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Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: eileenbeattie on November 14, 2024, 10:05:18 PM

Title: Pins and needles
Post by: eileenbeattie on November 14, 2024, 10:05:18 PM

Hi ladies 

Has anyone ever suffered from occasional pins and needles in fingers and sometimes feet. I know it's not heart related but wondered if anyone else has experienced this symptom in perimenopause😊

Title: Re: Pins and needles
Post by: JS79 on November 14, 2024, 10:06:51 PM

I've been experiencing it for about a Yr. Been told its perimenopause symptom and must admit been on HRT since July and doesn't affect me as much now.

Title: Re: Pins and needles
Post by: eileenbeattie on November 14, 2024, 10:13:01 PM

Thank you for your reply. I've been on hrt since March but still getting occasional pins and needles. Hope it settles down eventually

Title: Re: Pins and needles
Post by: LittleClaire on November 14, 2024, 10:20:45 PM

Yeah I get it aswell in my fingers and feet. It’s a weird tingling sensation. I’m not on any HRT or anything yet so just another one of them annoying symptoms  ::)

Title: Re: Pins and needles
Post by: Lavender Girl on November 15, 2024, 09:21:14 AM

Hi,
I'm peri, and at night I do, my hands tend to go numb and pins and needles, and it's not sleeping position as I've slept the same way for years, seems to be during the peri years
Hoping once my HRT settles it will reduce xx

Quote from: eileenbeattie on November 14, 2024, 10:05:18 PM

Hi ladies 

Has anyone ever suffered from occasional pins and needles in fingers and sometimes feet. I know it's not heart related but wondered if anyone else has experienced this symptom in perimenopause😊

Title: Re: Pins and needles
Post by: SundayGirl on November 15, 2024, 09:58:22 AM

Pins and needles sensations in hands and/or feet could be peripheral neuropathy.
Nothing to panic about as it could be as simple as Vitamin b12 deficiency.

I get tingly feet if I don't take a B complex daily.

Title: Re: Pins and needles
Post by: discogirl on November 15, 2024, 10:26:06 AM

Hi eileenbeattie

Yes I used get them occasionally in my fingers and toes, just the hrt I think x

Title: Re: Pins and needles
Post by: eileenbeattie on November 15, 2024, 11:59:31 AM

Thanks everyone. I'm taking multivitamins which has vitamin b12 in them but might be worth buying a b12 on its own to try 😊

Title: Re: Pins and needles
Post by: CLKD on November 15, 2024, 12:24:52 PM

Do get your GP to do a carpal tunnel test, takes about 10 mins and is quite easy though I do doubt that many would be aware of how to do it these days.

Title: Re: Pins and needles
Post by: eileenbeattie on November 15, 2024, 02:29:50 PM

Thank you will definitely go to the docs to get checked out

Title: Re: Pins and needles
Post by: CLKD on November 15, 2024, 03:51:51 PM

Do point out that this condition is common during pregnancy and recedes after delivery.

Title: Re: Pins and needles
Post by: Lavender Girl on November 17, 2024, 06:41:08 PM

My last blood test shows abnormally high B12! so deffo not that for me  :)

Quote from: SundayGirl on November 15, 2024, 09:58:22 AM

Pins and needles sensations in hands and/or feet could be peripheral neuropathy.
Nothing to panic about as it could be as simple as Vitamin b12 deficiency.

I get tingly feet if I don't take a B complex daily.