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new symptom appeared today... pins & needles on right hand and arm up to elbow. read this is a common symptom of ms. just never had it before anyone else having this? my right leg and back have been the problem areas. so now my right arm? also been having bad cramping of both feet. could it be the cold weather bringing out these new surprises? linda

Hi Linda,

Last winter the high point of my day was when my husband massaged my cramped right foot- my bad side. I could walk only 5 feet without aid. Now, after 15 months af antibiotics, my foot no longer hurts and can be wiggled into my shoe while standing, I no longer need support of ANY king, and my energy lasts all day- NO naps. Have you been to CPn Help?

Rica

HI LINDA,
I have pins and needles in my right arm and hand..use to have it in my leg but for the last three months have no feeling at all in leg....if i dont pay attention now a days i will trip and fall..when i am really tired i drag it...so use a cane when its that bad....so has happened to me..still get the pins and needles in my arm and hand..only once in a while do i get it in my face...but that area is a whole other story....

chris

Hi Linda,

I have had the pins, needles & numbness, first in one hand and then a year later in the other. To me it was more annoying than anything and after 6 months give or take it went away.

My pins, needles & numbness were a little weird though, affecting my middle, ring and pinky fingers, up and along my outer hand, arm and elbow. The rest of the hand and arm were normal. Same on the other side.

Feel better,

odettesmom wrote:new symptom appeared today... pins & needles on right hand and arm up to elbow. read this is a common symptom of ms. just never had it before anyone else having this?

Pins and needles in my feet, across my chest and on my hands are the first symptoms I can remember.

The chest cleared up by itself, and since changing my regimens, the only pins and needles I have left are in the soles of my feet. I am on Statins, ABX & LDN.

sorry to hear that others also experience the pins & needles. it went away for a while, but back in right arm today. been having some assorted (but impossible to ignore) pains in right hip to knee. intereting how this diseae is always coming up with something new. been on copaxone since july. linda

odettesmom wrote:sorry to hear that others also experience the pins & needles. it went away for a while, but back in right arm today.

Yes, I get burning sensations as well. They're usually in my foot. However, I've found that the more tired and/or stressed that I am, the worse they get. They'll start going up the back of my leg with a patch here and there. Moreover, numbness and burning sensations were the first symptom I experienced 8 years before I was diagnosed. Then, they started in my shoulder and went down my arm into my thumb and forefinger. I even saw a neurologist at that time but he didn't figure it out, just charged me lots of money for talking to him for 20-30 minutes.

NHE