When it comes to health, nobody likes a mystery.
Which is why a mysterious buzzing or vibrating in your foot that seems to come and go at random is so frustrating.
This mysterious–and irritating–ailment is the inspiration for numerous questions on Yahoo Answers, online podiatry threads, and doctor’s visits every year. And for many people, the answer for the odd buzzing is “Pallesthesia.”
The buzzing sensation often comes and goes at regular intervals (a few seconds of buzzing followed by a few seconds of peace). It can feel like a short burst of electricity or a cell phone on vibrate under your skin, which is why the name “pallesthesia” literally translates to–”feelings of vibration.”
Often, pallesthesia is most noticeable at night when you’re lying still, trying to fall asleep. It’s also possible to experience it in other extremities like your hands and fingers.
What exactly causes pallesthesia, and should you be worried about other underlying problems?Is there a cure?
Keep reading!
What Causes Pallesthesia?
To put it briefly, it’s unclear exactly what causes pallesthesia. Or more accurately, there are a number of possible reasons you might be experiencing the vibrating in your foot. The following are some of the most likely possibilities:
B12 deficiency or anemia:
Many people who have suffered from pallesthesia report improvement after upping their dosage of B12 and iron, which makes sense, since these vitamins are key to nerve health, and odd sensations like buzzing could be a sign of deficiency. Check your levels with a simple blood test.
Blocked artery or vein:
Another possibility is a partial blockage in an artery or vein from a clot or some kind of injury. The buzzing sensation may be from the blood forcing its way through the blocked vein or artery.
Stress response and adrenaline:
Does the buzzing feeling in your foot happen when you’re stressed? It may be part of your body’s stress response that sends hormones and blood flow to different parts of the body in anticipation of fight or flight. If you notice that your pallesthesia is happening in response to stress, calming down through breathing exercises or mindfulness can help relieve symptoms.
Compressed nerve or damaged nerve:
Damage to the nerves in the extremities, also known as peripheral neuropathy, can cause pallesthesia in some cases. If you notice any numbness accompanying the vibration, make sure you get to a doctor quickly, since this can indicate damage to the a nerve. Doctors don’t know what causes peripheral neuropathy in many cases. However, about one third are a result of diabetes, which can change blood glucose levels and impact nerve cells’ metabolism.
Medications:
Some medications can cause pallesthesia. If you noticed the buzzing sensation in conjunction with a new medication or increased dosage, talk to your doctor about switching medications, and ask what this means in context of your treatment.
Restless Leg Syndrome:
Some people who suffer from restless leg syndrome, a neurological condition that causes a desire to move one’s legs constantly, report pallesthesia as an accompanying side effect. A good rule of thumb is, if you have other symptoms like pain, fatigue, problems with motor skills, or numbness in addition to the buzzing, it’s worth a trip to the doctor to rule out a larger problem like diabetes, fibromyalgia, arthritis, multiple sclerosis (MS), or a warning of nerve damage.
How Can I Make the Vibrating Go Away?
Because the causes of pallesthesia are so diverse, treatment will depend greatly on the cause of the buzzing.
If you suspect a vitamin deficiency or confirm this with a blood test, increase your B12 or iron, being sure to take care with antacids or calcium that can block absorption of these vitamins.
If you notice a correlation with stress and the buzzing, learn some breathing exercises as a way to calm down when the buzzing starts.
If the underlying cause is more serious, like peripheral neuropathy, diabetes, MS, fibromyalgia, or arthritis, your doctor will be able to coordinate a targeted treatment approach for the underlying condition that should help with the pallesthesia as well.
Can I Prevent Pallesthesia?
As with treatments, preventing pallesthesia rests on its unique cause. In general, work to keep your body healthy through eating lots of whole grains and fruits and vegetables, drink plenty of water, get regular exercise, avoid alcohol and drugs, and avoid repetitive movements that put strain your feet and extremities. Don’t forget a multivitamin, especially one that contains B12 and iron.
The good news is that while pallesthesia is often a mysterious combination of factors, it’s not usually a threat to your health or an indication of something more sinister.
Try the ideas above, and make sure you’re exercising regularly and getting enough vitamins. And don’t hesitate to talk to your doctor to put your mind at ease. Chances are that the buzzing amounts to an annoyance–not a harbinger of bad news. But it’s always better to err on the side of your health.
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Hi Tyrone! Pallesthesia can occur on other parts of your body not just your feet, so it may be the cause of the sensation you’re experiencing. If it is causing severe discomfort, you may want to speak with your doctor to see if they can diagnose it 🙂
this is so cool. I have been feeling that vibration when I lay on my couch on my side in my right heel. Once I riled out that my couch was hunted lol I googled the condition. So great the internet can connect even the strangest conditions.
I Am Having Pain In My Left Leg Upper Portion And The Pain Occurs Only During Winters And When I Walk Ore When I Move Joints Then Pain Occur. Sometimes My Leg Keep Vibrating.Tell Me How Can I Overcome From This?
I myself in recent months get these vibrating/buzzing feelings in my left foot and lately in the last few days I’ve been feeling it in my lower abdomen/groin area.I had a TKR in my left knee about 18 months ago & I’m also diabetic but not on insulin. After reading up on the issue, I’m at ease a bit because all the causes make sense.Thought something was more serious but will still check with my GP.
great information! for the past week i have been so annoyed by what i can only describe as vibrations in my right foot (not tingling, not numbness…just vibrations, not lasting very long). my friend sent me this link because it has been THAT buggy for me.
QUESTION: i just started working out again at the end of january (every single day between 51-69 mins cardio – usually the recumbent bike since my knees are shot). could THIS be the cause of all of a sudden feeling these vibrations in my foot (right foot only & it is isolated to only my foot…no pain or other irritants anywhere else)???
Wow you just put my mind at ease. Great information. Thank you.
Glad the info was helpful 🙂
Can a fractured neck cause vibration in ankle?
Short answer, YES. Look at the nervous system anatomy. All nerves go through the cervical vertebrae. So it is possible for something in the neck to affect the lowest extremities. But, usually, (look at anatomy again) it is possibly caused by a problem in the lower spine, possibly where the nerve exits the spinal column, or even if its entrapped near foot bones, etc. Always check with your Dr, then see the chiro and the massage therapist.
I didn’t have this until I had ACDF on C5,6 C6,7 in February 2017. I’ve had it ever since. My spinal cord was being crushed by 2 herniated discs. I came out of surgery with it an dots been almost a full year. I’m also having varicose Veins issues and working with a Vascular Surgeon on getting them fixed in my legs. The impulses are only in the left foot. The referred pain from the discs were down my right arm (felt like my wrist and elbow was on fire and broken along with numb fingers.
Yes I was worried still but I read the article and I will go from there I am on a new medicine
Can this be related to stenosis and herniated disc?
I had 3 surges on my foot about 1 year ago and it just stared like vibrating out of the blue could this be a blockage somewhere
Yes. It’s what I have herniated disc at l4/l-5
Thank you.,I have been increasing my exercises to every other day. I also have been bleeding heavily over the past three weeks. Now I am experiencing these buzzing sun my foot and sometimes up my leg… it may be b12 deficiency and iron .. so I will try it
This article didn’t help, if anything it just my theory true and I’m kinda freaking out now!
Hi I have broken both my ankles some years ago and I’m now experiencing the vibration and numbness in my feet. I’ve had blood test and I’m not diabetic. But I also experience shirt blast of pain in my toes and to throw a spanner in the works I get a lot of puns and needles in my arms and hands usually when I awake from sleep ??
Well I was freaking out at the blood clot part. I wish I would have seen the fibromyalgia part first. This I have. I feel somewhat better but I may take a B12 vitamin to see if it helps.
I have a history of blot clots, 3 times. Four months ago I had knee replacement surgery and suffered one while in the hospital. I am currently on blood thinner, but wonder if I need to be concerned that this might be a clot?
Hi Rose! We recommend asking your doctor about it if you suspect it could be another blood clot.
hi from last week i am feeling same vibration like a mobile in my left foot,please any body can advise any home remedies for that.
It will be appreciated
Try using b complex i did and it worked in am instant. In about 3 days the buzzing sensation stopped completely.
Thanks a lot for this information. Please which brand did you use and how much did you take daily?
I’ve had this so called pulsating feeling around my ankles to feet, like you said vibrating feeling, and it mostly at night when I’m in bed. I’m on blood thinning pills for a very long time, and this just started in August of this year(2017) and I have been taking Vitamin B12 for a while, so I’m going to go with Vitamin B Complex and hope this goes away, because I’m tired of feeling.
I can’t believe so many of us have this. I’m seeing a neurologist again after he suspected that the recent sensation of ‘buzzing’ in my left foot could be the result of a small 8mm tumour which showed up on an MRI of my spine. Funny thing- this tumour I don’t care about- NOT to say that if he decides to operate I’ll be happy! I just want the damned burning/tingling that’s troubled me at night for years to go away so that I can sleep. I’m terribly sleep deprived because of this. More recently when this ‘buzzing’ started in that same foot, I had a series of acupuncture sessions which worked. But now it’s back. Exhausting it all is …….
I’m on the same boat as you! Hope you found help
Wow I’m sorry everyone! This article was honestly very helpful. I’ve honestly been suffering with this for the past 5 years now . It’s on my left foot mainly but it’ll buzz up my legs and my hands .. tingling creepy crawling buzzing feeling I get . If anyone knows what I can do to get rid of it that would be awesome! I just want to sleep normal and rest normal I feel like I can’t . I don’t want to live like this!
I’ve been bothered for five years with ‘buzzing’ feet. I have seen many doctors and all they prescribe is anti-anxiety medications which I refuse to take. The only relief I can get at night is to ‘strap’ ice blocks to my feet which relieves the buzzing temporarily so that I can at times get some sleep.
I usually feel it in the sole of my feet or palms when I wake up
Hi! I about 1/2 hr ago first time ever at age 63 experienced strange vibrations, constant, in both feet. I was watching a documentary that had some low frequency sounds and deep voiced people being interviewed and thought it was transmitting through the sub woofer speaker I have on the floor about 3 feet away yet I turned the volume off and still felt it. Living in a concrete structured 9 story high rise, I then thought maybe it was the boiler in the building’s basement over stressed as we’ve had serious plumbing problems in this old building. I then rested my feet (legs) up off the floor, at that moment I knew it was something very unusual, systemic. I did a word search and very glad to find this website! I have a ruptured L5/S1 disk, the last disk just above my hip vertebra (sacral) since 1985. About 2 months ago I was prescribed B12 by a dietitian. She didn’t say why, yet I knew B vitamins are important. I took them sub-lingual for a while then let it go as I kept forgetting to buy it while shopping. This is a very strange sensation. I thought a couple of times about 9 months ago I had precursor to something like restless legs syndrome. Now thanks to this site I will contact the doctor and see about being seen sooner than my October appointment. I’m overweight and fringe on type 2 diabetes yet not extremely. Maybe this is a warning that type 2 diabetes is encroaching further in my life. Any input would be appreciated. I just dissolved a B12 pill of the 2 left in my 50 pill bottle left from over a couple months ago. I don’t feel any difference taking a 1000 mcg pill. I was prescribed 1000 every other day or 1/2 pill every day under the tongue, but forgot why the dietitian wanted this. Is it very unusual to have sudden onset with this sensation of vibration in my feet? It’s a very strange phenomenon as I know almost to within 15 minutes when it started very first time ever, almost as though a switch was turned on. It’s very strange and never heard of this before. The vibrations are also increasing now in last 10 minutes while typing this. To what degree do some of the others feel this? Right now it’s 2 times a strong as a half an hour ago. My best to you all! Thanks for sharing! Mike
I have had the same sensation. My foot would buzz for 5 seconds then stop for 3 seconds. Talked with my doctor and he recommended a brain MRI and full battery of blood test. Luckily I had to wait for the appointments giving more time for research. After a weekend of research I ended up taking 3 antacids. Next morning the sensation was gone.I’m starting to research Electrolyte Imbalance as the culprit. I do not recommend taking antacids for any length of time. Can cause many issues. Be sure to check with your doctor before trying any home remedy. Good luck on finding your cure. Oliver
What is antacid?
antacid is Tums and Rolaids
Hi Oliver! Thanks for taking the time to read my entry, plus your sharing your experiences with such lucid writing too. I have a definite problem of being too verbose, yet felt my symptoms and experience might benefit someone who is experiencing the same. HealThatPain is a great writer. I meant to thank her too. It’s good to know that pallethesia can happen in quick 3 to 5 second durations too. Last night it woke me and occurred in both feet for 1/2 hr then stopped. Then a few minutes later it occurred in my right foot for about 2 minutes then stopped. The very same happened the night before and awoke me then too.
I started taking B12 as I’d slacked off of being prescribed it by my dietitian. I think it was prescribed because I’m a vegetarian which vegetarians lack B12 as B12 is only found in animal tissues. It seems there are different qualities of B12 and degree of absorption. They say take it “sublingual” or under the tongue as absorption is an issue with B12. This more expensive brand I’m glad I found (not naming brands as maybe they would delete my post) is “Methyl B-12” or “Methylcobalamin” that is the natural occurring B12 that is absorbed more readily and stays in the system longer than the cheaper brand “cyanocobalamin” as mentioned in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. I don’t know why the “cyano” is cheaper but it contains cyanide poison in a minute amount. Cyanide creates another compound that relates to increasing one’s energy… yet to me B12 alone does MANY important things for the metabolism that also create energy too. After reading 3 sources they all say to take the Methycobalamin instead of cyanocobalamin. I don’t know if that helps or not. Thanks to HealThatPain for creating this!
Omg i am freaking out. I hope to God its not a blood clot! I seem to notice it after I eat. Vibrating in both my feet!
Hey Kimmy, thanks for writing 🙂 It might be best to visit your doctor if you are concerned about a blood clot or serious issue.
My left foot from the heel to the ball of my foot feels like I have a TENS unit on it. Just a vibrating like a TENS unit no pain at all but it is irritating the heck out of me and it doesn’t stop it’s been doing it for 3 days now. I had shot to put it in the small of my back a year ago but stopped my back from hurting my back felt like there was 50 bee stinging it at one time but now it is better. But now the vibrating in my left foot is driving me nuts. Sometimes I cannot walk well when I get up in the mornings I take tiny baby steps because both my ankles and feet feel numb and if I put my feet up it causes my feet and legs to hurt terribly can someone help me please? I am a dance instructor and have to be on my feet at least 6 hours a week teaching dance and this is driving me crazy
Early last year, I experienced a sudden swollen of both feet which comes along with pains and a burning sensation and at times feels some vibration. All tests conducted Were negative. Some tests conducted are full blood count, RBS, Sickling, Uric Acid, kidney and liver in addition with x rays but that were all negative. But the condition stopped somewhere this year and I came back to normal but has started again making life unbearable for me. Pls help me. Looking forward to hear from u. Thanks
I have been diagnosed by my neurologist as having idiopathic peripheral neuropathy. It started about 10 years ago after surgeries for Morton Neuromas (both feet). I have no pain, but a bothersome numbness in both feet which over the years I have gotten used to. Recently I started having a buzzing, vibrating sensation in my left foot. The new sensation drives me crazy and keeps me from falling asleep. I’m more aware of it when I’m standing, sitting or lying in bed but not if I’m walking or moving around. I’m in good health, exercise, walk a lot and eat well.
If only I could get rid of this buzzing, vibrating sensation ! I’ll try TENS and hope it works.
or it can be some kind of instrument calibrated to resonate with certain bones in my body for harassment purposes.. I dont know if it is true that tooth fillings sometimes sing due to radio interference somewhere.. we live in a very high technology world and I wont be surprised to be right .. I am aware about so much study in sound waves and stuff over past decades for whatever purposes even including military uses. it can easily fall into wrong hands (neighbors) .
I only experienced this yesterday after the headache from hell. It is still going on today, the vibration that is.
I have a staph infection in my foot, I also became allergic to cephalosporins,that were prescribed to me in hospital and I ended up with hypersensitive small vessel vasculitis. Now Iam getting a buzzing sensation in the sole of my foot, should J be worried?
Recently I started to experiencing a vibrating in my foot around my heel area…my boy friend and I had just gotten back to the hotel lobby after leaving and NFL game we stopped in the lobby to watch the media coverage of the game we had just attended and we sat in the lobby chairs I felt fine except for the fact that my team had almost lost while watching the tv in the lobby my ankle started randomly vibrating I at first it was so random I ignored it then it kept happening and I told him I felt something vibrating and again ignored it only this time as we sat and stared on at the tv coverage I was trying to figured out what it was finally I remember someone sitting in the chair I was in as we left to go to the game earlier I looked at him and said someone’s phone is vibrating I looked at mine and it wasn’t then I got up to check inside the chair thinking someone had lost their phone in the chair and I found nothing so I sat back down and didn’t think about again I shrugged it off we went to our room and went to bed..the next morning I had a little tightness in my thigh but nothing to alarm me I figured it was a very mild Charlie horse and by the time I got out of bed it was gone no vibration or tightness…then hours later I’m about to put my daughter to bed and I felt the vibration again I looked at her and asked if she had her phone and it was in her room far away from my foot it would vibrate for a second the stop and it has done it since its been an hour now even as I type this my ankle is vibrating i laid my foot on my boyfriends foot to see if he could feel it and he couldnt..i feel like I’m going crazy my foot is vibrating but I can’t feel it with my hand I can only feel it internally and I can’t see it….STRANGE AND RANDOM what is it and why
Hi! Glad I found these posts! I have a rare neuromuscular desease called Paramyotonia Periodic Paralysis Congenita it causes all skeletal muscles to be weak, hypertrophic, flacid and paralysed. If you over exert, are in cool or cold weather or air conditioning, are dehydrated or even sick! I also have fibromyalgia, degenerative joints, MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA ( A LETHAL REACTION TO CERTAIN ANASTHESIA BECAUSE I HAVE A RARE NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDER! I have chronic pain and am no longer able to work! I hate it! But I try to stay positive and I am grateful for all my blessings! I woke up very weak today! And have noticed the vibration in my left heal, ankle, area! I thought my phone was setting by my hip vibrating, it wasn’t! I’ve noticed it all day enemy now at 11:30 pm. I did have a blood clot in my calve in 2013 when I had The lethal reaction to SUCCYNSLCHOLININE, causing MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA! But have been told it is gone or not a problem?? Ok! I also have had a tingling nerve in my back between my left shoulder blade and spine! I have crunched vertibrae in my neck and lower back! But this vibration is all new! Lol! I just love how my body works! I never know what I’m going to wake up to! Lol! My father grandmother sister niece my son and his two young daughters all have PARAMYOTONIA periodic Paralysis so we’ve all felt with it all our lives! I would like to know the true cause of this vibrating I only my left heal!! I go to my neurologist in January so I will ask her what she thinks! Thanks for letting me post here!
What about the bottom right side of foot? It’s been happening every day for almost a week. It’s absolutely annoying! I’m gonna cut my foot off! I haven’t had any injury. I’m diabetic. I HATE when peripheral neuropathy is slays suggested. The doctor said to apply capsaicin/icy hot!
I got this buzzing in my feet a couple of times after I took a med I’m prescribed called seroquel. It works as a mood stabilizer and reLly helps me so I just try to fall asleep before tgat buzzing kicks in. It is an annoying feeling. It makes me feel figity and restless.
I fractured my left ankle in a car accident 17 years ago with all plates and screws removed and no problems. Approx 6 months ago I fractured my left scapular holding onto on a heavy object moving away from me. Apart from agitation in my shoulder I have experienced a numbness from my pinky all the way up my left arm and now a crunching in my upper neck and just recently a vibrations in my left foot, prominently closer to the toe area? Is the vibrations connected to the last injury? Also with no history of between the car accident and until now of any problems.
Interesting discussion. I just recently started feeling a vibration in my right heel. Good to know there’s a name for it. This just came out of the blue, nothing painful, just a strange sensation.
I had the cell phone thing in my left foot last night. Had hip replacement surgery four months ago with no complications but I’m still recovering. Yesterday spent too much time driving in car and my leg and hip felt weird when I got home. Moved my leg and foot around to work out weird feeling. In the middle of the night thought my boyfriend had left his cell phone on the bed. Going to see my GP tomorrow. Haven’t got a clue what it could be but the fact so many other people have it is a comfort. Difficult to sleep though. I’m going to put A5-35 on it tonight though which is what I used when I had hip pain. Weirdly enough when I experience pain it is in waves like this, so possibly a pain response without the pain. Will report back on the A5-35 solution.
I’ll say the first week in January, I’ve noticed a vibranting sensation in my leg. I’m not in any pain, it’s just a very ANNOYING FEELING that’ just don’t seem to want to go away. I’ve made a doctors appointment but that won’t be until mid next month. I’m just praying that all is well with not just me, but all of us. Its so weird that it just out of the blue began to happen. Part of me is happy that I’m not alone.
I’m wondering what type of doctor I should go see. Vibrating is in bottom of left foot only. Hasn’t stopped in days.
Glad I found this site. I’m so sorry for what each & everyone of you is/have been going through. My search criteria was centered on vibrations in 2 of my toes on my right foot. Just began today, although has occurred numerous times over past 6 yrs as well. 6 days ago I fell, banging the right side of my paryital (skull) – & at very moment of this painful impact (causing my closet door to break from the impact as well) my head was forced forward & I felt the right side of my cervical area (where I have a cervical fusion for past 25+yrs) strain so painfully. Fortunately I was getting ready for my scheduled Dr appt & I explained everything to him when I saw him. My vision has been effected as well as my balance & trying to do my grocery shopping later that day took twice as long as normal because I felt, since the fall, that I was treading through some LSD hallucinations mixed in with jello causing me to feel loopy as well as being controlled by some kind of puppet master is my best description. I’ve seen the list of what kind of neuropathic issue it could be but as I stated at intro, this seems to be focused mainly on my baby toe & the 1 next to it on my right foot – that’s it. None of stories here or other search comebacks drill down on just the toes – mainly heels. I’ve been permanently disabled since 2014 after (crazy, I know but TRUE) trying to toss a small empty box onto others on top shelf of closet, while on a step stool, when my entire body decided to JUMP up & slam the top of my head into the upper door jam! At that point, I heard the cervical vertebrae “crack” & “pop” – I KID YOU NOT! Since then, I’ve had to resign from my job & stop driving because the pain in my right groin all the way down to my ankle feels as if there’s a super sharp knife being “grated” down my entire leg but the pain in groin is like the tip of this knife being stuck into groin…sharp & quick for hours at a time whenever I attempt to walk or most times just stand up. I’ve had an anterior lumbar fusion I believe L4-5 L5-6 about 18 yrs ago & now with the door jam incident (the crazy 1) along with my fall last week, I’m in really bad shape then cherry on top, current in 2 of my toes from what feels like a toy stun gun….dr said if pain &/or vision, headaches continue get a cat scan said cervical strain should be gone in 2 weeks but if worsens before that go to e.r. & get cat scan.
Just wondering if any of you can relate. Thanks for being here. Wishing all of you success in easing or solving your issues.😉
I just told my husband it felt like a phone was ringing inside my foot. I then looked up and found this page. So happy that Im not crazy. I have had multiple clots and bilateral pulmonary embolisms. I take blood thinners. I have just had an infection come up from nail technician digging put an ingrown toenail. Wonder if there is any correlation. Im also probably low on electrolytes due to my ketogenic lifestyle.
I had it in the upper front section of my foot, just in front of the ankle. And it was followed by spreading “cold” sensation up my leg, then further into my body. And generally feeling strange?
Hi, I broke my lower leg/ankle a good few years back. I’ve had loads of bother with it but recently I’ve noticed a buzzing in the area of the metal work.
I have had the vibrating sensation in both feet for 40 years. The vascular specialist performed the sonogram exam on both feet when I was in my 30s. He could not find anything wrong. To minimize the sensation, I lost about 25 pounds and it helped somewhat. It’s infrequent so I learned to live with it. Yesterday I had prolia injection for my bones. The vibrating in both feet has gotten so bad and I couldn’t sleep. I could feel the blood flowing back and forth as if my heart is in my foot. It is nerve wracking.
Ive had the buzzing in my right foot for three days now. Have not slept for two of those. I read all of your messages here and also did a bit of research online. This is what I did this morning and the buzzing in my feet stopped by late this afternoon.
1. Took a hot bath with epson salt.(twice)
2. Took double the daily dosage of vitime b12,potasium and magnisium.
3. HydraTed myself constantly with bott!ed water.
4. Then i prayed…lol and consumed lots of coffee before riding my harley for 4 hours…
So far so good
Healthy Living;
Do you mean “parathesia” and not “pallesthesia” as more than one doctor has told me it’s not “pallesthesia” it’s parathesia.
Hi guys, hope you all get some relief from this annoying feeling & get answers as to why this happens. As for myself I have spinal problems (my whole spine needs replacing! lol!haha!) also have heal, elbow, & shoulder spurs, yesterday I did to much lifting, carrying bending etc. so not sure if this has started the ball rolling? or if the heal spurs have caused a nerve to get caught in my left heal? as this is where I feel this pulsating, has been non stop all evening & night & still today, feel it when sitting, standing, or laying in bed. My lower back was really painful last night so not sure if it could be that? I take vitamin B tablets & multivitamins & have regular Prolia injections take caltrate with vitamin D due to oesteoporosis, as I do get nerve tingling at the best of times, but this is another new sensation. I noticed it when my cats were sitting next to me & on me & feels like a purring sensation, moved my cats & still kept feeling it, sort of throbbing but not painful just annoying, I have been taking an antibiotic (Metronidazole 400mg) as I have an abscess in my tooth & gum (which I have had for a few weeks now.) I don’t think it is from the medication though, think it would be more from spinal problems or the heal spur as rotating my foot feel a clicking & catching sensation, but the vibration persists in my ankle & heel.
I had this start in my left foot at night time when trying to sleep. Then it started happening in the right foot too. It would some times get so bad it almost felt like my foot would be slightly twitching at the same time. Also, sometimes it has a pulsing feeling along with the vibrating that does not pulse with my heartbeat. Usually this strange vibrating feeling gets worse the closer I am to falling asleep, making it all the more difficult to fall asleep. I also have sometimes felt it randomly on parts of my legs, groin area, palm of my right hand, and face. But most of those other areas usually feel a little different, not a vibration but more like something moving on or gently touching, or like some invisible bugs crawling under my skin. It all makes it very difficult to fall asleep. I can also feel some of these sensations during times of just sitting down on a chair or driving. This all started with my left foot at first about 2 months ago and seems to slowly be getting worse. I have high blood pressure, and sleep apnea, so once I get a cpap machine I will see if it has anything to do with lack of oxygen from sleep apnea. Will probably try B12 soon too. I suspect it could be from multiple issues in my case, like a partial blockage of a vein or artery, and also possibly evil spirits.
For me the only thing that helps when it gets really bad is prayer. I have had some other weird stuff happen when trying to fall asleep that accompanies this foot vibration that is definitely spiritual and not a medical issue. Probably most on here are not dealing with the same thing as me, but I want to let others know in case there is someone else dealing with the same symptoms as me that prayer helps.