Pins and Needles

I've started having issues being touched almost anywhere, it feels all pins and needles to me. For the longest time it was just my back, and I thought it was just sensitive because of my "bacne" (acne on my back), but that's clearing up a bit and it's still sensitive as ever, if not worse. The sensitivity started to spread to my shoulders, mostly my arm above my elbow. I can't stand to make out anymore, i don't like kissing much more than a peck.

These "pins and needles" have had tolls on my sex life since day one which I feel horrible for. I try my best to enjoy sex and everything, but it doesn't last long usually. If I'm not COMPLETELY focused on it, i lose the good feeling and then just get uncomfortable. I try my best to at least let him finish, but it's not with out a lot of "are you almost done yet"s. Worst part is I'm always the one to initiate the sex, and then I can't finish.

When we are together and intimate, I'm afraid it seems like I'm pushing him away. I worry that if I don't get over this, I could have problems being intimate in future relationships.

How ya doing, buddy?

The thing that seems most obvious to me is that you ought to go see a doctor.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Go to your doctor and figure out if something is physically wrong, or if this psychosomatic.

Edit: Sorry, knkwzrd.

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my friend said to go see a doctor...but I haven't the slightest idea what it could mean or anything.

I guess I should clarify that by "pins and needles" i don't mean it's painful, just uncomfortable and makes me twitch and pull away.

Midna, I think i'll have to consult a dictionary...

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Well, the only time I've had that "pins and needles" feeling other than when a leg or arm falls asleep, was when I had nerve damage. I'm doubting you'd have nerve damage without something very painful to go along with it, so I'd strongly suggest you get to a doctor and stop asking random people on the internet what is wrong.

This is reminding me of the whole birth control debacle. Are you going to make us scream at you for two weeks before you go, or will you be reasonable and call first thing tomorrow?

I was speaking idiomatically.

And 'Psychosomatic' means that you believe you're sick to such an extent that you get symptoms. It sounds stupid but it's actually quite common, and it's hard to cure (or so I've heard ).

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lol, Midna, I tried to clear that up. It isn't the prickly pins and needles that are painful, I just didn't know how to describe it any other way.

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Originally Posted by surasshu

And 'Psychosomatic' means that you believe you're sick to such an extent that you get symptoms. It sounds stupid but it's actually quite common, and it's hard to cure (or so I've heard ).

Thanks for clarifying. Dictionary.com didn't tell me too much.

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Originally Posted by Midna

Well, the only time I've had that "pins and needles" feeling other than when a leg or arm falls asleep, was when I had nerve damage. I'm doubting you'd have nerve damage without something very painful to go along with it, so I'd strongly suggest you get to a doctor and stop asking random people on the internet what is wrong.

This is reminding me of the whole birth control debacle. Are you going to make us scream at you for two weeks before you go, or will you be reasonable and call first thing tomorrow?

Reasonable? On the internet? Surely not.

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lol, Midna, I tried to clear that up.

No, clearing that up involves SEEING A DOCTOR. Which you clearly haven't realized yet.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

by clearing it up i meant that it wasn't the prickly painful kind of pins and needles, just a mild irritation. If anything i think it would just be attributed to my OCD or something, with not wanting to be touched. I wasn't worried about what it could be or mean, more worried on the effects on my relationships.

I've been meaning to call my doctor anyways for another reason. I've just been waiting for my insurance thing to blow over. My employer just switched over to a new Insurance company and we will be getting our new cards within a week or so. As of now, the doctor's office will have no record of my new insurance so then I will get billed the full amount. I give most of my money to my dad for rent and bills so I can't afford that.

Where it isn't something impendingly urgent, I think I can hold off for my card. Birth Control, yes that was important because if something went wrong it could screw my life up good. This case, it has been going on for some time and I don't think another couple of weeks will hurt me.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The last thing you should be doing is asking for a diagnosis in a online forum. The best we can do is scare you into thinking you have some rare and exotic disease. I think you know that too.

Like everyone else is saying, go to a clinic and schedule an appointment. From your given symptoms it could simply be your body telling you that you've been under a lot of stress lately. Or one of the worst cases, you have the beginnings of what may be the Shingles .
So um yeah, see a doctor.

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Originally Posted by Kairyu

you have the beginnings of what may be the Shingles .

Doesn't Shingles usually start with itchiness, rashes, fevers and whatnot? I also concluded Contact Dermatitis but it's not even the case.

She should've just went to the doctor really instead.

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Originally Posted by Terminus

Doesn't Shingles usually start with itchiness, rashes, fevers and whatnot?

Not necessarily, Shingles can appear with or without any kind of rash. One of it's main symptoms is the tingling sensation to painful needle-like feelings you get in the affected area. Though a rash will appear eventually.
I'm only bringing up this infection because I did have a co-worker who had the same reaction. Except the sensation he was experiencing was painful to the point where he couldn't work until he got treated for it.

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My issue isn't what it is, it's how it could affect my relationships.

It doesn't bother me unless i'm touched...it's the touching thing. I get uncomfortable.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Ceres, what it is IS important. You wouldn't say "Oh, I don't mind having cancer, but my boyfriend hates how I whimper when his penis hits that pesky tumor during sex".

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

yeah, I know. I guess the reason I'm so reluctant is because I'm afraid that it will turn out to be nothing and it would just be another silly trip to the doctors. I've already done that for a reoccuring itchy spot down below in my region (reoccuring meaning it has itched every once in a while since my mid-teens, if not earlier). Turned out to be nothing, possibly a pinched nerve. (what was worse is that I had just recently started my BC and was late a day so I was spotting. Thought the spotting was coming from that itchy spot).

But like I said, I have something that I want to talk to my doctor about as soon as my insurance clears up, so I'll bring it up when I see her.

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Originally Posted by Kairyu

Not necessarily, Shingles can appear with or without any kind of rash. One of it's main symptoms is the tingling sensation to painful needle-like feelings you get in the affected area. Though a rash will appear eventually.
I'm only bringing up this infection because I did have a co-worker who had the same reaction. Except the sensation he was experiencing was painful to the point where he couldn't work until he got treated for it.

You are describing post-herpatic neuralgia, something my father had to cope with for several months after a bout of Shingles. The Herpes Virus propagates along the nerves to the surface where symptoms manifest as rashy, blistered skin. Along the way, the nerves are damaged. Sensations from neuralgia can be difficult to describe: pins-and-needs, burning, shocking, stabbing, and gnawing. Since the pain is inherently nueropathic, traditional pain killers like NSAIDs and Opiates often bring only partial relief if any at all. Nerves are slow to heal, and it can be months before the neuralgia fades, or it may never completely go away.

Aside from that, I myself have several patches on my body that exhibit nerve damage. Two on my back that are likely due to prolonged compression. There is one on my right arm where I pushed off my full body weight at a very bad angle. For months that area was completely dead, and when it did come back I knew it was nerve damage. The sensation is not the same as a limb 'falling asleep', but rather like the effects of a bad sunburn mixed with electric shocks. Most of the time I don't feel anything, until something comes into contact with the skin. I've just come to accept that the nerves will probably never heal and I'll just have to deal with it for the rest of my life.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Forget anything anyone said here besides, "Go see a doctor." Honestly.

How ya doing, buddy?

Hey! I think my penis hitting the tumor example was quite poignant.

How ya doing, buddy?

I've always sort of had a similar issue with my shins. I don't exactly know why [doctors can't figure it out either,] but I have kind of a 'reduced sensation' in my shins. I can feel heat, touch, pretty much everything... but if I were to put something cold there, say an icepack, I wouldn't feel the cold at all. It's really strange. The backs of my legs however, feel the cold. So sometimes, my shins get this sort of tingly feeling.

I can't stand when someone touches my shins; it just feels strange to me. I've always had to have a pillow between my legs when I sleep too, cause even just the feeling of them touching each other is weird. Body pillows ftw anyway. Heh.

On a sidenote, I've never understood the term 'pins and needles'. I mean, I know what it's SUPPOSED to mean... The tingly feeling when your limbs fall asleep. But... if you think about it, if someone were sticking your foot with 'pins and needles', it would hurt. I would think so, anyway. Just thought I'd toss that out there.

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Originally Posted by Ceres

my friend said to go see a doctor...but I haven't the slightest idea what it could mean or anything.

That's WHY you have to go see a doctor. Seriously, this is a medical issue that can probably be SOLVED, after which it will most likely stop affecting your relationship. Wondering what it is won't get you anywhere, and asking help on an internet forum won't be so helpful either so pay a visit to a doctor for fuck's sake.

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