Pins and needles, backs of hands...?

I get that a lot in the tops of my hand, feet and between my upper shoulder blades. (not all at the same time)
not sure what causes it. I know it hurts to wash your hands when its there. and my shoes and socks bother the tops of my feet, mostly my left one.

Welcome to our little community!

If you haven't yet, please do read our "New to Lyme? Start here!" thread as it's packed full of really important and helpful information, symptoms lists (as Lyme rarely travels alone!), detoxing information and more!

Are you detoxing? If not, you really do need to start right away. A lot of our symptoms are driven by the toxins from the bacteria as it dies, so detoxing helps to usher them out.

Please be sure that you are taking at least 600 mgs of Doxy a day to kill the bacteria - anything less than that only keeps it from multiplying, it doesn't actually kill it. Also, since you are outside so much, I would suggest that you talk to your doc about using a different abx. I have a couple of goats that I milk, so I have an understanding of the kind of work you are doing and how much you must be outside. Being on that high of a dose of Doxy will make your skin burn quickly and there are other abx that will work. It's not like you can tell the cow, "Hold on girls, I can't milk for a while!"

The pins and needles sensations could be Neuro Lyme rather than the Doxy.

You aren't alone in this though - you now have all of us by your side!!!

If you haven't yet, please read through our "New to Lyme? Start here!" thread, as it's packed full of important information - including detoxing instructions. We generally say start with eating healthy, drinking at least 64 ounces of good quality water each day adding lemon if you don't have muscle spasms, twitches, or cramps), dry skin brushing, & Epsom Salt/peroxide soaks.

And keep asking questions!!!