Feet problems....it's MS right?

[This Charming Man]

Hi everyone.

I joined this forum a couple of weeks back as I want to believe that I am finally beginning to accept my horrendous feet symptoms are anxiety related. Prior to that I convinced myself it was down to MS, MND, Cancer....you name it, I had it. Laterally I believed it was a disc issue in my back. Why....because the symptoms came on when sitting which had meant the best part of a year avoiding sitting....at work I got a desk I could stand at and at home I lie across the couch. The last year has been health worry after health worry and it's had a significant impact on my confidence but hopefully by accepting it's anxiety I am on the road to a happier existence. There is however still some doubts and I would really value any advice, views or comments from those with - or who have experienced - similar symptoms.

Cold feet - for no reason my toes would be like blocks of ice. Two pairs of socks would make no difference

Sweating feet - soles feel like they are wet but when examine feet my socks are a bit damp but feet feel dry. Less noticeable when feet elevated.

Burning feet - noticed this comes on when feet have been cold and I then pull the bed covers over them. Other times, the discomfort is relieved by walking on a cold floor.

Pins and needles - can feel like ants crawling on soles of feet, tingling across toes, and prickly sensations.

The key question for me is...why does this become a bigger issue when I sit down? Could it be an association thing and I'm subconsciously expecting it to happen so my body obliges?

I feel I need to crack this before I can move forward properly as this is where the niggling doubt is. I have learned a lot from this forum in such a short space of time and I'm hoping a few of you on here can help with this next step.

TCM

[popejoan]

Hello, welli had buzzing under foot and had one spot getting hot for seconds and I was experiencing these all day. I stopped concentrating on them and they were gone. Believe me, it's anxiety. It's not MS as its symptoms wouldbe more severe than that. MND doesn't present itself with sensory symptoms and I've never heard of any cancer causing these symptoms. Anxiety on the other hand, can cause these symptoms. So I'm sure you're fine :)

[Serenity1990]

Of all the people on here who have panicked about MS, your symptoms are probably the furthest away. It's positional, symptoms change presentation, it involves sweating (since when was that a symptom of MS?), it involves temperature change (again, how does MS cause that one?), symptoms come and go, etc. None of these are compatible with my understanding of MS.

[IrishLondon]

I have burning, pins and needles, prickling in my feet and legs. Only comes on when I'm sitting or lying down. But I don't think its to do with the position...I think that when I'm sitting or lying down are the times when my mind has time to focus on these things more. If I haven't slept or I'm stressed the symptoms get much worse but if I'm out having a beer with friends they are hardly there at all.

[anxiousme]

Hi There. Just to say I have exactly the same thing and I do mean all of the symptoms you mention. In addition though I am experiencing what I think is muscle weakness in my left leg. So basically every time I get up to walk I think about how my leg is going to feel and then is always playing in my mind. When playing football however it is not there at all as I have to forget about it and don't have time to think about it. I have been worrying about MS for about a year now. My mum has it and once she told me her symptoms sure enough I got them all.Funily enough none of what you mentioned is what she had. When I am out with friends socializing I again don't have them. I can not stress how powerful the mind is. I am feeling buzz in foot as I type as am thinking about it. This all started when I pulled my groin and made me walk slightly oddly. I also get Sharp pricks on body I probably have had these all my life but I am so hypersensitive that even the slightest thing sets my mind wondering and panicking.

Anyway in a nutshell we both just have to remember how powerful the mind can be. Trust me some sensations I just can't belive are in the mind but I have read a lot on it and they really can be.

It does seem odd that ms and als are one of the most common things for people with health anxiety to have. Anyway sorry for long reply but this is my first reply on this site and have found it quite thereputic to write. Always feel free to share your symptoms / worries with me as am goo g through the same thing. Will get better just need to train the brain.

Cheers

[Toronto girl]

Well I would certainly like to join in on this thread as I have had neurological symptoms constantly, for a long time. Over the past 10 years I have had them 3 times, but this stretch is really long and depressing. I have had extensive medical testing and nothing is ever found. I am thankful for that but it is still awful. I get a surging feeling in my chest that results in goosebumps and prickles on my leg skin. I also have hypertensive leg skin that feels prickly. It seems to be far less noticeable at night in bed, while doing exercise or while taking a bath.

Have you guys been tested and told it was anxiety? All I am ever told is that they can't find anything wrong with me...

[This Charming Man]

Thanks for all comments folks. I will respond in full to everyone later but the thing that jumps out for me is the comments about how when socialising / drinking with friends there are no symptoms. This is my experience also but I had been putting that down to the drink dulling down the neurological symptoms rather than me just not thinking about it. I'm off to the football tonight with a pal and I will be sitting but I won't notice it....I will maybe look for it but then the game will distract me and for the most part it's not there....to be continued...

[This Charming Man]

Hi There. Just to say I have exactly the same thing and I do mean all of the symptoms you mention. In addition though I am experiencing what I think is muscle weakness in my left leg. So basically every time I get up to walk I think about how my leg is going to feel and then is always playing in my mind. When playing football however it is not there at all as I have to forget about it and don't have time to think about it. I have been worrying about MS for about a year now. My mum has it and once she told me her symptoms sure enough I got them all.Funily enough none of what you mentioned is what she had. When I am out with friends socializing I again don't have them. I can not stress how powerful the mind is. I am feeling buzz in foot as I type as am thinking about it. This all started when I pulled my groin and made me walk slightly oddly. I also get Sharp pricks on body I probably have had these all my life but I am so hypersensitive that even the slightest thing sets my mind wondering and panickin

Anyway in a nutshell we both just have to remember how powerful the mind can be. Trust me some sensations I just can't belive are in the mind but I have read a lot on it and they really can be.

It does seem odd that ms and als are one of the most common things for people with health anxiety to have. Anyway sorry for long reply but this is my first reply on this site and have found it quite thereputic to write. Always feel free to share your symptoms / worries with me as am goo g through the same thing. Will get better just need to train the brain.

Cheers

Thanks for your reply anxiousme. In a strange way I am glad that there are others with same symptoms as me although I of course wouldn't wish this on anyone. I also had the left leg issue. It felt weak at the knee and for a while my toe was kicking the ground when I walked. I went to a physio, thinking it was all posture / spine related and after a few exercises that went away. That convinced me more than ever that it was a mechanical issue. I was also advised to lie on my side....bingo....no pins and needles....it works. But why? Is it because in my mind I thought it was mechanical and I expected it to work? This is one of the most confusing parts for me...why am I in discomfort in some positions but not in others. If it's to do with when there more time to think then why is lying different from sitting. These questions aren't necessarily for anyone but I expect some of you will relate to them.

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I have burning, pins and needles, prickling in my feet and legs. Only comes on when I'm sitting or lying down. But I don't think its to do with the position...I think that when I'm sitting or lying down are the times when my mind has time to focus on these things more. If I haven't slept or I'm stressed the symptoms get much worse but if I'm out having a beer with friends they are hardly there at all.

Thanks for the reply mate. I have been trawling through posts to try and find someone who has come through this....I struggle to tell myself it will go away and spend a lot of time dwelling on the possibility of having this for life. I've had this now for almost a year.....how about you?

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Hello, welli had buzzing under foot and had one spot getting hot for seconds and I was experiencing these all day. I stopped concentrating on them and they were gone. Believe me, it's anxiety. It's not MS as its symptoms wouldbe more severe than that. MND doesn't present itself with sensory symptoms and I've never heard of any cancer causing these symptoms. Anxiety on the other hand, can cause these symptoms. So I'm sure you're fine :)

Thanks Joan.....how long did you have these foot symptoms? Wish I had your confidence but at least I'm putting the jigsaw together now....there's just a few pieces missing

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Well I would certainly like to join in on this thread as I have had neurological symptoms constantly, for a long time. Over the past 10 years I have had them 3 times, but this stretch is really long and depressing. I have had extensive medical testing and nothing is ever found. I am thankful for that but it is still awful. I get a surging feeling in my chest that results in goosebumps and prickles on my leg skin. I also have hypertensive leg skin that feels prickly. It seems to be far less noticeable at night in bed, while doing exercise or while taking a bath.

Have you guys been tested and told it was anxiety? All I am ever told is that they can't find anything wrong with me...

Thanks for reply Tg. My GP initially diagnosed me with a vitamin b12 deficiency and when my bloods came back clear he moved to peripheral neuropathy which can be caused by all sorts of worrying conditions. I was eventually seen by a neurologist and was given all clear. Of all the doctors I have seen....and there had been plenty in last year.....none of them said it was anxiety. I was experiencing what I considered to be the normal anxiety symptoms so I got referred for CBT and it was then I was first told that the foot symptoms were also likely to be anxiety related. I knew better of course and paid her no attention.

[anxiousme]

Yep. I Will have been coming up for a year in May of symptoms / thinking about it. How was the football charming man. Did you think about it much? Is amazing how hypersensitive my legs are. If I have jeans on and y legs get hot then I get prickles and they feel hot. Fact is they probably just hot but I am so hypersensitive about it that it feels odd. Weirdly I can get even hotter playing football but legs feel great and as I say before I don't thjnk about them at all really as don't have time. I went for a jog on Saturday and was worrying about my left leg at the start of the run and it felt better by the end once warmed up so I guess it would get more tired as went on if was mS. Anyway let me know how you guys hey on a do shout if you find any methods for getting over it. Maybe CBT might be worth a try. Cheers

[This Charming Man]

Bumping this thread up again for fellow feet issue sufferers. Tonight it's a feeling of dampness in socks. Reading that feet sweating is a common anxiety symptom. I used to take my socks off and walk on cold tiles to relieve this. Result was cold feet.....and then burning feet when they quickly heated up under the covers. I used to get into a panic about this as it was confusing and difficult to explain to Doctors. Think I am making progress. Would really like to hear from someone who had these symptoms for a long time and came through it. Cheers and good luck all

[wnsos]

I had buzzing too. Sometimes my foot would even swell up when it buzzed. Very worrisome at the time but hasn't happened in months/since my Ha was at its worst.

[This Charming Man]

I had buzzing too. Sometimes my foot would even swell up when it buzzed. Very worrisome at the time but hasn't happened in months/since my Ha was at its worst.

Thanks for the response. How long did you have the buzzing?

[wnsos]

Thanks for the response. How long did you have the buzzing?



It was intermittent for a few months. First time I had it I thought nothing, the worse my anxiety got, the worse it got and the more it happened. Never went to the doctors about it but broke down a few times thinking diabetes. Anxiety seriously like I never knew the things it could do to my body til it happened. And I still have trouble believing it in hindsight. It's awful. Hope you get some peace of mind soon xx

[Emilym80]

My aunt has MS. Sorry to be blunt, but she literally woke up one morning and could hardly walk/handle objects and her vision was impaired. So I think you'd know if you have MS! None of those are what she experienced. Incidentally, she's on medication now and never really has symptoms, but when she does they're not the kind of things that change with position, etc.

Take care :)

[Magic]

I have the feet thing you are talking about. legs and feet icy cold. have to wrap a blanket around my legs at night. Tingling sensations and pain. I have spasms in my toes and sometimes cramp.
When I walk a longish distance I have to take my socks off as my feet are red hot.
and sometimes my ankles swell, and my legs feel heavy.
I do get relief by putting my feet up on a stool in the evening.
I have got to using a stick sometimes. All I get from GP is painkillers.
I have arthritis bottom of my spine. I have had MRI scan for that two years ago,
The painkillers are strong, so I try to stay off them in the day, but they help me to sleep so I take them at night. I think I have arthritis in my feet, well -that's what I put it down to anyway, or could it be my high anxiety!! I wish every one well x

[Gary A]

Have you ever went from being out in the cold then put your hands under warm water? It burns like crazy! I don't think there's any problem with cold feet burning if they're heated rapidly, in fact, that's totally normal. Profuse sweating, especially on the feet or hands, is a very very common anxiety symptom.

[This Charming Man]

Have you ever went from being out in the cold then put your hands under warm water? It burns like crazy! I don't think there's any problem with cold feet burning if they're heated rapidly, in fact, that's totally normal. Profuse sweating, especially on the feet or hands, is a very very common anxiety symptom.

Aye, it has taken me a while to understand that was what the burning at night was. I was so convinced sitting down brought it on that i avoided sitting for months...I am therefore now expecting to get buzzing & tingling when ever I sit and sure enough I do. I need to accept there is no quick fix to this.

[anxiousme]

Hi Charming Man
Just a quick note on the hot feet. I used to get this last year. I would often go to toilet in work to take shoes and socks off. One thing that I did have that made me realise that was a HA issue was I had hot feet all morning and had to keep checking them etc obsessing about them. Then clients can in to review something with me and they had been there for an hour and once they left I suddenly realised that I had not had that foot feeling at all. My frets went to feeling so hot and uncomfortable and because I had been distracted it completely went. Not that my HA has gone but it's just another example. My skin is hyper sensative today and feeling everyeveryht slight prickle. I was out the last two nights and drunk quite a lot so I often have this feeling when feeling delicate... like you I can't wait till this goes. I just wish I could not think about it anymore. I used to be a lot better at not thinking about it. But as time has gone on my mind wins the battle lots more. Did you do CBT. It's all such a vicious circle that's tough to break. If feeling ok the slightest thing can then set off and then back to hypersensitive. Very boring and a lot of thinking time is wasted on this. You ask if anyone has got through it and I would imagine so many people have but probably don't find there way I to these forums ifnnow cured. To be honest though when you have HA I don't think it ever fully goes. It just you get better at dealing with it. Anyway keep in touch. We will get through it.

[Toronto girl]

I have had a prickly sensation in the skin of both legs for a very long time. The only time I don't feel it is when I am either in bed, sleeping or taking a bath. Sometimes if I am exercising in a warm place I don't feel it either. I also get what feels like adrenaline surges and goosebumps. It really is horrible. I think part of my problem is I now obsess about it and expect to feel the sensations.
I have been tested extensively and nothing is ever found. A couple of doctors have said it could be anxiety related. My first bout was after a bad flu, but this last, long lasting bout was during a time of extreme stress. I would really love to hear some success stories from people who have experienced neurological symptoms for a long time and had them go away.

[anxiousme]

I have had a prickly sensation in the skin of both legs for a very long time. The only time I don't feel it is when I am either in bed, sleeping or taking a bath. Sometimes if I am exercising in a warm place I don't feel it either. I also get what feels like adrenaline surges and goosebumps. It really is horrible. I think part of my problem is I now obsess about it and expect to feel the sensations.
I have been tested extensively and nothing is ever found. A couple of doctors have said it could be anxiety related. My first bout was after a bad flu, but this last, long lasting bout was during a time of extreme stress. I would really love to hear some success stories from people who have experienced neurological symptoms for a long time and had them go away.

Hi Toronto Girl
Yep I get this all the time. Mine is usually when I am walking and I get hot I get a weird prickly feeling down the front of both legs. If I have shorts on I don't get it but when I have jeans on I do. Like you I now expect to feel it so with me when I get up to walk subconsciously and more often now consiously I wait to feel it. Is often worse when I come in from out side to inside and is hot. I don't get it when exercising or relaxing and in bed. Does that sound similar? I also get it if something flusters me and I get hot. Weird. No cure really yet. I too had been under lots of stress when this first came on. I just need my sensenses to quiet down.

[Gary A]

I would really love to hear some success stories from people who have experienced neurological symptoms for a long time and had them go away.

These aren't nuerological symptoms. If you keep telling yourself that they are you'll continue to be anxious about them. An "adrenaline rush feeling" is more than likely exactly that, an adrenaline rush. When you're anxious your fight or fight mode is constantly primed. If you're walking along the street and a bear jumps out of the bushes, the first thing you'll feel is an adrenaline rush. Your body's fight or flight mode kicks in and adrenaline surges through you to prepare you to either fight the threat or run away. In the case of a bear jumping out at you there would be no confusion, you'd expect that adrenaline rush and accept it as normal.

When you're anxious, whatever you fear is perceived by you to be lurking around every corner. Therefore, your body's fight or flight is constantly primed, ready to kick in at the first perception of a threat. Try to realise that your body's fight or flight mode is pretty much out of your hands, it will kick in when it recognises a threat. You may feel a small twinge in your stomach, a slight pain in your chest, anything at all that you perceive as a threat, and all of a sudden your fight or flight mode kicks in, giving you almost identical sensations as it would if a bear did indeed jump out of the bushes.

A panic attack will go full blown if you focus on that sensation and worry more, your mind and body are already under a perceived attack and your focus only triggers the fight or flight to keep on doing what it's supposed to. So you become lightheaded, your hands, feet, arms and legs tingle as blood rushes from there to your heart, your heart beats rapidly to cope, you breathe more and more heavily to keep the heart pumping, you then become more dizzy...and so on.

Panic doesn't always have to be full blown, it can creep up on you and give you all these sensations and symptoms without you even realising that your fight or flight is in action.

[Toronto girl]

Thanks Gary. I guess my concern is I get these weird rushes on and off even when I am not nervous. I could be excited about something or for any number of reasons. It is as though my neuro system is out of whack. The prickly leg sensations are present almost all the time except when in bed relaxing, or taking a bath. I don't get it in my feet though. So strange. Do you still think it could be anxiety related?

Anxious, our symptoms definitely have similarities. Hopefully we will both be normal soon.

[Gary A]

I'm 99% sure it's anxiety related. Your nervous system is all over the place in times of high anxiety. People often make the error of saying "I was relaxed when I felt this so how can it be anxiety", but anxiety is a chronic illness, if you're anxious your body is almost constantly releasing hormones like adrenaline and noradrenalin which can really make you feel pretty awful if it builds up. You'll be fine, ironically, it's when people accept that their symptoms are caused by anxiety that they seem to dissipate.

[Toronto girl]

Gary, thank you for the encouraging words. I really appreciate it more than you know.

[This Charming Man]

Hi Charming Man
Just a quick note on the hot feet. I used to get this last year. I would often go to toilet in work to take shoes and socks off. One thing that I did have that made me realise that was a HA issue was I had hot feet all morning and had to keep checking them etc obsessing about them. Then clients can in to review something with me and they had been there for an hour and once they left I suddenly realised that I had not had that foot feeling at all. My frets went to feeling so hot and uncomfortable and because I had been distracted it completely went. Not that my HA has gone but it's just another example. My skin is hyper sensative today and feeling everyeveryht slight prickle. I was out the last two nights and drunk quite a lot so I often have this feeling when feeling delicate... like you I can't wait till this goes. I just wish I could not think about it anymore. I used to be a lot better at not thinking about it. But as time has gone on my mind wins the battle lots more. Did you do CBT. It's all such a vicious circle that's tough to break. If feeling ok the slightest thing can then set off and then back to hypersensitive. Very boring and a lot of thinking time is wasted on this. You ask if anyone has got through it and I would imagine so many people have but probably don't find there way I to these forums ifnnow cured. To be honest though when you have HA I don't think it ever fully goes. It just you get better at dealing with it. Anyway keep in touch. We will get through it.

This post could have been written by me mate. I still find myself going to the toilet to check my feet and take my socks off to see how damp they are from sweating or walk about on the cold floor. I then head off to a meeting and only notice it when walking back and I check that it's there.

Regrettably, I didn't engage with the CBT. I was at 'I know better' stage and didn't take the therapist seriously. What did she know....as far as I was concerned I was really ill etc.

I am just at the beginning of an 8 week mindfulness programme which I didn't think I would enjoy but am pleasantly surprised. It's also my intention to get off my backside and exercise....no excuses I need to do it.

[Toronto girl]

Anxiousme, I am just wondering what you were doing when your symptoms started? We're you really stressed?

[anxiousme]

Hi Toronto Girl
Yes I was pretty stressed. I sadly have a mind that needs to always be worrying about something. I had an injury and walked funny for a while and that is what seemed to trigger this worry. I have sine been getting hypersensitive to everything. It's very odd. But in answer to your question yes I was stressed. I need to relax more but don't always find the time. Need to beat my mind down a bit and stop myself getting in a tiz about any feeling.

[anxiousme]

Hi all. How we all doing? CM how is the mindfulness going? TG how's the prickly legs? I am still obsessing about my left leg when I walk and thinking about every step. I have done strength test though and is as strong as my right. There are Times when I will be distracted and forget about it so hopefully that will help make it fade the more I do that. All the best.

[Toronto girl]

Anxiousme, I still have the obnoxious symptoms. Most recently I went to my doctor for a physical and he did blood work including a general inflammation marker and everything was good. My inflammation level is very low, so no inflammation. He really is at a loss as what to do. He says everything keeps showing up fine. I guess it is up to me....�� maybe we both just have to let it all go.

[worrywart29]

I read that when the body is anxious the blood leave the least important parts such and the hands and feet and rush to the important organs such as the brain and heart. In an attempt to protect it from impending danger since the body can't distinguish between anxiety and real danger. This is why a lot of people with anxiety have cold hands and feet. Since I became anxious my feet is always cold. Cold feet leads to numbness and tingling as there is not enough blood running through them. About a week ago I was having extremely cold feet and was very anxious I became distracted with my son and was reading him a story during this time we were laughing and I was more relaxed than I been in months shortly after my feet got very warm I could literally feel the blood going back in to them and I realized it was because I wasn't anxious I guess my body was settling down from it's anxious state. The minute I got anxious again along came the cold feet numbness and tingling. It's definitely anxiety causing this

[This Charming Man]

Mindfulness going ok AM. Wasn't doing it as often as was recommended and noticed an increase in feet sensations over last few days. I was skipping the morning meditation, usually because I was trying to get out the door for work, so conscious effort needed to pick it up again.

Don't have any of the 'on edge' or panicky anxiety feelings. I think that was one of the main reasons I struggled to accept feet symptoms were anxiety related.

Hypersensitivity is a strange thing. Sometimes when my jeans brush my shin I register it as a strange sensation and get a wee rush of panic....bizarre....why would that panic anyone.

The contributions on this thread have been very helpful. Sometimes you just need someone to tell it as it is.

Good luck all

[Toronto girl]

That is coincidental, when my jeans rub against my legs I get a prickly numb feeling and it totally freaks me out. Do you know why you get it?

[This Charming Man]

That is coincidental, when my jeans rub against my legs I get a prickly numb feeling and it totally freaks me out. Do you know why you get it?

It's hypersensitivity & my mind looking for illness and affliction that isn't there. Just another example of being consumed by health anxiety for a year. Finding it much easier to dismiss now....symptoms still there but Rome wasn't built in a day.

[This Charming Man]

Strange sensations in feet again today. Isolated cold patches that come and go....anyone get this? It's similiar to getting a tingle or buzz but for some reason I register it as cold. Difficult to describe really. In past I'd be straight onto google but confident now that it's anxiety related. Just got to keep telling myself that. How is the leg weakness anxiousme? I remember when I had it, the more I thought about it the stranger my walking style became. It felt like I was forgetting how to walk.

[anxiousme]

Hi mate,
I'm doing ok at the moment and like you I just keep telling myself it is anxiety and it is easing up. I still get the buzz in foot but again it is minor and only tends to be when I focus on it. I sit at work and constantly have to remind myself to relax as my shoulders audtmatically go tense and hunched without me noticing which just shows that my body is used to being tense.

I dont get the cold thing necessarily but the hot feet and buzz is something I get. End of last year was when that is worse. You really really need to be live it is HA otherwise it will never go away. I feel like I am only now fully getting my head around that. But takes a long time for the body to catch up. I will send you a really good post I read on this.

You have described the 'weak' leg exactly. I am much less focused on it over the past week. But exactly yes it's like I have to remember how to step which is crazy as if my mind truly wandered onto something else I would be walking fine.

Your cold patches sound like tingles I get in legs when hot this is just massive hypersensitivity. Your senses will not calm down from this for a while even if feeling not anxious.

We will get there I am sure it's just not going to be quick. Just try to ignore the feelings. I have decided that I am going to constantly tell myself it's HA (unless any really scary symptoms happen) then see where I am in six months. Lets keep in touch.

[Toronto girl]

Anxiousme, would you please send me the article you mentioned? I would appreciate it.

I have prickly sensations in my legs and even one of the best neurologists in Toronto couldn't find anything wrong, so as a couple of doctors have said , I should look at anxiety as the possible culprit. I have had it a long time, but I guess in reality I have always been really upset thinking it is something horrid. Only recently has it calmed a bit. I am trying to relax and not get so upset.

I hope we all feel fabulous soon!

[dittarco]

I get that too.. if my pants rub against me and I feel something, I immediately react. It's because you are hyper aware of EVERY feeling you have when you're anxiety prone.

[montos]

I'm a little late to this party but I just wanted to chime in. For the last 6 weeks I've been getting intermittent burning feet symptoms. Sometimes its burning in my ankles, sometimes it's a prickly feeling but mostly burning feet.
When I went to the doctor he said it might be peripheral neuropathy and that was it. I was obsessing. The thing is that it goes away for hours or even days at a time if I'm feeling better.
I have a neurologist appointment but I'm starting to think this is anxiety. Or at the very least, anxiety makes it infinitely worse.

Just reading that others have this make me feel better about it. For those that have it, is it fairly constant? I mean 6 weeks seems like it might be a long time.

Monty

[Anxious traveler]

Just bumping up this post. I know it's real old but so much of this information describes me now. I've been suffering with what started off as a tingling left foot, which then started intensively vibrating at times. Now I have both feet tingling and going hot most days. I also have a reoccurring numb patch on some occasions on my left thigh. I've been freaking out. It started 2 and a half months ago and I'm pretty sure my anxiety is now turning into depression. I can't seem to take my mind of constant worrying/negative thoughts. It's like I'm stuck in a trap and it's really getting me down.
The neurologist is sending me for an EMG and a skin biopsy to rule out pheripheral neuropathy and small fibre neuropathy. His words were "I think it'll be too early to tell if it's anything anyway". Which obviously means that regardless of the outcome Even if it's all clear my stupid head is going to think there still could be something underlying!!! I wish he never said that!
There's moments where I'm so clearly convinced it's all anxiety. However sometimes I'm taken by a strong grip telling me it's something terrible and I'm convinced it truly is.

My sleep has been affected also which doesn't help my mood. I seem to be able to get to sleep without any problem. However I wake up after 4 hours and can't get back. It's happening every night and is impacting my work.

I'd like to hear from people who have or are currently going through similar experiences.