Buzzing sensation in foot

[medco]

For the past 2 days, I've had this constant buzzing sensation in my left foot. It comes and goes every 6 seconds. However, when I walk, and when I do other activities that require a lot of attention, the sensation disappears.

I seem to be getting different sensations, all paresthesia, that come and go every couple of weeks.

During these periods, I also get anxious, so I'm not sure if its anxiety or the paresthesia that's the cause.

What could this be?

I also have epilepsy and panic/anxiety attacks. I am currently on Tegretol and Paxil.

[medco]

Thanks for your comment. I am 22 and I live in a suburb in Ontario, Canada. However, I doubt the tics that cause Lyme disease are in my area, as there are no deer around here. My anxiety has gotten a bit worse, so maybe that's the cause. I've had all kinds of paresthesia that seem to come and go every few weeks. I think it my fluctuate with my anxiety, but I'm not sure. This buzzing sensation is the most annoying. When I don't pay attention to it, it seems to disappear. I saw a GP and he said it was nothing. But the sensation can be annoying at times.

[JCmcc]

Dear Friend,
Please be advised that my response to you is not professional, is not medical advice, is educational, and that I am not a representative of MEDHELP.

Paresthesia is interesting. It can be caused by a few variables such as viral or spinal cord compression and low and behold, stress/anx.

If it is caused by compression it could be from a bulging/protruding/slipped disc, a plaque/lesion/sclerosis (call them what you will), or a synrnx to name a few.

If you already have EP and ANX then unless it has become worse I may not be so quick to think that parsis is coming from that variable.

You are perphaps the first person on this site to describe your feet sensations so clearly? Is it a pulsating feeling, rolling like waves?

I had that type of paresthesias in both feet until I was treated with antiobiotics for late stage Lyme disease induced Multiple Sclerosis. The lesions cause that parethesias in my feet were due to the fact that I had exstensive signal abnormalities (lesions) throughout the entire cervical spine.

There is so much that I do not know about your situation and there are so many important variables: age, locale, sex, onset, et seq.

I will be glad to be of assistance to you.

Good Luck!
JCmcc.

[JCmcc]

also, one more thing that can cause this is vascular problems, such as CNS Vasculitis.

So, with the parethesias I recommend a visit to a neurologist for you. Start first with your family doctor.