# numb but not really **URL:** \ **Category:** New diagnosis and before diagnosis\ **Created:** [15 September 2013 12:01 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/numb-but-not-really/20032 "2013-09-15T12:01:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [15 September 2013 12:01 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/numb-but-not-really/20032/1 "2013-09-15T12:01:30Z")
Often my leg or foot feels as though its gone numb like when you have lain on it funny but when I touch it I can clearly feel that so its obviously not numb. Anyone else get that or am I crackers A ---
**Author:** ![Vithfari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/47e85d/32.png) [@Vithfari](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Vithfari)\ **Post date:** [15 September 2013 21:45 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/numb-but-not-really/20032/2 "2013-09-15T21:45:37Z")
I had something just like that. My leg felt “dead”, but when I ran fingers across it I could fel that as normal. ---
**Author:** ![stressed\_little\_pudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@stressed\_little\_pudd](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/stressed_little_pudd)\ **Post date:** [15 September 2013 22:44 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/numb-but-not-really/20032/3 "2013-09-15T22:44:14Z")
Get that on and off all the time!! Awful isn’t it?? ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [16 September 2013 07:18 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/numb-but-not-really/20032/4 "2013-09-16T07:18:24Z")
So good to know I’m not alone in this A ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [16 September 2013 08:59 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/numb-but-not-really/20032/5 "2013-09-16T08:59:20Z")
Hi, I get that all the time too - strange as I can feel sharp/soft, hot/cold etc, so my doctor thought I was talking rubbish, and I started to wonder as well… ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [16 September 2013 14:34 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/numb-but-not-really/20032/6 "2013-09-16T14:34:58Z")
I’ve had this too, on the front of my shins and thighs. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![stressed\_little\_pudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@stressed\_little\_pudd](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/stressed_little_pudd)\ **Post date:** [16 September 2013 15:22 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/numb-but-not-really/20032/7 "2013-09-16T15:22:15Z")
Today it’s left side chin, arm, hand and knee. Feels really freaky when you put a sheet on the knee. Kind of you can feel it but not feel it sensation!!! ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [16 September 2013 16:37 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/numb-but-not-really/20032/8 "2013-09-16T16:37:55Z")
Thats exactly it but if you tell a gp and they test you can still feel ut so look nuts ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [16 September 2013 22:00 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/numb-but-not-really/20032/9 "2013-09-16T22:00:07Z")
I tried explaining that feeling to neurologist tonight, but again he brushed it aside, and never gave an answer! Jane xxx ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2013 06:58 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/numb-but-not-really/20032/10 "2013-09-17T06:58:59Z")
Yep they definitely are taught this!! Ax ---
**Author:** ![stressed\_little\_pudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@stressed\_little\_pudd](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/stressed_little_pudd)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2013 08:12 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/numb-but-not-really/20032/11 "2013-09-17T08:12:40Z")
Strangely enough my neuro actually listened to this symptom and used it as my ‘main problem’ in the MRI request!!. Failed to take Into account balance, fatigue, eyesight, cognitive problems to name but a few though!! :-s ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [17 September 2013 09:45 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/numb-but-not-really/20032/12 "2013-09-17T09:45:00Z")
Really? I didn’t mention it in case he thought I was crazy lol. I will next time though Axx