Not everyone can tune out the bizzaro (but harmless) symptoms. Especially if they're new at having those symptoms.

I've been dealing with numbness in my legs and feet for nearly 2yrs (first noticed it in April 2006) and am only just getting to the point where I can ignore most of it.

For some people it may take awhile to learn to ignore some symptoms.

I do know that if you get centered on the weird symptoms, that can make them worse. Trying to ignore certain things, like numbness can help it be not so freaking annoying.

Not sure how to ignore weakness...I guess that's one that you have to actually deal with, like resting.

When I first started to have the numbness in spring of 2006, it was really bad. I couldnt sit still because of the wacky sensations. It wasnt till about this time last year that I started to be able to ignore it fairly successfully...and I still occasionally have problems with that and will sometimes have a few days where I just want to crawl out of my skin.

Let MX7 complain some. Eventually the ability to ignore things will show up. Maybe complaining about her symptoms will help her some too. Venting helps sometimes. The ability to ignore the harmless annoying symptoms will come eventually.