Paresthesia and Fasciculations??

[vanessah522]

Hello, back in September of this year I was up all night studying for an exam. I drank several cups of coffee to stay awake and found that I could not sleep later on. Several hours after I had finished/had my coffee I began to notice a tingling sensation in my left arm. I changed my clothes thinking they were too tight and moved my arms around, but nothing changed. An hour or two later the tingling had spread to my right arm and my fingertips and palms on both arms. This continued for about two days and then went away. Several days later I noticed a blue discoloration to my fingers and went to the ER. I had a chest xray and CT scan, both of which were normal. The only thing strange was that I had elevated blood sugar of about 219. I had a fasting blood sugar test a week later to rule out diabetes, and my sugar was normal. A few months later, I felt the same tingling in my hands again only this time it was more subtle but it still worried me enough to go to my primary who referred me to a neurologist. I had an MRI of my cervical spine and of my brain both with and without contrast. Those were all normal as well. However, in between the time that I was waiting for my MRI results I started to notice small muscle "twitches" or fasciculations. It started in my feet. I would be sitting on my bed and my foot would involuntarily twitch. I didn't think anything of it until I went for a run and that night when I was trying to sleep I felt small fasciculations over my entire body, never staying in the same place for more than two seconds. None of them were painful, just irritating. They've continued for about a month. Some days I have almost none, and some days they're a nuisance. I have no problems walking, no muscle weakness or loss of coordination. It doesn't effect my life or anything, but I'm just worried about the possibility of this being a more serious condition like ALS. I've heard about PNH and BFS as well. Do paresthesias like tingling occur along with fasciculations in PNH? Thank you.

[proxygeek]

This sounds like Raynaud’s Phenomena. I’d check it out.