Sorry if this is being posted in the wrong place, wasn't sure where it should go. This is met first post.

About 10 days ago I started getting these strange sensations that I can only describe a single point tingling things. Like a single pin, but not painful, or stabbing, just like a single nerve ending is looking for attention for a few seconds. I would get usually 1 at time, and it would last 3-5 seconds and then be gone. Another might occur within a minute later in another spot or not at all (face, hand, and/or foot) . I only seem to get them when I am not involved in something that has me completely engaged, like watching TV or something. If I am feeling them while going to bed, they seem to lessen as I fall asleep and theny have never woken me up, and I don't ever seem to have them when I wake up. Maybe an hour or 2 later while at work.

Being the worrier I am, I thought I should let my PCP know and he checked me out, my balance, strength, and coordination were all OK, and just to be safe now I am the one getting an MRI with and without contrast this afternoon. He is almost positive nothing will be found but he wants to err on the side of caution. I told him I thought this was the stress of my wife's current medical issues (and multiple other stresses) finally manifesting themselves in me, which he believes is certainly possible.

Deep breathing and relaxing seem to make the sensations lessen or fade, or even stop when they are happening, and with them disappearing when I go to sleep I am pretty sure they are stress-induced phsyco-somatic in nature. The more I think about them, the more they seem to happen. All very strange.

Any thoughts/ideas?

Stress releases inflammatory molecules called cytokines.

These are Cox-2 controlled, and you can control this with diet to some extent. Avoidance of high carb high sugar is one step as these promote Cox-2 cytokines.

Taking some fish oil or krill oil may help.

But if you have some issues with pre-diabetes, or with food intolerances, or eat MSG in foods...you need to watch all of that, when under stress.

Some dietary changes are helpful. Many people are low in B12 and Vit D and this shows up this way in the beginning. So getting tested for this may help clarify things. Get your numbers, and don't accept "normal" as lab ranges in US are outdated.

Low magnesium is also a culprit.
Here are my threads on B12, Vit D and magnesium. This is a good place to start:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread1138.html

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread92116.html

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread85103.html

A side note.... when you hyperventilate (under stress), you change the pH of the blood and then paresthesias occur (odd sensations). This may be worse if you are borderline for some deficiency or pre-diabetic.

Thank you, that is EXCELLENT information. I just started taking B-12 (2,000), D-3 (1,000) and Magnesium (500). I will be speaking to my doc tomorrow I imagine about my MRI. And will mention all of this, he is a very open guy. I am a carb-a-holic and sugar junkie BTW.

The tech showed me all my images and even gave me a CD to bring home, I am no radiologist, but it all looks good to me. I didn't see anything that looked like it didn't belong there (tumor or mass) and I didn't see any spots (lesions or spots) on the images with contrast.

You will want to double check your magnesium label.

If it is OXIDE form, this is not absorbed. You'll have to choose another type, for good results. This is explained in the thread I gave you.

And make sure you take that B12 on an empty stomach.

I got my MRI WWO contrast results back today and they are clear, no visible issues at this time.

I looked at the Magnesium bottle I have and it lists Magnesium Oxide as the first ingredient. So you are saying that is no good? What should I look for when buying a magnesium supliment?

I went to the link you included and there are 28 pages!

I just ordered water soluble B12 online: ***


and have D3 soft gel caps. Anything to look for on those to make sure they are good?

Thank you for the information, I am new to this vitamin thing and they is n overwhelming amount of info out there.

The first two pages of the magnesium thread have most of the information you need.

I certainly am not going to retype it all on this thread!

Understood. Thank you.