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Posted 8/25/2020 1:02 PM (GMT -5)
Hi all,

I am wondering if any of you are experiencing that pin pricking sensation all over your body?
I am not talking about needles and pins which happens after you get blood circulation or nerve blocking back to normal during sleep. I am talking about separate needle pricking feelings here and there.
The thing that worries me is this pricking feeling all over my body, even on my face. I notice it more when I sit and I don't feel much when I stand or walk around.

Today I started experiencing this and my hypochondria-OCD mind immediately clung to it as it was desperately searching for something to worry about lately.
I don't want to google it as I stopped searching for things on the internet a long time go, yet here I am asking for some form of reassurance :P and that's another thing.

I can't say that feeling is new to me for 100% because I really don't remember, I may have begun paying attention to it now after I started worrying about it.
Now my poor mind is paying attention to it full speed and I already had sleeping problems last two days.

Post Edited (Rrakkma) : 8/28/2020 1:44:10 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 8/25/2020 2:26 PM (GMT -5)
Hi

I get the same symptoms occasionally and due to my health anxiety I start to obsess over it and become much more aware of it. I went to the doctor about it and he felt it was stress/anxiety related so I did all I could to reduce my stress levels and this symptom stopped so maybe it’s the same for you?

Hibee
Posted 8/26/2020 8:05 AM (GMT -5)
Thanks, Hibee,

I really don't know if it magnified itself because I am paying attention to it or it was there so that I noticed it. I am having a hard time just believing that it's anxiety and wait.
But at the same time, I know myself and I tend to over-focus on my symptoms and make them x100 multiplied.
Posted 8/28/2020 2:44 PM (GMT -5)
Yes, I went to the dr today for this needle stinging sensation on my extremities.
He says he is not suspecting a serious ailment. Instead, he wanted some blood tests to make sure it's not blood sugar, B12, or calcium-related. He said it can also be stress-related for real.
He was quite informative. He did some quick check-up there also to see if I have problem with sensations or if I have some painful points.

I also asked him if those sensations can be related to the Shingles I experienced around 2 months ago and showed him the persistent red and purplish rash remains I still have on the back of my leg. He said no it probably is not as my shingles seem to be fully healed and He doubts my virus is still active in the body.
I am still slightly nervous about the needle bitings here and there but I can say they are not strong like the first two days.
I hope it's really not some neurological disease.
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