Pins 'n Needles

I have pins and needles in my feet and legs. Can't stand to wear shoes. Or have anything touching them. Not exactly daggers but uncomfortable. Are you using neurontin or lyrica?

Hi Linda, I have had MS for 6 yrs now.  My right leg started with the pins and needles feeling pretty much all the time about 6 months after my dx.  Eventually, it just went totally numb which is kind of weird. 

But I do often get the P&N feeling in other parts of my body like my arms, face and left leg.  Sometimes it can get more intense and I cant stand to have anyone touch me or certian types of clothing on like anything rough feeling.  I take lyrica three times a day and it has helped with this feeling quite a bit.

Hey Linda

Good to see u again! Yep, i've had the pins and needles before as well. I'm so sorry u'r having such a bad go of it tho. Do mention it to ur doc at that appt and please let us know what u find out. Many here use meds like neurontin to help with pain and sometimes to 'settle' issues like this. I do hope u get some relief very soon. It can be very difficult to just live with something like this. Take care and don't be such a stranger!

Hi. I don't believe I have MS even though I was sent to a neurologist for it many years ago as they thought I exhibited some signs of it. I always have tingling in my hands and fingers and legs, but I work on a computer daily also. But the main things they felt exhibited possible symptoms of MS involved some of the tests they did. They had me hold my arms out to the side and bring my index finger to my nose one at a time using both arms and as my finger approached my nose it shook every time and also some test they did on the underside of my feet where they took something and scraped it down the length of my foot and all of my toes curled under except my big toe and it went upward. I had a MRI, think they just did one of the brain. Don't remember if they saw any myelin sheaths or lesions or not, it's been so long ago. But the main thing is, I found out Monday night my half sister has MS. She had a MRI on her brain and spine and myelin lesions showed up on both. Is that something that can be hereditary? No one in our side of the family on our mother's side has that? There is diabetes and Alzheimers but that is all. I don't know about my father's side as I am adopted. I noticed someone mentioned shock sensations to the brain in another thread. What do they mean by that? There was another time that I was brushing my hair and my hand quit working and opened and the brush fell to the floor and no matter how I tried to pick it up I could not close my hand back around it. Wondering if that could have been a carpal tunnel problem as I have had that no more. And I think all of this stuff I had done was around 10 years ago if not longer.

What are all the symptoms of MS? Thanks. At Wit's End