to try decreasing my Paxil, I want to see if it’s that. I have to figure this out!! ??   Any new advice! 

Hi christina sorry to hear you’ve been suffering with this for a year now ?? That must be hugely tormenting, especially having no diagnosis. Can I ask exactly what your tingling feels like and if it’s predominant anywhere ? I’m just curious to know if anybody has the same feeling as me. I would describe my sensations as definitely tingling but with a slightly prickly sensation also. They vary all over the body it’s never really concentrated in one area however I would say my legs tingle the most. It’s sort of constant but if I keep myself busy I don’t notice it as much. Worse is night time when I’m lying still. Right now as I’m typing this I’ve felt a tingle in knuckle, knee and hip. So yeah that’s concentrating on them and that basically happens all day in all different places. It’s driving me up the wall 🙈

Hi grace sorry to hear hope you are better ,  i have exactly the same symptoms also get head pressure tingling buzzing crawling stinging electrical zaps all over some days are good some days it keeps me up all nigth

Iam 32 and this has really put me down in pain All the time no one knows what it is just fibromyalgia they say , has anythin help or have they said what this could be ? 

I recently had 2 pre cancer ops , I finished Radiotherapy in Dec but now have gastroenteritis with pins & needles all over my body , is this normal ? 

Hi.

is the pins and needles constant do you have any other symptoms like weakness in your arms legs etc? I started with pins and needles in my hands and feet doctor thought it was carpul tunnel syndrome. Then after 2nd week of complaining said it was because I wore tight jeans and high heels. The 3rd week after blood tests I could hardly walk struggled to get out of bed that's when I was rushed in to ICU later diagnosed with Guillian Barrie Syndrome . Spent a month in ICU then a further 8 months in rehab learning too walk again ......if your still having these symptoms then I'd go back to your doctors

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Recovering from shingles and having now having the symptoms you are

briefly what works for me. Lots of water, 20 plus min of fast walking, regular meals watching food choices with no chocolate, spices, acidic fruits, do a shingles-food search, as much sleep, rest as possible. Avoid stressors as much as possible as body in tense fight-flight mode triggers nerves (when get nerves flairing up did my relax work and the calmed down. Work to focus your mind on sound of your slow, comfortably deep breath, on the sounds around you and gently bring it back when it wanders off. There is tons on relaxing mind and body just find one thing that works for you. It takes practice so do not get stressed because it is not a quick fix.

better send this before it disappears again. Good luck to all think "this too shall pass"

which can help it pass!

It the tingling continues or worsens get your csf tested by lumbar puncture to rule out Guillan Barre Syndrome. Labs will be normal and MRI only way to know is by lumbar puncture. It is a life threatening illness. If left without being checked it can progress to paralysis and respiratory issues. Also you can get a emg on your legs and arms to see if you are having GBS which causes demyelination of the nerves which can cause feeling of tingling pins and needles. If not that it could be small fiber neuropathy which is not life threatening but can cause tingling numbness if feet hands legs arms. If you progress to numbness which us spreading up your legs or arms go to emergency room to be checked. Hopeful you will get better.

I am so thankful to have found this thread. I have learnt quite a lot by reading through all the messages and it has made me feel so much better knowing I am not alone with these symptoms.

I have recently over the past week to 10 days had tingling and pins and needles in my hands and feet. For the last 5 days my right elbow has been aching, although this seems to have now eased. I also, like others have mentioned, get sharp pains that are fleeting but can occur anywhere in the body, those symptoms I have had longer but seem to have subsided recently and been taken over by the pins and needles.

I eventually went to the docs today. Whilst there I explained that I began following a vegan diet 12 months ago and a few months ago was feeling wiped out so had started taking iron supplements, b12 and vit D and this had helped. I asked if deficiencies in these could be causing my pins and needles symptoms. I also queried the menopause or peri menopause as I am 44 years old. He said after prodding my elbow and looking at my hands that it was nothing to worry about but that he would send me for blood tests as he could see I was anxious. This was probably due to me typing my symptoms into Google the previous night and diagnosing myself with all manor of fatal illnesses!

There are some people in this thread who have been suffering with these symptoms for a prolonged period so I guess I will monitor my symptoms, see if the blood tests reveal anything and try not to worry.. which is easier said than done.

Reading all of your messages has given me some comfort so thank you.

Good afternoon

I have been having the exact same symptoms. I caught the flu sometime in January and have been having tingling arms and legs on and off ever since. One day it's gone next day it's back. One day it's my entire body one day it's just my legs or my arms. Don't know what's going on. I have read about post viral symptoms and it sounds like that may be it and it could take a few months or more to get rid of so I'm hoping that's what's going on. I do not have a y weakness or fatigue just this annoying tingling and occasionally a muscle twitching or spasming.