Tingling feet

[janeroar]

I’ve been experiencing tingling feet that feels like a small charge of electricity. It started a week ago.

I was on T4 150 mg and T3 20mg but reduced the T3 to 5mg 3 months ago. I was finding the T3 increased my appetite too much and felt hungry all the time!

Since the reduction I feel a little more tired than I usually do. This has also coincided with me reducing magnesium supplements. I’ve restarted magnesium citrate, bisglycinate and hydroxide a few days ago and upped my T4 by 25 mg so I am now taking 175mg T4 and 5mg T3 but the buzzing tingly feeling remains the same.

Anyone have this experience? I am worried it might be Multiple Sclerosis! Could it be hypo symptoms, B12 deficiency or is there something in the supplements I take causing this do you think?

I don’t have recent blood tests but also supplement with multiple B (not high doses as my b12 has been over range in the past although I know this is sometimes misleading and could reveal a deficiency) Zinc, selenium, folate, curcumin, liposomal vitamin c, lutein, meso-zeazanthin , vitamin d. I am on HRT - take utrogestan (progesterone) and zumenon (estradiol 0.5mg)

Would appreciate your thoughts

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Looking at previous post. Personally I would have tried small reduction in levothyroxine

Suggest you retest including vitamins

[janeroar in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks slowdragon. You mean I should have reduced t4 rather than T3? Why? Thanks again

[csj113]

I have had these symptoms for a couple of years and last year ended up seeing a neurologist who ruled out B12 deficiency/pernicious anaemia although my B12 low end of range (which can cause tingling) - he tested for Intrinsic Factors and apparently that’s conclusive. He suggested it was impaired glucose tolerance (I’ve to have a glucose tolerance test but they are on hold at the moment) or v early pre-diabetes... he stressed that MS symptoms do not normally present bilaterally on the body, ie tingling would probably affect one side only to begin with - I was also concerned about this as I have Autoimmune Thyroid disease and my brother has MS.

[janeroar in reply to csj113]

Phew thanks so much. I’ve been plutzing. Interestingly I am v sensitive to sugar levels too even though I eat well. What have you done about it that’s been helpful?

[csj113 in reply to janeroar]

Tbh I'm living with it, still tingling! I think I was told I had impaired glucose tolerance 25 years ago when diagnosed with my thyroid disease, so it makes sense. I eat a healthy low G.I diet (I've been following that since living in Australia in the 90s, where there had been research into it). I also do quite a lot of exercise, a mix of endurance cycling, walking and strength training, all of which helps to keep my blood sugar stable. Diabetes is a worry though.

[janeroar in reply to csj113]

I’ve been playing around with different breathing patterns, to see if it would make any difference. It’s interesting when I slow my out breath down the tingling actually disappears. So to be precise I breathe in for four seconds hold it for seven seconds and breathe out for eight seconds. Its been really helping today. So I think the tingling might be a barometer of my stress levels rather than some ghastly disease!