Odd symptom

Hi @sharonfranks1119, I don't think your question is strange. There are many different symptoms related to nerve damage or compression. I have idiopathic small fiber neuropathy but fortunately only have numbness with some tingling and no real pain. I do have shoulder and arm pain which I think is more related to my degenerative arthritis. I've felt the radiating type soreness/pain in my left shoulder which mostly occurs when I sleep on my left side too long. For me, I think it may be related to the brachial plexus nerves but I haven't had a shoulder injury. Mayo Clinic has some information that explains it better - https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/brachial-plexus-injury/symptoms-causes/syc-20350235.

I haven't had the feet feeling wet when they are dry but there is a name for it. “Dysesthesia” is the term for symptoms that disrupt how you experience touch-based sensations. What you feel with your sense of touch can be unpleasant, unusual or painful. It can happen for dozens of reasons, and most cases don’t have a detectable cause. But dysesthesia is a recognized symptom set, and it’s often possible to manage.
-- Dysesthesia: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/24989-dysesthesia

You might want to scan through the discussions and comments for brachial plexus neuropathy and dysesthesia to learn what others have shared. Here are search links with a list of discussions and comments for both conditions.

-- "brachial plexus neuropathy" - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/?search=brachial+plexus+neuropathy
-- "dysesthesia" - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/?search=dysesthesia

I've found some relief for my shoulder pain by using Voltaren pain gel or Aspercreme with lidocaine. I like the Aspercreme a little better because it's less greasy feeling but the Voltaren seems to work a little better. I've also used the smaller Salonpas pain patches on top of my shoulders. Have your doctors suggested any treatments to help with the pain?

Also might be worth getting a cervical MRI to rule out spinal cord compression. They can tell which nerves are affected, as well.

Also might be worth getting a cervical and/ or lumbar MRI to rule out spinal cord compression. They can tell which nerves are affected, as well.

@sharonfranks1119
It sounds like you should get cervical and lumbar spine MRIs to check for spinal stenosis, disc issues, compression of spinal cord/nerve roots, etc. by an orthopedic spine specialist. You should also ask your neurologist to do a skin punch biopsy of your thigh/ankle to test for small fiber neuropathy which may be behind the symptoms in your feet. Your spine can also cause symptoms in your feet and this does not get picked up by EMGs/nerve conduction studies.

The symptoms in your arm sounds like cervical radiculopathy. Your neurologist should have detected this if they did EMG/nerve conduction study of your upper limbs. If they didn’t do your upper limbs, ask them to do this.

My "odd symptom" is similar to yours - one of my earliest experiences that "something was wrong" was the sensation that I was wearing socks when I was, in fact, barefoot. It was that, that led me to the GP for a diagnosis from a n eurologist, about 15 years ago.
I also suffered the shooting pains in my legs. I don't take any pain killers and now rarely have pain. When I do, it's at night, in bed. I get up and rub on an OTC product called Soodex active, whose main ingredient is arnica. It comes in a a very convenient roll-on. It stops the pain almost instantly. I can relax and go back to sleep, making sure my legs are warm.
My current symptoms are loss of muscular strength and declining balance- daily exercise is the answer to combat these! Hope this helps.

Frankincense is great for pain. I use 2 things for my neuropathy. One is àn encapsulated mixture of organic berries from Juice Plus that I have used for years. I'm almost 79 so the neuropathy has needed more capsules over time and I have just added another capsule from Stonehenge Health Dynamic Nerve. I'm surprised at the amazing change! I can feel my toes so much better! I will continue using it.

Surprise! I too am on Stonehenge Dynamic Nerve (DN) (among other things). Started 2-3 months back and also simultaneously increased my ALA supplement from 2 to 240 mg capsules as I mentioned in a previous post - total ALA about 1600 mg/day now. Sorry, should have mentioned that half of my 1600 mg AlA was from DN.

I’m posting this only because two other posts also specifically mentioned the DN here (comment only, not an endorsement for Stonehenge). Over the last two months I have felt a slight lessening of numbness in feet and hands for whatever reason. I thought it was due to the increased ALA since DN itself has approximately 900 mg ALA . Maybe it’s possible the DN capsules helped too, don’t know. Whatever, it seems that the PN has subsided a little bit and I think I have less numbness and a bit more feeling in feet and hands, it’s very subjective and I know PN comes and goes. Just saying, but I’ll take it and perhaps my experience will help others.

Add to that frequent exercise, hydration plus often using a vibrator for circulation plus anything else I find to help ease this nasty PN.

Good info! Glad to hear it's helping you. Where do you get your Frankincense? I see it all over, but standardization, etc good to have personal recommendations. Brand and where you buy if not too personal. Thank you.

Vitality Oils in Utah. The roll on one is easy to use. I use it in many places. When I have a headache I use it on my neck or temples depending on where the pain originates. Let me know if you have any other questions. I'm always glad to help. MyBest wishes.

Sharon - I have the basic symptoms some or most have - numbness, tingling, pain, and extreme cold/heat in lower extremities... imbalance etc. But I get the occasional feeling of wetness as well. Sometimes it feels feel are sweating, but they aren't. Or forehead.... It's phantom sweating for me. The worst is when it feels like something dripping down the side of my leg. but it's not... it doesn't happen often, but when it does, it's enough to go to the restroom and make sure! Our symptoms are strange and unusual sometimes, but we're not weird 😉 I don't have remedies to offer, because that particular symptom usually never lasts for more than a minute when it appears. Best wishes!