Thanks again for this thread..

Yep-most if not all that the article you linked us to is on my list of sxs...RLS being one of the most irritating

My first "real" symptom was a toe that went to sleep and never woke up. It took 3 years after seeing the neuro for that when I received the dx.

Thanks again Trish...so amy weird things that this disease brings to our lives...

Sensory problems and me are old friends. I think they were one of my first symptoms. I felt like I had water on my face and bugs crawling on my legs. Also I had a very cold spot on one leg that I would frequently wrap a wool scarf around. It didn't help but it made 'me' feel better.

Now I still have a lot of electric zaps in my feet and legs. No one who doesn't have these can understand what they feel like. I also feel like I have my shoes tied to tight or that my feet are swollen but they aren't. I feel like my feet have gone to sleep and I am constantly pumping my ankles to wake them up. Which isn't a bad thing at all since it can help the smooth muscles in my legs keep the blood flowing. It is especially bad when I am sitting in the front seat of the car on trips when my legs are down for to long. I can be seen with my legs up on the dash a lot. It's hard for me to go to a movie theater because I have to put my feet up on something.

Again, thanks for bringing this up.

These threads are great - it makes you realise that although this is such an individual disease, and all of our courses are different, there is a link to so many of the things that we share.

Whether it is numb fingers, burning feet or legs, zapping electrical symptoms, (all of which I have experienced over time) - itching, creepy crawlies - or any of the other myriad of sensory things, it is no fun at all.

Thank you for making me - and I am sure many others (members and readers alike) feel like they are validated and share a link in something that otherwise can make a person feel so incredibly isolated.

Another sensory thing I get is proprioception. I sometimes have no idea where my left leg is in space or time. When it happens, I find that I widen my gait so as not to trip on my other leg. My legs are working just fine but I feel as though the left leg is not even there. I also have to look down often to check on it. I get this in my left arm as well and have to look to make sure it is doing what it's supposed to be doing. It's an odd feeling and I seem to get it at least once a week. Sunday I had it in my left leg.

Me too Trish....SPOOKY!!!!

LOL It's a pretty weird feeling when it happens. I don't know what sets it off and what settles it down. It just comes and goes as it pleases just like everything else with MS.