Twitching and Numbness in Foot

[GinniferLynne]

Chris,

I had pins/needles and numbness type sensations in my right foot on and off for years before my twitching (esp. my last three toes). I still get it, but not as often.

I have huge thumper type twitches that seems to move around and come and go (bicep, muscle right above knee, tricep, eye, shoulder, you name it)

My calves have twitched continuously for 19 months (maybe a little longer) now. The longest my calves have gone with a fascics is about 1 minute.

I have had burning, buzzing, tingling, and crawly feelings, too.

Have you or Mark felt like little raindrops are falling inside your legs or arms (sorry, this is best I can describe the sensation)

What fun.

Ginny

 

[Valentine2]

Ginny-
That last bit of your post was hillarious. Cracked me up...
By the way I get , buzzies, tinglies, and raindroplets aswell- no joke!
Thanks again for the laugh. We need more of this..

 

[spinninghead]

Hi Chris,

I am taking Alpha Lipoic Acid, too, and hoping it will do some good. I am inclined to think that I feel a difference, but then today has not been a good day so I just don't know yet. Haven't been taking it long at all.

I have a lot of numbness and tingling, especially in my feet, but I also have a lot of twitches. When the twitches occur, the numbness and tingling increases.

I'm taking every supplement that has ever been mentioned as a possible aid for symptoms of BFS with Alpha Lipoic Acid being the newest one. I guess we'll just have to stick with it and let everyone know if it seems to be doing us any good.

I opened a thread somewhere in this forum regarding the quality of life for sufferers of BFS. As I said on that thread, BFS is benign in that it will not kill me, but my quality of life has definitely been seriously messed up. I, too, am trying to figure out how to still have a life with all of these symptoms 24/7. I think that is the challenge for all of us. I don't have enough experience with it yet to know how and I am asking the same questions you are. Since it's about 2:40 a.m. in Texas and I'm still awake and on the computer, that in itself is an indication that I'm having problems with the "no sleep" aspect of it.

Hopefully the more experienced folks will drop by and give both of us some insight.

Tex )

 

[MarksmanS]

Ginny,

I know what you are talking about with the raindrops - could you also describe it as little grapepie coming to the surface and bursting under your skin?

TexasGirl,

LET IT GO. That is my advice. Just accept it and keep on going. The vicious cycle of trying to understand it is futile. It just increases the anxiety. I premise this with the obvious point that one must dilligently check the issue out with the medical community. This is very important to eliminate treatable causes.

Also, just to note that I started acupuncture and it seems, in conjunction with some strange herb I put under my tongue, to relieve my twitching somewhat. I am getting way less upper body grapepie and more focused on the calves + feet.

Guys I see the same thing in my calves - they twitch very frequently. If, in the right light, I look down my leg I have like millions of fascics in the calves. This has been going on for 8 months. If I stop exercising for about a week then it will go to simple normal twitching.

MarkS

 

[ChrisSonic1]

Mark/Ginny/Texas Girl:

I don't get anything I would call raindrops, but I do get buzzing and I get little crawling things under the skin in my calves. I have also had pins and needles in my feet off and on for about a year now, but always assumed it was numb bum from sitting (still gets worse when I sit).

Has my quality of life suffered? Yes, but not to the point where it is bad. I was a frequent walker (up to a few miles a week) which I just don't have the energy to do anymore and I miss. Also I seem to be a bit short tempered with my family which bothers me (and them) mostly due to stress. I guess my biggest concern right now is "Is this going to get better or is it going to get progressively worse?". If I stay at this level of twitching, fatigue and burning pins and needles, I can adapt and move on. However I am worried that it will get worse and I won't be able to move on. I guess the is the same stuff that anyone with any long term condition goes through, I just haven't had it long enough to work through it all.

Chris