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alliebridge
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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?

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AliG
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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

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alliebridge
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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.

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AliG
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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]

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daystar1952
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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

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alliebridge
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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".

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daystar1952
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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.

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alliebridge
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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]

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minimonkey
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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.....)

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Sue vG
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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.

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