Guest guest Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 I did not know this! I have had severe pain, numbness and tingling in my left leg for a little over a year and a half now. The doctor said it may be my sciatic nerve. I am more and more amazed at how little many doctors know on treating thyroid conditions. I feel like they are giving me a band aid for the symptoms instead of treating the disease. I am hearing you all name so many of my symptoms it is amazing. LuAnn Photography www.capturing-life.com --- On Mon, 9/20/10, beckyjov wrote Hi,Numbness, tingling, pins-n-needles, or pulsating pricking feelings in the extremities such as the hands, feet, arms and legs are all pretty common hypOthyroid symptoms. So, if these nerve symptoms are actually caused FROM low thyroid hormones and we are able to optimize our T hormone levels there is likely NO nerve damage. Frequently ALL these symptoms vanish, anyway they did for me.Of course, vitamin b-12 deficiency will cause these symptoms, too. I took b-12 shots for 1.5 years – turns out I didn't have pernicious anemia just severely low b-12 along with severely low T3. Also, carpal tunnel syndrome is common in Hashis. If these symptoms persist even on adequate meds and we have good b-12 levels, it would be wise to dig deeper and look into other diseases that also have tingling and numbness as symptoms such as diabetes, MS (multiple sclerosis), or seizures. Also migraine headaches can cause pain and numbness, sometimes migraines are hormonal related as well. Interestingly, my oldest daughter would get sudden stabbing pins-n-needles pain in both of her arms above her elbow just above her biceps and in her legs just above her ankles. Her pediatrician first thought she had MS, but with MS normally the patient never feels weakness, tremor, or paralysis in both arms and both ankles simultaneously, so he ran all kinds of tests and found elevated TPO antibodies. This is literally how I found out I have Hashis and so thankful that her Ped ran a thyroid panel on me, too. No other doc would test me further because my TSH was low normal. Not everything is as bad as it sounds. Thank goodness this HypO nerve pain will disappear with sufficient intake of T meds. To wellness,~Bj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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