Tingling in Calves, Feet, and Hands

(Teresa Driver) #9

Oh, yeah. I did this to myself one time because I take potassium sparing blood pressure meds and I was drinking apple cider vinegar to lose weight. My boss is a trainer in his other life, so he handed me a salt shaker and told me to eat salt until it didn’t taste good anymore. I probably had a teaspoon full in small bits but once I’d had enough the symptoms stopped.

(Linda) #10

@allyfco
I just listened to the latest episode of Jimmy Moore’s Keto Talk and there was a discussion with a guest who used to be vegan where it was discovered that she was severely low in B12 of which one of the symptoms is tingling in the hands and feet.

Now I’m not vegetarian at all, but out of curiosity I looked up my latest blood test results and found that my B12 was borderline low so I’ve started taking a supplement as I’d heard how important it is.

Perhaps you could look into this?

Here’s the link to the podcast - it’s about 15 minutes from the end.

(Alison) #11

Whoa, this is very interesting… I used to be vegetarian for about 10 years and lean that way, and took Prilosec for a very long time for acid reflux which has been linked to B12 deficiency… going to the vitamin cabinet right now to read my multivitamin ingredients and see if I have a B specific vitamin, I think I do… I’ll be listening to this in a few - thank you Linda!

(Linda) #12

We’re here to help where we can! Please let us know what you discover.
This is the one I take:

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(Alison) #13

UPDATE: Seemed to be caused by a deficiency rather than a surplus… I upped my Magnesium, Multivitamin (which does include Potassium and B12), & Sea Salt (doubled my dosage of all for one day, and am taking them like clockwork each day) and added some extra spinach, avocado, and beef and the tingling has improved a lot… it’s just slightly perceptible in one foot now. Because I increased everything though, it didn’t shed much light on what specifically was lacking.

(Alison) #14

*This was an important consideration - thank you Ellie! I did not take this lightly, and felt pretty safe that it wasn’t a potassium OD, I don’t use lite salt, there’s not much potassium in my multivitamin, and I seem to fall into not eating/supplementing enough.

(Linda) #15

From everything I’ve read and been told, B12 is not absorbed very well in capsule form. The tablet I take has to be absorbed by putting it on my tongue and letting it dissolve. Just a consideration!

#16

True, that. tabs < 10% effective; sub-lingual a bit more but still … I use topical, love this patch, for a kick start, https://www.vitasciences.com/B12patch
My gorgeous ex-fiance uses this cream, MAXASORB BioActive B12 Cream, on amzn dot com We are so not worried about our levels now, high nor low, http://freshbeetle.com/vitamin-b12-blood-test-levels/

(Lee Jones) #17

I’ve been experiencing the same kind of ‘tingling’ in my feet and lower legs for the past few days. I’m still in Ketosis and my diet hasn’t changed so I’m guessing it’s an internal imbalance of sorts.

I’m due a blood test soon so I may ride it out and ask for a full blood count and see if the results offer up any answers.

Just thought actually; my ferritin levels go right down every 6 months or so (docs not sure why) and I have to take folate for 3 months for that. Need to do some research on the symptoms of low ferritin levels as it may well be that.

(Alison) #18

Hi Lee, I wasn’t able to pinpoint exactly what caused this for me, I kept up with my water/hydration, magnesium, daily vitamins, and sea salt supplementation though, and that seemed to help… it eventually went away entirely… took maybe a few weeks. Hope this wraps up quickly for you, and please let us know what you learn… I just guessed my way through.

#19

Try eating some sugar, like 20 or 30 grams. It cured my pins and needles and tingling in my hand and foot in about 10 minutes. Completely gone. And I was dealing with it for about a week before I realized my body just needed more carbs. And nuts and fruit didn’t work, it had to be actual sugar. Worth a try anyway!

(Roxanne Godoy) #20

Hey, I been on the keto diet since December 28th 2018.
And i been getting heart palpitations all day! And tingling sensations and the back of my head feels kinda swollen and achy. I get random nerve pinching sensation on my abdomen and some kinda twitch on my hand it was like a shock sensation or hot flash it was very weird. Is that normal? I also I get cramps on my sides hurt really bad on my stomach like a nerve pain. Idk. I’m new. And I don’t do the calories count or anything just eat from the book.

#21

Hi Roxanne

Here are a bunch of previous threads on the topic of heart palpitations and keto-

https://www.ketogenicforums.com/search?q=heart%20palpitations

(Michelle Hecht) #22

I was so relieved to read your post. It was like I had written it myself. I have looked all over the internet for answers and this is the first time I came across something that described what I was feeling. Yes, tingling/prickling in all four extremities with some aching in calves. And this started at exactly two months in. It has been persistent for 5 days now. Scaring me to death. I made the doctor run a battery of tests. My potassium is fine, magnesium on the high side of fine, B12 fine. My D is low. No B1 results yet. So that eliminates it being caused by a vitamin deficiency that I’ve noted as fine. Maybe B1? I’ll let you know. Meanwhile, I started drinking Apple cider vinegar before each meal because I saw that somewhere as a possible cure. I have had a dull headache as well. It started when the prickling did. I don’t want to quite keto if this is just a normal hump I need to get over, but it is uncomfortable and scary.

(charlie3) #23

A few weeks after starting into keto I started feeling light headed. Some months later tingling in both hands and feet started. All of that persists to this day, pretty steady and unchanging. I went for a checkup 10 days ago, got some blood tests and detailed the symptoms. What the blood tests appears to show is I’m borderline anemic. We’ll be addressing that next Teusday. I’ve kept detailed records in Chronometer and went to extra trouble so that even the micro nutirents are well documented. I do not see good evidence of any nutrient deficiency but that doesn’t rule it out. It might be that I had a propensity before keto that was magnified with the diet change. May be it’s electrolytes but would that promote anemia? I train a lot. If I fix this there will be a way bigger spring in my step. Stay tuned.

#24

Your low Vitamin D could very well be a major contributing factor. This was one of my major symptoms that went ignored by doctors until my mom tested low and I thought just in case it was hereditary I would get mine checked - doc said it was the lowest Vit D level he had ever seen in over 30 yrs in his practice. I can tell now when my level is dipping, I get serious restless leg sensations and my arms/legs feel half asleep, tingly and other weird sensations like an ant is crawling on my skin.

(Stephanie Chui) #25

I’ve only started keto a week ago and exactly today I decided to extend my usual fasting of 16-20 hours to 24 hours not considering how low my caloric intake yesterday was. 2 hours before I reached my 24-hour mark, I started to feel my thighs weakening followed by tingling in my head. The symptoms went away after I ate however I started to feel some tingling sensation on hands and feet. Ignored it thinking it will go away, but it didnt so I googled it and led me here. I took all the supplements in our pantry, hope it works.

(Melissa) #26

Charlie3, I’m having similar issues and it’s really starting to get me down. What did you find out? Did anything else with the tingling?

(Edith) #27

I think anemia can be caused by deficiency of different B vitamins , particularly B6 and folate.

(charlie3) #28

I do not yet have an answer. It became apparent that the doc I consulted was not going to offer a diagnosis or even a range of possibilities, even if he could. He wants to perscribe pills then duck out of the room without answering any questions. I’ve asked direct questions which he ingores. I’m looking for another guy.