I am 7 years post gastric bypass, doing great until recently. I do have an appointment with a local neurologist next week, but wanted as much information as possible *before* that appointment, so I can ask the most intelligent questions. About a month ago, I experienced an onset of tingling of my ring and pinky fingers on both hands, not totally numb, but pretty intense paresthesia. Within a few days, the symptoms had spread to the tips of my 3rd thru 5th toes on both feet. I began to notice that my tongue felt funny too, alittle tingly, and too "thick". As time has passed, the "tingling" has spread over the tops of my hands and feet, then rising up my lower arms and shins, reaching my elbows and knees. In my face, the tingling has spread beyond my tongue to my roof of my mouth, chin, nose, cheeks...and more recently, ears and scalp.
The odd thing is... as the tingling has spread out, the intensity felt initially in my fingers and toes has dramatically decreased, so they feel barely numb at all now. Now its more of a generalized tingling...sometimes pins/needles... sometimes hot/cold like Ben-Gay is on my skin, sometimes almost an itch. I have also experienced a sort of tightness in my vocal cord area, which feels almost like a need to cough. I've had no tremors, muscle weakness, visual changes, or headache. Because my tongue feels tingly and a bit thick, I've had a few times when my speech felt forced or when a word didn't flow as easily as normal. About 3 weeks before the symptoms began, I had taken Welbutrin XL for about 2 weeks. About a week after I stopped it, these symptoms began. I initially wondered if I could be having a withdrawal syndrome and after discussing this with my doctor, I went back on the Wellbutrin. The symptoms did not resolve and continued to increase. I have since stopped it again.
See message part 2 please, thanks. :)