What Are Symptoms of Neuropathy? Posted: 08-12-07 07:16am
Hi everyone,
I have a few questions. I need a little
clarification. What does Neuropathy feel
like? Can it affect your face? Can you get
muscle twitches?
The reason I am asking is. I have been
having this funny tingly, buzzing, like a
light pressure sensation in my feet, legs,
hands, arms, and face. sometimes it
affects my back, stomach, and shoulders.
It's not painful, it's just bothersome.
Sometimes my legs and arms feel weak,like
I was working out, like they are fatigued.
And my feet feel a little funny when it
touches the ground, not painful. It comes
out of nowhere, that is how it started.
I'm not really having pain, and the tingly
is more in my face than anything. I have a
few little 1-2 second muscle twitches that
occur in different places. I have been to
the Dr, and she ran a CBC with
differential, TSH, Rheu(something),
Amylase, Lipids. Everything came back
normal. I was referred to a Neurologist,
she did an exam, she checked my vision,
reflexes, she poked my foot with
instruments, checked my balance, also did
vibrations on my foot. The results from
the exam where normal, and she states that
she feels what I am having is anxiety.
I've had a CT Scan,which is normal. She
told me that she is going to send me for
an EMG, just to relax my anxiety. I have
been reading up on Neuropathy. My docs are
leaning with Anxiety though. Can anyone
just give me an insight on what you think?
Maybe I need to stop reading into these
things, because I start freaking out.
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jerseygirl82
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Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 13 Location: NJ
Posted: 08-12-07 07:18am
I forgot to add, that I have surgical
menopause. I have not been taking my
hormones, well I did for June, and stopped
and it seems like these symptoms started
right after, I stopped the meds.