Burning mouth/ tingling sensation

[Toonraider9]

Hi I am getting bad burning/ tingling in mouth and also same on inner thighs and lower legs with pain behind my ears, neck , under arms and bot knees and elbows. I am on citalopram for anxiety but symptoms getting worse, any ideas?

[Toonraider9]

Can an allergic reaction to citalopram really cause all my issues, I have been taking them for just over 2 month

[FurballsMom]

How long have you been on the medication?  This sounds like a possible allergy.  Call the doctor who prescribe the Citalopram.  You may have to do something different to treat your anxiety.  You may have to go without anything for a while, so I also recommend something of a natural therapy that will certainly only help and not harm.  Relaxing CD's are great.  You could even put the tracks on your mp3 player and listen to it while you are taking a relaxing walk.  At least this is not more harmful pharmaceuticals.  I really do think there is a possibility you are allergic to the Citalopram.

[Toonraider9]

Does any untreated stds cause these type of symptoms, got metallic taste in mouth, aching burning roof of mouth, tingling lips and burning tingling legs, also get pain under arms in neck and elbows and knees, sometimes tingling in face, cud this be due to anxiety/stress??

[Dr Sharma]

Hi there.Tingling and paresthesia on the multiple locations could be physical nerve injury like nerve entrapment, disease affecting the nerves, like neuropathy, diabetic neuropathy, multiple sclerosis, diabetes etc.  Since these symptoms are present in multiple locations, this needs multiple sclerosis workups.  Other conditions are diabetes, peripheral artery disease, peripheral neuropathy or head injury. Consult a neurologist for investigation of these symptoms.  Multiple sclerosis has multiple symptoms and signs and is a diagnosis of exclusion. The symptoms of multiple sclerosis are loss of balance, muscle spasms, numbness in any area, problems with walking and coordination, tremors in one or more arms and legs. Bowel and bladder symptoms include frequency of micturition, urine leakage, eye symptoms like double vision uncontrollable rapid eye movements, facial pain, painful muscle spasms, tingling, burning in arms or legs, depression, dizziness, hearing loss, fatigue etc. The treatment is essentially limited to symptomatic therapy so the course of action would not change much whether MS has been diagnosed or not. Apart from clinical neurological examination, MRI shows MS as paler areas of demyelination, two different episodes of demyelination separated by one month in at least two different brain locations. Spinal tap is done and CSF electrophoresis reveals oligoclonal bands suggestive of immune activity, which is suggestive but not diagnostic of MS. Demyelinating neurons, transmit nerve signals slower than non-demyelinated ones and can be detected with EP tests. These are visual evoked potentials, brain stem auditory evoked response, and somatosensory evoked potential. Slower nerve responses in any one of these is not confirmatory of MS but can be used to complement diagnosis along with a neurological examination, medical history and an MRI in addition, a spinal tap. An abnormal EEG could have various causes like brain tumor, attention problems, cerebral infarction, head injury, enceplalitis, migraines, seizure disorders and sleep disorders. Therefore; it would be prudent to consult your neurologist with these concerns. Take care.