scatterbrain
14-04-11, 19:40
OK, so I'm currently getting this weird buzzing sensation (no visible tremors) in both legs, like from the hips down and especially in my lower spine. I get it when I sit down somewhere quiet to work, and i dont really notice it when I'm moving. Its worse in the evening. But, OMG if you google buzzing legs its like menopause or MS. And I def don't have the first one.
A big factor in my worry about the dreaded MS is that I've had two episodes of tingling extremities, each lasting a week about 2 years apart. They tingle, and also feel kind of confused - so if I rummaged in a bag with my eyes closed I'd be more confused than usual about what object was what. Early onset MS can bring about symptoms that come and go over years - in fact it is one of the diagnostic criteria!
The first tingling episode was severe - it was in my fingers, feet and tongue and it was brought on by taking nitrous oxide (which made me think it was a b12 deficiency, but my dr says that if so little nitrous triggered a deficiency then it would happen whenever they used it as an anesthetic, which involves inhaling much more). It subsided in a week, during which I did take b12 sups. My b12 is relatively low - classified as normal but in the range at which 5-10% of people get neurological/psychiatric effects. I am living in the US and the dr here didn't think the b12 was a prob. I dunno if I think its b12 - afterall, 95% of people with my level are ok. The Dr doesn't know what to make of the buzzing. When I lived in the UK the nurse wouldn't even tell what my b12 number WAS when I called for my results, other than "fine" without me being very insistent and made to feel like a petulant child asking questions she didn't understand.:mad:
Two yrs later, the tingling came back, again suddenly. This time it was triggered by this sudden panic feeling... I don't think it was a full-blown panic attack, but I got this sudden rush of I-have-to-escape, grabbed my stuff and fled out of the building. I got my bf to pick me up and take me straight to bed (with a chocolate bar cos I though it was blood sugar). Shortly after, I felt FINE. But the tingling persisted. It was there when I woke up, when I went to bed. Soon I had no appetite and felt awful - anxious, out of body feelings...tingling all the time. I know that hyperventilation can cause tingling, but would it cause it to persist like this? For a week at a time? It was there whether I thought about it or not....whether I felt anxious or not. It gradually subsided. So he first time, but not the second, was accompanied by some kind of mild panic feelings.
I recenly had a full-on panic attack (couldn't walk straight, headrush, lump in throat, crying, derealisation), which was preceded and followed by episodes of this buzzing humming internal vibration. Argh, it is so frightening. Even now when I feel ok, not panicky and feeling like I could do anything I'll still get the vibration and be like "oh yeah, that thing". It makes me wonder whether it IS panic after all.
Can anyone else relate to the week-long tingling? Now that I have the buzzing, I'm getting scared about the earlier tingling.
A big factor in my worry about the dreaded MS is that I've had two episodes of tingling extremities, each lasting a week about 2 years apart. They tingle, and also feel kind of confused - so if I rummaged in a bag with my eyes closed I'd be more confused than usual about what object was what. Early onset MS can bring about symptoms that come and go over years - in fact it is one of the diagnostic criteria!
The first tingling episode was severe - it was in my fingers, feet and tongue and it was brought on by taking nitrous oxide (which made me think it was a b12 deficiency, but my dr says that if so little nitrous triggered a deficiency then it would happen whenever they used it as an anesthetic, which involves inhaling much more). It subsided in a week, during which I did take b12 sups. My b12 is relatively low - classified as normal but in the range at which 5-10% of people get neurological/psychiatric effects. I am living in the US and the dr here didn't think the b12 was a prob. I dunno if I think its b12 - afterall, 95% of people with my level are ok. The Dr doesn't know what to make of the buzzing. When I lived in the UK the nurse wouldn't even tell what my b12 number WAS when I called for my results, other than "fine" without me being very insistent and made to feel like a petulant child asking questions she didn't understand.:mad:
Two yrs later, the tingling came back, again suddenly. This time it was triggered by this sudden panic feeling... I don't think it was a full-blown panic attack, but I got this sudden rush of I-have-to-escape, grabbed my stuff and fled out of the building. I got my bf to pick me up and take me straight to bed (with a chocolate bar cos I though it was blood sugar). Shortly after, I felt FINE. But the tingling persisted. It was there when I woke up, when I went to bed. Soon I had no appetite and felt awful - anxious, out of body feelings...tingling all the time. I know that hyperventilation can cause tingling, but would it cause it to persist like this? For a week at a time? It was there whether I thought about it or not....whether I felt anxious or not. It gradually subsided. So he first time, but not the second, was accompanied by some kind of mild panic feelings.
I recenly had a full-on panic attack (couldn't walk straight, headrush, lump in throat, crying, derealisation), which was preceded and followed by episodes of this buzzing humming internal vibration. Argh, it is so frightening. Even now when I feel ok, not panicky and feeling like I could do anything I'll still get the vibration and be like "oh yeah, that thing". It makes me wonder whether it IS panic after all.
Can anyone else relate to the week-long tingling? Now that I have the buzzing, I'm getting scared about the earlier tingling.