most of the time i cant stand to have anything at all on my legs good to see that some get relief
________________________________ From: Dalton Garis <malugss...@gmail.com> To: pat cooley <patticoole...@gmail.com>; pjv1...@chartermi.net Cc: Gillian Clark <mingalett...@activ8.net.au>; TM list <tmic-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2012 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [TMIC] RE Pins and Needles The best way to keep warm without getting that pins and needles feeling for me; Is to just wear my flannel pajamas under my pants. They are loose, soft and smooth, and don't trigger those fiery attacks that send me into seizures. Dalton From: pat cooley <patticoole...@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 09:45:47 -0600 To: <pjv1...@chartermi.net> Cc: Gillian Clark <mingalett...@activ8.net.au>, TM list <tmic-list@eskimo.com> Subject: Re: [TMIC] RE Pins and Needles Resent-From: <tmic-list@eskimo.com> Resent-Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 07:49:01 -0800 Patti I have found that the cold is much worse for me. I have found that if I wear soft long underwear under my jeans it doesn't bother me and helps to keep me warmer. I too always have the pins & needles plus the burning/freezing all the time, but it is so much worse in the evening.. I believe that I have learned to live with it since I am able to fall asleep and stay asleep all night except to go potty at least once maybe twice. I have also been told by doctors that the pins & needles in the feet is called neuropathy, which is the same nerve pain that people with diabetes suffer from. I have a good friend with diabetes and has suffered with it for years. > >Patti in Wisconsin > > >On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 9:22 PM, <pjv1...@chartermi.net> wrote: > >Gilly >>You are right to remide us about cothes, shoes and sock contributing to our >>TM pain. I think I've posted for eight straight winters that wearing blue >>jeans in cold weather puts me right to bed due the the intense pain the cold >>material causes. New TMers beware! It isn't just the heat that causes >>additional painful sensations. The cold weather causes its own set of >>problems. >> >>Patti - Michigan >> >> >>On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 3:05 AM, Gillian Clark wrote: >> >> John, the sad fact is that nothing really takes it away, I have so far >>racked up a bit over 10 years of it. >> >>I must say though that I do believe it has decreased somewhat. Either that >>or I'm just used to it. >> >>I don't do meds as all they did was make me completely spaced out or zombie >>like and the pain was still there. Strangely enough, just the everyday >>little old aspro or Panadol help. Maybe because they concentrate on any >>other unrelated pain that then lessons the tm residuals. I have no idea >>why, I just know that's what happens for me. >> >>There are other external causes. The shoes you wear, your socks (always >>wear them inside out), the clothes you wear, particularly the type of >>material. I found that by paying attention to these things, I can lesson >>(not by a whole lot) these annoying freeze/burn feelings. >> >>Gilly >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: john snodgrass >>To: James Berg; pjv1...@chartermi.net >>Cc: tmic >>Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 7:47 AM >>Subject: Re: [TMIC] RE Pins and Needles >> >>was talking with the neurologist yesterday about the buzzing,vibrating >>feeling that sometimes go all the way into my chest but stays mainly in my >>legs and feet,,,,when its not buzzing it is burning. he called it >>something but i failed to write it down. >> >>I tried MJ but for me,,,it made it intensify! >> >>nothing i have taken to date has had any positive effect on that symptom. >> >>creams,muscle rubs,neuronton,baclofen, Xanax ,valium,Lyrica alcohol,MJ. >> >> >>scratch that off my to do list. >> >> >>___________________________________ >> >>From: James Berg <molokai...@gmail.com> >>To: pjv1...@chartermi.net >>Cc: tmic <tmic-list@eskimo.com> >>Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 4:05 PM >>Subject: Re: [TMIC] RE Pins and Needles >> >>Gerry and Pati--you can control the cost by buying your meds a River >>Pharmacy--out of India--they are honest and the drug is quality >> >>Jim >> >> >>On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 6:01 PM, < pjv1...@chartermi.net> wrote: >>Gerry, >>Many of us faced the same thing. Movement and feeling also brought the >>feeling of pins and needles. >> >>I've taken Lyrica for about three years - it helps a lot. I don't know >>about side effects except the cost can empty your wallet. I would have >>stuck with gabapentin, but it was unpredictable. Lyrica starts working >>witin 15 minutes. Gabapenten took an hour or two to work. >> >>The best pan reliever is laughter and the posts I read tonight relieved >>my pain for a while. >> >>The antidepressant, Cymbalta, might help with the pins and needles. Of >>course, it's another drug with a lot of side effects. >> >>Pati - Michigan >> >> >> >> >> >
