Arrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhh my hands are driving me nuts

[MrsAristotle]

Hi does anyone suffer with their hands?

How can I describe it. Well its like my right & left hand the skin on the palm of my hands feels as though it has SHRUNK to fit a much smaller hand and is pricking and tiggling ALL day for the last 4 days and seems to be getting worse. Its driving me nuts.

I am wondering if I should ring my GP about this.

UPDATE. I had an MRI with Gadolinium on the 19th December as the radiologist believes there is problem with my blood vessels in my neck. Anyway yesterday I got an appointment to see my neurologist on the 16th Feb. So hopefully finally I might have some results worthy.

Thanks for listening guys. AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

[MrsAristotle]

have an appointment to see the GP tomorrow. Expect it will be a waste of time. Hands still hurting, legs worse fizzing and tingling and now have awful pain in my right hip. God when will it all end, it just seems to go on and on doesnt it.

Thanks for your support guys. xxx

[Wobbly]

Hi there...I get alot of tingling and buzzing feeling in my hands and fingers... numbness too.. I haven't noticed a glove feeling...but then so many people can feel things differently..as numbness can feel different for different people too.??

hang in there
take care
wobbly
undx

[doublevision1]

ps:  my neuro describes this problem as cervical myelopathy and is due to lesions in my spinal cord.

[doublevision1]

Yes!!  I have this problem with my left hand, just like you describe it.  It feels like the skin has shrunk and is too tight, like wearing a glove that is too small.  I also have numbness and tingling in my fingers, and a burning sensation on my palm.  Sometimes it's just my hand, other times it creeps up my forearm and the skin there becomes so hypersensitive I can't stand anything to touch it, even a sleeve.  

This first started with a big flare in Sept 07, remitted for a while, returned in March with another flare, and has never improved.  I take 3600mg/day of Neurontin and 50mg/day of amitriptyline, which has decreased the discomfort somewhat but does not make it disappear entirely.  

Functionally, it has caused my hand to be very clumsy, and I have lost some dexterity.  My keyboarding has really been affected, I make tons of mistakes and as a result type much slower than I used to be able to.  

I am right-handed, thank goodness, although a while ago I noticed a very slight almost imperceptible numbness on the tips of three fingers, that has been constant.  I'm concerned, because this is how it all started on my left hand.  If my right hand eventually becomes as bad as my left, it will impair my functionally significantly.  So my only hope is that my DMD therapy will prevent the right side from worsening, or at least slow it down a lot.

I would definitely recommend you mention this to your GP. You may get some relief from anti-convulsant and/or tricyclic antidepressants.