From being in just my legs and feet, from Monday I started getting pins and needles in my hands and lower arms, then last night in my upper arms and face. What does this mean?
my muscles have also got worse with twitching at night. I’m beginning to think it’s this that wakes me up. Yesterday when I laid down for a nap, my leg twitched so badly my whole body shook. Apart from the occasional twitch, it’s only really when I’m trying to fall asleep that it happens.
Can’t help I’m afraid. I have pins and needles in my feet, and occasionally hands, but they don’t normally spread unless I’m in certain positions. I’ve never had pins and needles in my face (and hope I never will!).
When I was at my worst, last November, my twitching also got really bad. It was mostly wee spots twitching, rather than whole muscles, but at night I’d get myoclonus jerks, which I think are what you’re describing. Annoyingly, they occur in perfectly healthy people, people who are running an infection, people who have central nerve problems, people who have peripheral nerve problems, and people with anxiety.
For about a week, I also got them during the day, whenever I heard a loud noise/saw a sudden movement. My kids found this most amusing, and would constantly lie in wait for me. Startling mummy was great fun (apparently!).
I have the muscle twitching and usually the pins and needles is in my foot only. The twitching has gone from my legs and now arms, not had it in my face. Worse on a night, not taking anything for it but on gabapentin for pain so maybe that helps a little.
I hope you get some answers soon, Im getting closer to a diagnosis, neuro thinks its either ms or an infection.
I hope you get some answers…it might be a good idea to get referral to neurologist or even ms specialist. My neuro said when he looks at mri he is looking for different things…just a suggestion. He found things on both brain and spinal mri that previous neuro did not.
My doc said I have to have the MRI before I get to see a neurologist! I have rheumatoid appointment tomoro so I’ll talk to him and maybe he can refer me. Everything seems to be happening backwards lol. Of course I don’t want anything to be wrong with me but on the other hand, in praying something shows up!
I know what you mean, finding something to make sense of your symptoms, i feel we can cope with that but it the not knowing and for me endless hospital appointment.