Is tingling normal during peri-menopause or menopause? I get tingling sensations and it freaks me out because I’m not sure if it’s a symptom or something more serious. Has anyone else experienced this?
– Deanna, Los Angeles
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Freda5 years ago
What kind of tingling, where
Deanna5 years ago
My arms and face
Joedi5 years ago
I have been noticing a similar sensation
Patti5 years ago
I have but have regarded it as anxiety. It comes and goes.
Lea5 years ago
I get it at night in my arm and leg, feels like pins and needles but it’s not. Wakes me up. Don’t get it all the time. Have to get up and move around. Just another thing to keep me awake. ?
Smudge5 years ago
Same, to the point where I wondered if it was carpal tunnel syndrome. Discussed it with GP who kindly referred me to hospital for electrical stimulation tests and found nothing wrong with my nerves. So not that. I guess it is a blood flow thing. Annoying though in the middle of the night, sleeping comfortably is hard enough.
Lynn4 years ago
Mine also feels like pins and needles. I have it almost continuously. Thank goodness that it doesn’t wake me up at night.
Debbie J5 years ago
Yes, usually just before I have a hot flush, I get a strange tingling in both arms. It signals to me that seconds later I’m going into nuclear burn up mode. As soon as the flush comes on, the tingling disappears.
Jaz4 years ago
Same for me!
Joedi5 years ago
I have been noticing it in my face and occassionally upper arms. Not all the time but occasionally, especially my face the last week. Anxiety makes sense now that I reflect back.
Kazza5 years ago
Yes def can be a symptom. Apparently declining estrogen can affect the nervous system. I have it quite constant & badly - tingling/burning pain in both knees, thighs, lower back and elbow joints. Been on HRT 3 weeks now and seems to be reducing the intensity a lot. Also take apple cider vinegar diluted - must be raw, unprocessed & contain ‘the mother’ - seems to have helped though could just be the HRT building up.
MARNIE5 years ago
I have it at night throughout my torso, arms and legs. Initially, since I have neuropathy in my feet I thought it was expanding. I was glad to find out it’s not. Was told it was probably a menopausal symptom. I noticed it increases if my dietary choices are less than stellar. (Sugar) I use diet with mindfulness breathing to minimize it. I’m post menopause.
Elaine5 years ago
I’m post menopausal and I’ve had constant tingly feet for 10 years. At 68 I don’t want to start HRT but thanks for the Apple cider vinegar suggestion. I will try that.
Reneereplying to Elaine5 years ago
What is the Apple cider recipe?? Please I’m 61 so over this menopause thank you
Patty4 years ago
When you say diluted, do you dilute it with half water?
Angela5 years ago
I have been suffering tingling, sometimes numbness, mainly my left arm, but sometimes all limbs and face. I’ve had a couple of MRI scans go rule out MS, but I too wondered if it was peri-menopause related. I’m almost 52, it started last year and comes and goes ?
Desirée5 years ago
Yes, me too. It happens mostly in my left arm especially when I’m sleeping. It wakes me up! I notice that if I just hang my arm over the side of my bed, the feeling subsides a bit. I also notice that this sensation is most prominent in the summer time and when I do labor intensive activities with my hands like digging in the garden or hammering. My hand gets so numb that I cannot even brush my teeth in the morning!
BeautifulBethanyreplying to Desirée4 years ago
Me 3 but I have had MS symptoms since around 16-ish after I caught mono. The mono incapacitated me but honestly now I know it was MS but when I am not having active MS symptoms I still have numbness & tingling. Until 2 months ago I didn’t know this was common in menopause. I saw a hormone specialist & I have had an IUD for 8 years & my period stopped before I had the IUD. So now I have been told I am likely in approx year 8 of menopause by a GYN near my partner’s home in ND vs my GYN offi e in NM says I am not even in perimenopause. I am 49 & got my period at 9 y/o but it didn’t return until 12 y/o. Also I chose to not have children biologically because I didn’t want to pass on my MS & family medical issues are profound. Interesting to find out so many of my weird symptoms are related to menopause. Who would have thought?
Fiona5 years ago
Does anyone get internal vibrations in their feet and legs? Have only developed these since menopause and happens throughout the day.
HIls5 years ago
I have that occasionally in my feet . Almost like a vibrating numbness . I’m post meno .
Michelle5 years ago
I sometimes get this I’ve had it in other parts of my body too. It only lasts for seconds and sometimes I feel like I’ve got my mobile phone at the side of me and have even checked to see if it is that vibrating. So very strange. Menopause gives us so many different symptoms.
Suereplying to Michelle5 years ago
I have exactly this! It’s like we have our phones on vibrate , I get it in my upper torso only
Zandiereplying to Sue5 years ago
I get this too across my chest & usually in the morning before I get out of bed, sometimes it’s also like a band around my arm. Not all the time though.
Alliereplying to Michelle5 years ago
Exactly what I’m experiencing.
Hopeful5 years ago
I have internal vibrations! Mostly in my arms. Internal sensations not visible to anyone else. Almost like tremors. I read that it can be due to fluctuating hormones. I’ll go with that instead of something more serious. ?
Hopeful5 years ago
I do! It’s the weirdest sensation. Almost like tremors. Not visible on the outside. Its like some sort of misfiring taking place internally. Mine started right when my blood work showed a fluctuation in hormones.
Faith5 years ago
My mom talks of this often and I’ve always thought she was a little nutty lol, She has a bracelet and a necklace that are supposed to help with the 5G from phones and she says this has helped that feeling go away. I don’t know as I personally haven’t experienced this. I get the tingling numbness on occasion. I can’t wait to tell her that other women experience this and she’s not alone.
Clare4 years ago
ugh - have had that feeling from antidepressants but not (yet?!) from menopause
Patty4 years ago
I just recently started noticing a strange vibration in my left leg. It’s only happened a couple times. Coincidentally I’ve started having really tingly feet, I got worried thinking maybe I was developing a neuropathy, and of course most of us here worry about MS when we experience strange numb and tingly symptoms. I actually had to work up for it including a brain scan and it was all negative, but still freaks me out when I get numbness and tingling, and now it’s getting worse, moved from my hands and arms to now my feet and then that weird buzzing sensation. It certainly makes us feel alarmed, doesn’t it?I had a nerve conduction study done on my arms a few months ago because I told my doctor that I was dropping things at work and it’s very frustrating, and it happens with light things, like a piece of paper, gauze, an alcohol swab (I’m an RN) And she said she suspected I had carpal tunnel, the nerve conduction study did diagnose me with carpal tunnel but now I’m wondering if this is all hormone related. I plan on asking the doctor I’ve been referred to if it’s possible to have a positive carpal tunnel diagnosis and it not really be carpal tunnel, like could it just be hormones? So many things to think about and consider, it’s maddening!
Jennifer5 years ago
Yes I just started experiencing this recently especially in hands and feet.
Ruth5 years ago
I had tingling hands and sometimes feet. I would wake me up loads at night - up to 14 times and they would be numb or tingling. I saw a physio and had a nerve conduction test at the hospital but then I read about it being a peri menopause symptom and they were right - it was! I’ve been through so many symptoms but this one is the only one I needed medical tests for. It stopped on its own after a few months.
Ruth5 years ago
I had tingling hands and sometimes feet. It would wake me up loads at night - up to 14 times and they would be numb or tingling. I saw a physio and had a nerve conduction test at the hospital but then I read about it being a peri menopause symptom and they were right - it was! I’ve been through so many symptoms but this one is the only one I needed medical tests for. It stopped on its own after a few months.
Georgie4 years ago
Oh Ruth, I’m so happy to be reading this because I have exactly the same in my hands and it’s so weird, it just comes and goes. I’ve been reassured with your comment - thank you
Teresa5 years ago
Mainly in my legs, in bed. I’ve noticed I don’t get if I don’t drink.
Charlie5 years ago
Yes... it’s is for me , I get tingling in my arm and fingers at times. This has been happening for 5 years and it’s normally 10 days in a month off and on. I have been tested and all is ok.
Fi5 years ago
Same in hands and arms by also head and is followed almost always by a hot flash.
Julie5 years ago
I started with tingling in the soles of my feet around 4 years ago, which makes them feel twitchy snd very restless. It only happens in the evenings and stopped for quite a king time, but has recently returned. It’s very irritating and sometimes I roll them over the spiky massage balls to ease it off .
Erin5 years ago
I’ve had this too & couldn’t figure out why! At least I’m not the only one I guess
Jo5 years ago
I’ve heard that magnesium supplements help with the restless legs and therefore better sleep. Only just started taking them so time will tell. Interesting reading about the tingling being part of it too
Danareplying to Jo4 years ago
Same here. I’ve started taking magnesium. I had helped with my pains.
Clare5 years ago
Oh my word!!! I’ve had tingling in my left index finger and an aching left arm for the last month, been going to a chiropractor who’s baffled, started peri menopause roughly a year ago. This makes so much sense, thank you - I love this site!!
Jo5 years ago
Omg, I have been getting tingling feet and hands also for past month. Dr thought it maybe a vitamin deficiency but bloods were fine. I am awaiting to have electrical simulation test to see if it could be neuropathy, but reading the comments it could be another menopause symptom.
Emma5 years ago
I’m glad you asked this question because in the last couple of weeks this has woken me up a few times. It felt like ‘dead leg’ or pins and needles, like I’d had my hands up in the air for too long. Helps to know it’s not just me.
Beta5 years ago
Yes. I experience this in conjunction with hot flashes. I’ve been told that severe hot flashes can cause nerve firing. It goes from my waist down to my feet. I also have sensation of my skin hurting, like when you are sick, usually in my abdomen area from and back.
Alicia5 years ago
I also seem to get this at certain times of the month, where my hands, usually one at a time, will be numb or tingly. And always at night when I’m sleeping (it wakes me up) I usually clench and unclench my hands for a few times and that gets the blood flowing again...so awful when you’re trying to sleep!
Deanna5 years ago
I am now dealing with tingling and numbness on my left side between my neck and shoulder it come and goes but is very painful. Saw the Dr and he told me it seems like I have a pinched nerve. Is this also a menopausal symptom.?
Ali5 years ago
Hi Deanna. Yes I experienced tingling. In the right hand side of my face and head. I was really worried initially that I was having a stroke or something and went to my GP who was not as worried as me but agreed to send me for an MRI which with UK NHS took months to happen. Meantime they checked my bloods and it was discovered my B12 was very low so I had injections 3 times a week for 6 weeks and there after monthly for a further year. I reported it didn’t really make a difference to the tingling in my head and then when my bloods were checked again they said I needed Iron so had to take iron tablets twice a day for about 2 months and I felt really nauseous with these and stopped taking them. When my bloods was checked again they said it was replenished and I was fine. The tingling had subsided and I feel it only occurs now when I’m really stressed and anxious , which can be quite often at the moment. I really panicked when it happened to me at first though so go speak to a practitioner about it to calm your mind. Ali x
Anne5 years ago
I have been experiencing that tingling in my face before the onset of a hot flash. This is a new symptom in the last month. I thought it had something to do with the fan that I turn on full blast on me when I feel this miserable flash about to start!
Barb5 years ago
I’ve had tingling and numbness in both feet for over a year, but in the last few months have been getting the tingling everywhere else. Face, legs, arms, hands - nothing is off limits it seems. Got tested for practically everything my Dr could think of. Vitamin B12 was a good thought, but my levels were fine. Waiting on an electrical stimulus test now. More annoying than painful usually, but my feet have been pretty bad on occasion. Even just the weight of the blanket was too painful.
KC5 years ago
Please tell me this does end! Is over the counter Estrogen worth trying?
Tara5 years ago
My ring and pinky finger and along my forearm get tingly and numb at night when I sleep. I guess it’s normal since others are experiencing similar symptoms but it did alarm me in the beginning.
Tara5 years ago
Both hands and arms
Rebecca5 years ago
I’m feeling validated after reading these comments- I’ve been having on/ off facial and arm numbness for the past few months and had a neuro consult and mri to rule out a bunch of scarey things. I’ve been in perimenopause for the last two years at least and feel like a hormonal mess at 46. I have had some success w progesterone cream to help alleviate some estrogen dominance symptoms and am tracking to see if it helps w the numbness now that I think it may be hormonal. Ugh.
Liz5 years ago
I’m 41 and going through the same thing, numbness everywhere the past 2 mos, I have an appointment with neurologist next week. I’ve been even more of an emotional reck since these symptoms. I was wanting to buy a hormone test since my dr didn’t think it was necessary, and wanted to try me on depression meds, kind of frustrating. I feel like I’ve been in peri menopause since 36, but I feel things got worse after I took iud out 5 months ago. Ugggg . I will say I am thankful for this app!❤️
Ellenreplying to Liz4 years ago
This app has been so helpful as I was starting to second guess myself as to why I’ve been having pins and needles. I had appt with neurologist a few weeks back and she said likely not MS but testing me anyways. Menopause is no joke. And the tingling travels so it causes the anxiety and it’s a crazy cycle!
Christy5 years ago
I’m relieved to read some of these comments! I get the same sensation mostly in my arms and hands at night...definitely wakes me up and I have to wiggle and rotate my arms and wrists until it goes away. For me, it’s the same sensation as if my foot falls asleep!
Ana Julia5 years ago
Sensation of crawling on my shoulder sometimes
Loni5 years ago
Feeling for all of you! I’ve had it in hands, feet and face. Hands and feet stopped after 3 months but the face will happen still. Multiple times a week at this point. I’ve had blood tests that showed low-ish b12. I’m on supplements, but I think it’s probably peri. Good luck and keep your chin up, gals!! xo
Carie5 years ago
I also have tingling in my hands daily. I was worried.. had no idea it could be premenopausal symptoms
Katie5 years ago
I get this sensation often at night (certain times of the month) when trying to fall asleep. It’s almost an all body tingle/buzz.
Christy4 years ago
Me too... like an internal buzzing but my heart rate is normal!
Lynn5 years ago
I’m having tingling in my legs as well...
Sheila5 years ago
I have been experiencing a numbness and now a tingling sensation in my right arm. Started in mid March, 2021. I thought it was from sleeping on my arm so I would just shake it up to circulate the blood flow. But it doesn’t work. But as of 4/5/2021, I’m going to a scheduled doctor appointment on this afternoon. A day before my 53rd Birthday. But it’s what I need to do. After reading the other women’s responses, I feel like I’m not alone. Other women have been experiencing the similar problems. Thank goodness for @Caria. May we all of us get the help that we need. That’s my prayer.??????
Patty5 years ago
Curious if you got any answers?
Nona5 years ago
Yes
Cheshiremonster5 years ago
I’ve had tingly/floaty experience throughout my entire body exactly 2 times within 3 days and never before. Not at all an unpleasant sensation except for the heat rush that follows which leaves my face feeling like a pincushion & unnerving due to no obvious explanation(medicine, activity, diet, etc.)so I am relieved some what seeing this asked. Thank you since I’m new to this confusing chapter in life.
Teri5 years ago
In the last few weeks the tingling in my hands has been unbearable. Have been to physio as I thought it was related to all the gardening I had been doing over Easter and although she has said my muscles are tight etc, the tingling has gradually got worse. I am sometimes unable to hold my fork whilst eating and in school, I am a teacher, have found I can’t hold a pen or write. I am off to the doctors tomorrow as I was getting so frustrated. Thank you everyone as this has made me realise it may be hormone related rather than something more nasty!
Kirsten5 years ago
Sometimes I get tingling that feels like it’s just in the top layers of my skin. Usually my hand or arm. Has happened off and on since I was a teen and there’s nothing wrong. If it’s going to happen it’s midpoint through the month or a couple days before the period.
Anna5 years ago
I have been getting weird tingly prickly sensation on my lower back that spreads to my hips. I have been regular my whole entire life. This year on my b-day I missed my period. I just turned 48 and now I’m getting all these weird feelings. I guess it is finally my time....it has been 2 months since my last period.
Sheebee165 years ago
Mine are like sparklers going off in my arm and neck. Last a few seconds only.
Kim5 years ago
I get pins and needle on my hands caused by hormone fluctuation. A friend of mine used to get them what she was pregnant and her gynaecologist told her to take vitamin B complex, I did the same and realised that when I take vit B the pins an needles subsides.
KC5 years ago
I have been experiencing tingling internal tissue and a tight ripping muscle tissue feeling in the same area. I was thinking it’s related to an old whiplash muscle injury that is being aggravated by my different sleeping positions, exercise moves, repetitive movements when doing housework and from looking downward too long when making meals, doing kitchen cleanups and when looking at small screens that are not in holders at the right elevated eye levels. When it gets worse I remain less active, trying not to experience the sudden sharp pains . :-/ So, hmmm, all of the enlightening comments on here are making me wonder if the painful frozen shoulder, that I experienced 6 months ago and is finally moving without pain now, was actually related to menopause too. I’m 58 and in year 5+ of menopause. Still having multiple hot flashes 24/7 and need to start doing kegels to help prevent further uterine prolapse from 2 childbirths.
Tasha5 years ago
Both my arms kept falling asleep on a regular basis at night for a while. I though I had pinched nerves or something. I had no idea it might be associated with perimenopause. Feeing less crazy; this app is so helpful!
Helen5 years ago
I’ve been getting that lately, especially in my hands. It feels like inflammation or carpal tunnel syndrome. I’ve been massaging my hands, so that helps some.
Lady S5 years ago
I have over a period of months been logging on this app about pins and needles in my hand and arm more on the right side but also at times on the left as well. Laying on that side sometimes helps, but if my partner puts his arm on me and I put mine over the top of his it hurts with the pins and needles.
Jackie5 years ago
My feet are tingling
Lynn5 years ago
I had them all over my body. Head to toe. All the time. If I do not use my estrogen patch they come back right away.?
Deb5 years ago
I have recently started getting a lot of tingling in my hands and then a hot flush usually follows. This is happening 2 or 3 times a day. This is a new thing for me & I have been going through peri menopause for 6 years. Hot flushes have been an issue most of the time but then they suddenly stopped last year. Now back full on! aargh
Alexia4 years ago
I noticed that only a couple of you (out of about 50) said you have the tingling constantly. I have it constantly in the tips of my fingers, making it difficult to pick up small items. I’ve had it for several years now, so I guess I’ve compensated because I don’t notice it much anymore, even though it’s definitely still there. I thought it was a reaction to medication. So did my neurologist. I had no idea it was a perimenopause thing. But I guess I still don’t know bc most of you said it comes and goes. Mine never…goes.
Annie4 years ago
I get them in my feet and hands to. Sometimes in my toes for a short time. I’ve been doing the log ins for a few days now, It sure has helped me understand a lot. Of being clueless what has been going on with my body. Those electric shocks to. Thank you
Pic4 years ago
I got tingly feelings in my feet and hands just over a year ago and I had no clue what it was , my periods were mostly regular , I bought a bunch of books which warned me it could be perimenopause. I upped my magnesium and it helped . My periods started to skip a few months later then stopped for months at a time , I had a period in feb and a very light period next in sep that’s when the tingling and pins and needles have come back with a vengeance
Ellen4 years ago
I get pins and needles consistently. I’ve been tested for all kinds of things but tests show nothing so likely my menopause symptoms.
Kimberly4 years ago
The tingling is a result of low vitamin D. Get your levels checked, please. If they say you’re in the normal range, talk to them about what “normal” means. D can be up near 80k and for some, especially menopausal women, it’s helpful bcz of night sweats. Once my D was up, the tingles went away, and so did all my hot flashes.
BeautifulBethany4 years ago
I get tingles but assumed it was due to my MultipleSclerosis. Do triangles come with menopause too?
Jo4 years ago
I have an area off my shoulder blade which feels like a nest of ants at times. Mostly on high heat
Dana4 years ago
I have those in my feet and hands mostly. I have shocking in my body too. Doctors can’t figure out what it is. Any suggestions?