Tingling, numb sense of touch

[spidersong]

Hi, I have this problem and I'm not sure if it is anxiety related. I have strange bouts of tingling/numbness accompanied with a strange problem feeling texture. It only bothers me really when I move or touch anything, including walking. Sometimes it is worse and sometimes it's not bad. It is mostly in my hands/arms/feet/face. When it's really strong I can describe it as waves of tingling. It can get quite painful/bothersome. This usually happens when I'm stressed. The first couple times it happened after smoking weed. I don't do that anymore but I still get this feeling. It used to only last a few hours but the last couple of incidents lasted for days. I just don't see how effects from an anxiety attack could last for days. One doctor I saw said it was anxiety and the other had nothing to say. Does anyone have any ideas?

[Fugasempre]

I have exactly the same after too much drinking. I think it’s a type of panic disorder. Smoking and drinking alter your bodies balance and so after you feel “ weird”. I take Xanax for panic attacks and find that helps.

[Josh6468]

Does it go away on its own? Do you take it once and your fine? I thought address might help me focus so I could feel things but idk thank you

[Josh6468]

Any solutions going on 4 days for me

[Trish05p]

SAME. I have been smoking for the last two years now. 11 months ago, my friend made a batch of weed brownies and it got me really high. I felt like i was dying, i lost sensation all over my body, and whenever i'd move, it hurt. The effect wore off within 12 hours, but i knew that isn't how I'm supposed to feel. I was terrified after that, and started smoking only occasionally.
Then, 5 months ago a friend of mine got some Californian weed and we rolled up a joint. The SAME thing happened. I quit smoking after that.
Four days ago, i gave in again and thought that since it had been a while, i had nothing to be afriad of. But it happened again..my heart started racing, i felt like i was in the freaking Matrix and even today- my sensation of touch is delayed. I got scared and went to the doc yesterday, he said it's probably a B12 deficiency. So i did a blood test, but everything is alright.
Does anyone know why this is happening to me? I've read a few similar stories that people posted back in 2013, and that gave me the courage to type this here, since only a handful of us feel this way. If it's ever happened to you, please tell me a way to make it stop? I'm terrified.

[spud098]

I think I might have worked out what this is...

Check out Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (HPPD) - "a disorder characterized by a continual presence of sensory disturbances, most commonly visual, that are reminiscent of those generated by the use of hallucinogenic substances."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen_persisting_perception_disorder

https://www.healthline.com/health/hppd#overview1

It seems the guys in white coats think it is usually visual but I think it must affect other senses too, this condition sounds too close. I just stumbled across it though because I was convinced afterimages of bright lights seemed to be lasting longer than normal....

Since there are loads of us suffering very similar symptoms, and armed with this possible explanation, could someone please put the internet into action and maybe set up a suffers group, pressure some researchers into finding a treatment, and then letting the rest of us know? : }

Or at the least if anyone finds any more useful info please post it here or the other related thread on ************.....

(BTW For me its not related to vitamin B12 deficiency I got myself tested for that and B12 is fine.)

[Jz1089]

I had exactly this same problem.  I first discovered it about 6 years ago after smoking.  I felt extremely weird and tingling and it almost felt like my body was floating.  Strangest thing I ever felt.  It lasted several days and then went away.  A few months later it randomly came back and after about a week I decided to go to the dr.  Of course they had no idea what it was and sent me to be admitted to the hospital.  After 3 days in the hospital and checking everything from brain tumors to diabetes a numerologist came in and said his sister suffered the same thing.  It is a b12 deficiency and pretty rare.  I now have to inject myself with b12 every month to make sure I stay on top of it.  If you google b12 (the vitamin) deficiency I am positive you will see the same symptoms you are experiencing.  However, when you have this deficiency you can't absorb vitamins by simply taking them orally. You must inject it.  Also, alcohol and marijuana will deplete your b12 in your body which is why most people first notice it after smoking.

[hdoyle17]

I made my self bleed and I couldnt feel it...then I would get strangely cold, but it was only skin deep so it was almost a burning sensation. I've been smoking weed for 4 years and I actually remember feeling super weird and disconnected from reality for weeks after smoking for the first time...I've been telling myself I'll quit...and today I'm finally putting away all my stuff cause I am numb and it makes me more numb. And I keep feeling like I have a piece of hair in my clothes and I can never seem to find the culprit or relive the itch. I can't even feel the sensation of stretching my arms and legs...but I know I'm stretching them. It's the weirdest thing and I honestly feel like it might have started with the weed. But it really picked up when I got put on depression meds...which I ditched immediately. The doctor said it was neuropathy and parethesia caused by the meds....but she also wasn't certain.