numbness/tingling

Was wondring if anyone experienced numbess and tingling in extremeties? I experience it often currently in my pinky fingers. It sometimes causes anxiety but it happens in both hands with pain in elbows so I'm hoping its a symptom of fibro. Thanks for any input and happy holidays!

i get tingling in my hands and feet all the time. along with horrible pain in my arms, more so my right arm, that migrates down and feels like fire running through my arm.

it gets worse when someone touches me. i told my rheumatologist about it and he said its quite possible its just my fibro really acting up. i notice it really only happens if im really cold or extremely fatigued from my insomnia being horrible for a few days in a row.

i dont know if there are any meds for it. i just deal with it as i dont want to take any more meds than i already do.

i hope you are able to find an answer soon!

Merry Christmas!!

Oh, yes...especially in my hands.  It is a symptom of fibro, too.  When fibro hit me the first time, it hit me in the elbows.  It was like I banged the "funny bone" and I had that horrible pain that shot down into my hands and fingers and it didn't stop for over two weeks!  I was told to start taking ibuprofen to help and it did help that.

 

Sherrine

I agree with upbeat, check out cubital tunnel. I had this before the Fibro ever came along - it was only a few months before so perhaps it's related, but it's a pretty easy fix. I was given a device that looked like robocop arm that I straped my arm into at night to keep it straight. Try keeping your arms straight, especially when you sleep, and see if that helps the tingling. Cubital Tunnel is like Carpal Tunnel expect a different nerve that effects the other side of the hand. I

I occasionally have the numbness and tingling in my fingers, along with elbow pain (this pain is to the inside of the elbows, and hurts equally and simultaniously on both sides). I have found that stretching exercises, mainly those that stretch the back seem to help.

Hi there!
Yes, i have tingling exactly like you have described. When I spoke to my doctor (Rheumatoid specialist) she said it was part and parcel of fibro.
Hang in there...
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hi angel. Yes lol life is...i get scared from these as well but I do have so much anxiety anyway. In a pretty bad flare right now and got that tinglingish tight feeling betweemy shoulder blades mainly on the left side. Seriously scared me. But I tries to reason with myself...if I put on the heating pad and layed back it didn't hurt as bad...it doesn't change it I take a deep breath..so it must be just a random sensation. Its so hard to read layed back like that which is what I love to do.
Its good that yyou are going to see a neuro for this. That is who diagnosed my carpal tunnel. Sorry if I'm not making much since. This "fog" is kicking my butt too. But I DO hope you find some relief! "Soft hugs"