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Posted by alliebridge (Member # 9103) on :

Just this morning I had a strange sensation of water drops hitting my feet, while standing in my kitchen.

At first I thought water was actually hitting my feet, so I grabbed a paper towel to wipe up the floor--but no water!

When I lifted my foot to check it out, the sensation changed to feeling like pins and needles.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is this Lyme related?

Posted by AliG (Member # 9734) on :

I don't know if it's related to Lyme or not, but I seem to remember having a sensation of water drops on my foot. My foot was dry and I thought it was my imagination. I don't remember if there was pins & needles or not.

It happened a few times and I just thought I was losing it.

[Smile]

Ali

Posted by alliebridge (Member # 9103) on :

Thanks for your reply, Ali.

So, it's either Lyme related or I'm losing it, too? [Smile]

I have neurological lyme, so perhaps it's related to the nerves in the foot, especially since I got the pins and needles sensation along with it.

I'll have to ask my Lyme doctor, see what he says about this.

Posted by AliG (Member # 9734) on :

No, problem!

Really freaky isn't it? [dizzy]

I have Lyme and Babs that I know of so far. Your guess sounds good to me. [Smile]

Posted by daystar1952 (Member # 3255) on :

I've noticed this as also a direct effect to being on doxy in the sun....cold prickles or raindrops....really weird. It has only happened to me tho when out in the sun on doxy

Margie

Posted by alliebridge (Member # 9103) on :

Thanks for your replies! [Smile]

I googled the symptom and found the answer(maybe).

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis--symptom--"feeling of drops of water trickling on affected area".

Posted by daystar1952 (Member # 3255) on :

Ya, but ME( myalgic.....) is just another wastebasket diagnosis for Lyme/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/lyme coinfections. I was diagnosed with M.E. for 8 years and finally found out I had lyme.

Posted by alliebridge (Member # 9103) on :

I found some info. on it from a British website that basically called it "ME/Lyme".

Yes, it seems like they are one and the same, that ME is just a term for chronic/late stage(or neuro)Lyme.

I'm glad to know that this sensation is from Lyme and not some new illness I've developed.
[Smile]

Posted by minimonkey (Member # 8693) on :

I used to get this a lot on my hands -- really freaky, and it felt EXACTLY like water drops! That has gone away with treatment, actually -- at least I haven't had it in a long time. My first round with Doxy cleared up a lot of my neuro symptoms.... now if only the pain would go away... sigh.

Interesting that there are groups lumping ME/Lyme together -- I thought ME was essentially the British term for CFIDS --- (yes, a lot of those folks DO have lyme, but a bunch of others seem to have primarily viral illnesses.....)

Posted by Sue vG (Member # 3143) on :

Oh brother - used to get that feeling on my buttocks and thighs. Sometimes warm, sometimes cold. Needless to say, I'd often have to do some checking until I realized it really was a paraesthesia.