Tingling in my legs
#307946 - 05/24/07 07:34 PM
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does anyone here experience tingling/numbness in their legs? i was wondering if it can be caused my a vitamin deficiency or something like that. i usually notice it more in the evenings and in the middle of the night if i wake up.
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You should talk to your doctor about that. It may be something simple that he or she can fix.
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I second that. Back injury, nutritional deficiencies, restless leg syndrome - there are a lot of possiblilties. Any neurological symptoms should be checked out by an MD.
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I'd see your doctor. Is it in the front of your legs, back? Any other pain? I have a tingling/numbness/hot/cold in my left leg but it is associated with my sciatica (nerve pain in my back). Definitely talk to doc about it.
Good luck.
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Thought you guys might find it interesting that the company GSK actually invented the problem of "Restless Leg Syndrome." My wife works for GSK and they discovered a chemical combination that relaxed the legs so they invented the phrase for marketing reasons. Gets everyone with a tingle wondering whether or not they have "RLS" as GSK has coined it. Gotta love corporate America. I wouldn't worry too much about it everyone tingles from time to time due to stress. Try taking a Multivitamin and sticking religiously to the diet. Good luck!
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Mark,
I have Restless Leg Syndrome. Anyway my legs are tingling but so are my arms daytime and nighttime. I have medication for it. Talk to your Dr. Also are you anemic by any chance? Because being anemic can cause RLS symptoms, and also I believe lacking the B vitamins especially B12 also contributes to this, I am not certain but you could ask your Dr.I hope this helps
Terry
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My boyfriend and I were just talking about this last night. Apparently, a good self-help treatment for restless leg syndrome is to go for a walk. Imagine that!
That said, I noticed my legs got twitchy when I started taking lexapro - medications can screw with you that way. You could also try taking a multivitamin. If it really bothers you, or if you recently did anything that could have caused injury - a fall, a pulled muscle, a twisted ankle - get checked out by a doctor.
I'm assuming you asked this here at least partly because you're wondering if such a thing is an IBS symptom, and it definitely is not.
Hope that helps a bit!
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RLS
#307985 - 05/25/07 09:59 AM
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Restless leg syndrome ( RLS history ) has been reported in the research literature as far back as 1944. There have been over 350 papers published on the RLS since the 1960s.
I believe what GSK did was to run an marketing campaign in 2006/2007 for Requip, a drug that was original approved for Parkinson's disease in 1997. Its use in RLS was approved by the FDA in 2005. The campaign increased public awareness about a disease that was rarely mentioned even by physicians.
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Re: RLS
#308032 - 05/27/07 06:09 AM
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Syl,
I want to tell you since I have RLS, I found the article link you posted very interesting. Thanks for posting the link.
Terry
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I just wanted to note that I often got tingling in my ankles/toes when I was having a d attack. It was one of my symtoms that I even mentioned to my GI who had never heard about it and dismissed it. I would feel cold and curl up in a ball in between d attacks and even while on the bowl I could feel the discomfort in my feet. Since I have been stable, this sympton has gone away completely. Are you getting the pain associated with an IBS attack or just intermittently throughout the day/week?
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