[Silverlady]

Deb,
I don't actually experience the numbness most of the time. In fact it's just the opposite. My clothes hurt me, wrinkles in the sheets hurt me, elastic in my pants feels as if you are cutting me with a knife. I can run one foot over the other leg and it feels like it is numb where they touch. But at the same time. I can touch the same area with my hand and it isn't numb. You can add into the symptoms a feeling like you've stirred up static electricity and all the hair in the area seems to be standing up. It's only a feeling. It doesn't actually happen. A strange sensation. Then there is the electric shocks, tingling, and aching bone deep pain. Gotta not forget the feeling that you are freezing in that area also but at the same time burning. I think the worse part of it is the burning. Oh and while you are at it, throw in the sore joints from the RA and the dryness in my mouth, nose, throat, digestive tract and a lot of unmentionables. That pretty much describes the symptoms for me.

My neuropathy is pretty much body wide now. The worse part of the symptoms is from my toes to my waist and lately up the left side of my back. Both hands are affected but not as bad as the rest of my body.

The face has places on it that tingle and I believe my tongue has neuropathy in it. I also have not been able to eat liquid from a spoon in the last couple of weeks. My bottom lip is numb and I can't feel the spoon until the soup trickles down my chin. (really pretty sight) My scalp tingles awfully in one spot, left side on the top. All of this stuff is worse on the left side. When it started the left foot was always the worse and as it spread the left side is where I feel the pain most even tho the symptoms are on both sides.

My neuropathy is autoimmune, probably small-fiber caused by either the Rheumatoid Arthritis or Sjogrens Syndrome.

I think this is a good thread. It would be nice to see what other people experience as their symptoms. And maybe add what type of neuropathy they have been diagnosed with. Might help someone new see a comparison.
Hope I didn't bore all of you,
Billye