[NeoGeoH]

This is my second post, and I am making it as what I am feeling seems different now from before.

neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread166517.html

My last post described this "Single Point Tingling" I was feeling. Well that is pretty much gone now. At one point I was feeling it on the end of my nose. Starting on March 17th I began a 4mg Medrol Dose Pack, and just finished it last night. I also had fairly constant tingling in 1 toes on my left foot, that has become very faint, but still there.

Starting 2 days ago, I noticed that the pads the fingers of my left hand felt strange. After some experimenting it became clear that they were less sensitive to texture than the fingertips on the same hand or any part of my right hand fingers. Then yesterday, this reduced sensation seemed to no be affecting my right hand as well. It also seems that the actual fingertips are more sensitive that the pads (where you'd take fingerprints) of my fingers. I can still feel things and tell the difference between textures just not as much I remember being able to. Another strange sensation is while walking and swinging my arms, it is like I can feel the blood pushing on my fingers, like when I repeatedly swing my arm to try and get the ketchup to the end bottle. Like increased pressure.

I put a fair bit of my previous sensations down to stress and even anxiety but this seems more like an actual physical condition.

I have a appt. for next Wednesday, and if this doesn't go away, then I am guessing he will run blood work to try and get to the bottom of all this.

Thanks for any input you can offer.

[mrsD]

When you come off a steroid taper, there can be many sensations you may notice. Some people have low grade
inflammation in places, get suppressed by the steroid briefly, and when the course is over, they return suddenly and are very noticeable.

I had a terrible spider bite one summer and did a high dose pred treatment with a taper. It suppressed the arthritis in my neck which I didn't really "notice" so for several days I felt terrific.
Then the BOOM, return of the symptoms.... eventually the effects faded into the background for me.

This might happen with you too. Perhaps your fingertips will return to normal in a short time.

[NeoGeoH]

Originally Posted by mrsD

When you come off a steroid taper, there can be many sensations you may notice. Some people have low grade
inflammation in places, get suppressed by the steroid briefly, and when the course is over, they return suddenly and are very noticeable.

I had a terrible spider bite one summer and did a high dose pred treatment with a taper. It suppressed the arthritis in my neck which I didn't really "notice" so for several days I felt terrific.
Then the BOOM, return of the symptoms.... eventually the effects faded into the background for me.

This might happen with you too. Perhaps your fingertips will return to normal in a short time.

Thank you. That is why I didn't rush to the doc and set the appt for about a week out. Hopefully all this will fade out in the next few days.

[Sallysblooms]

I don't think I have used a steriod. Nice to know.

I take a tiny amount of Cortisol, is that the same? Are you talking about larger doses of prednisone or exactly what meds. I just don't know anything about them and I would like to know in case I ever have to use one.

[mrsD]

If you suddenly stopped your small dose, you might notice something.

Steroids in any dose are potent and affect many areas of the body.

The physiological hydrocortisone therapies however, may not do the same thing as prednisone therapies. The hydrocortisone therapies tend to correct adrenal functions to some extent.
But stopping them suddenly will shift things back to what they were before.

It is very difficult to predict exactly "what"....but do expect some
adjustments.

Long term use of steroids may deplete nutrients.
http://www.chiro.org/nutrition/ABSTR...steroids.shtml

The center column is confusing in this link, but all the steroids below sulfasalazine deplete the whole center list of nutrients.

[melon]

Originally Posted by NeoGeoH

This is my second post, and I am making it as what I am feeling seems different now from before.

neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread166517.html

My last post described this "Single Point Tingling" I was feeling. Well that is pretty much gone now. At one point I was feeling it on the end of my nose. Starting on March 17th I began a 4mg Medrol Dose Pack, and just finished it last night. I also had fairly constant tingling in 1 toes on my left foot, that has become very faint, but still there.

Starting 2 days ago, I noticed that the pads the fingers of my left hand felt strange. After some experimenting it became clear that they were less sensitive to texture than the fingertips on the same hand or any part of my right hand fingers. Then yesterday, this reduced sensation seemed to no be affecting my right hand as well. It also seems that the actual fingertips are more sensitive that the pads (where you'd take fingerprints) of my fingers. I can still feel things and tell the difference between textures just not as much I remember being able to. Another strange sensation is while walking and swinging my arms, it is like I can feel the blood pushing on my fingers, like when I repeatedly swing my arm to try and get the ketchup to the end bottle. Like increased pressure.

I put a fair bit of my previous sensations down to stress and even anxiety but this seems more like an actual physical condition.

I have a appt. for next Wednesday, and if this doesn't go away, then I am guessing he will run blood work to try and get to the bottom of all this.

Thanks for any input you can offer.

do objects feel lighter to hold or less " firm " , does it vary depending on what you do ?

m

[NeoGeoH]

Originally Posted by melon

do objects feel lighter to hold or less " firm " , does it vary depending on what you do ?

m

It is more like a decreased sensitivity to textures. When this was just on 1 have the frosted glass on the underside of my glass desk felt like an emory bored to my right ringers, but much smoother and less abrasive to my left fingers, now it feels that smooth to both fingers. I can feel that texture a bit more on my fingertips and the texture is still there when I rub my nails on it. And it will scratch my ring.

And if that wasn't enough...

Later this afternoon after this first post, I felt a another strange sensation on my lower right leg. Like I was wearing a light sock, except I wasn't. I still have touch sensation and it hurts when I touch it with a pin, just like the other side, but it feels strange. And every once in a while I feel the slightest tingling that quickly seems to go away. It also seems that it takes far less time for my hands or feet to feel tinging if they are in an awkward position and I noticed if I sit very still, I can feel my pulse in my hands (w/o them touching each other of course).

Like my first post said, I have been a healthy 42 y-o until just about 3 weeks ago I had ZERO problems. It should be said that about 8 months ago my wife really who had also been healthy developed tingling and numbness on her left side that no one can explain. I have been stressing to a terrible degree about her health (over 6 weeks, dropping from 195 to 178, and now back up to 185) and worried she has MS, no clinical evidence can be found. So 3 weeks ago she wakes me up at 4a saying she can't swallow, I freak thinking it is finally MS kicking in. Turns out to be just a REALLY bad sore throat, and later that night, all these weird sensations started, and have been coming, going, and changing for the past 3 weeks. I am doing my best to stay relaxed, not stress about it, and for probably 2-3 of the past 6 days or so, I was feeling pretty good, until this finger and leg thing started.

I have an appt. with my PCP on Wed, and hope to get some tests done and maybe some answers.

The researcher and speculator in me thinks this stress/anxiety finally coming out in my physically. Perhaps facilitated by some low or borderline vitamin and/or mineral counts I may have that had never been a problem before.

Do ya think I rambled on enough?

Any guesses?

[NeoGeoH]

Originally Posted by NeoGeoH

It is more like a decreased sensitivity to textures. When this was just on 1 have the frosted glass on the underside of my glass desk felt like an emory bored to my right ringers, but much smoother and less abrasive to my left fingers, now it feels that smooth to both fingers. I can feel that texture a bit more on my fingertips and the texture is still there when I rub my nails on it. And it will scratch my ring.

And if that wasn't enough...

Later this afternoon after this first post, I felt a another strange sensation on my lower right leg. Like I was wearing a light sock, except I wasn't. I still have touch sensation and it hurts when I touch it with a pin, just like the other side, but it feels strange. And every once in a while I feel the slightest tingling that quickly seems to go away. It also seems that it takes far less time for my hands or feet to feel tinging if they are in an awkward position and I noticed if I sit very still, I can feel my pulse in my hands (w/o them touching each other of course).

Like my first post said, I have been a healthy 42 y-o until just about 3 weeks ago I had ZERO problems. It should be said that about 8 months ago my wife really who had also been healthy developed tingling and numbness on her left side that no one can explain. I have been stressing to a terrible degree about her health (over 6 weeks, dropping from 195 to 178, and now back up to 185) and worried she has MS, no clinical evidence can be found. So 3 weeks ago she wakes me up at 4a saying she can't swallow, I freak thinking it is finally MS kicking in. Turns out to be just a REALLY bad sore throat, and later that night, all these weird sensations started, and have been coming, going, and changing for the past 3 weeks. I am doing my best to stay relaxed, not stress about it, and for probably 2-3 of the past 6 days or so, I was feeling pretty good, until this finger and leg thing started.

I have an appt. with my PCP on Wed, and hope to get some tests done and maybe some answers.

The researcher and speculator in me thinks this stress/anxiety finally coming out in my physically. Perhaps facilitated by some low or borderline vitamin and/or mineral counts I may have that had never been a problem before.

Do ya think I rambled on enough?

Any guesses?

And now my left foot feels, for lack of a better term, achy. Not tingling, but achy. More strangeness.

[melon]

Originally Posted by NeoGeoH

It is more like a decreased sensitivity to textures. When this was just on 1 have the frosted glass on the underside of my glass desk felt like an emory bored to my right ringers, but much smoother and less abrasive to my left fingers, now it feels that smooth to both fingers. I can feel that texture a bit more on my fingertips and the texture is still there when I rub my nails on it. And it will scratch my ring.

And if that wasn't enough...

Later this afternoon after this first post, I felt a another strange sensation on my lower right leg. Like I was wearing a light sock, except I wasn't. I still have touch sensation and it hurts when I touch it with a pin, just like the other side, but it feels strange. And every once in a while I feel the slightest tingling that quickly seems to go away. It also seems that it takes far less time for my hands or feet to feel tinging if they are in an awkward position and I noticed if I sit very still, I can feel my pulse in my hands (w/o them touching each other of course).

Like my first post said, I have been a healthy 42 y-o until just about 3 weeks ago I had ZERO problems. It should be said that about 8 months ago my wife really who had also been healthy developed tingling and numbness on her left side that no one can explain. I have been stressing to a terrible degree about her health (over 6 weeks, dropping from 195 to 178, and now back up to 185) and worried she has MS, no clinical evidence can be found. So 3 weeks ago she wakes me up at 4a saying she can't swallow, I freak thinking it is finally MS kicking in. Turns out to be just a REALLY bad sore throat, and later that night, all these weird sensations started, and have been coming, going, and changing for the past 3 weeks. I am doing my best to stay relaxed, not stress about it, and for probably 2-3 of the past 6 days or so, I was feeling pretty good, until this finger and leg thing started.

I have an appt. with my PCP on Wed, and hope to get some tests done and maybe some answers.

The researcher and speculator in me thinks this stress/anxiety finally coming out in my physically. Perhaps facilitated by some low or borderline vitamin and/or mineral counts I may have that had never been a problem before.

Do ya think I rambled on enough?

Any guesses?

No, not really, but Im curious why think your wife might have had MS as opposed to something else ?

m

[NeoGeoH]

Originally Posted by melon

No, not really, but Im curious why think your wife might have had MS as opposed to something else ?

m

I was, and still am worried about her having ms as the docs can't seem to find any reason for her to be experiencing the symptoms she has. Tingling and numbness on her left side (lower leg, from elbow down, and side of face) with some weakness on that side. All of her blood test, MRIs, cat scans, EMG, all come back normal. I know MS is a diagnosis of exclusion and we have excluded a lot of things. I guess I am just worried that eventually the other foot Is going to drop and she will have other symptoms pop up as her fort exasperation. The other stressor is that we have never dealt with anything like this before.