I am fairly certain I have sensory issues, to touch (witnessed or felt) and symmetry, (and a little ocd). For instance, if someone brushed up against my left shoulder, I HAVE to brush my right shoulder exactly the same way... same pressure amount, duration... if my husband pinches my arm, the other arm must be pinched, if a hair on the right side of my head gets pulled, I have to do the same on the left side. I can pinpoint the exact symmetrical spot on the other body part and if the pressure/location isn't accurate, I have to try again or just concentrate very hard to will it away. There are certain fabrics and materials I cannot touch, like a seatbelt.. I have to grab it and pull it hard and fast so my fingertips don't touch it. I used to be able to grow long, beautiful nails... but now, if my nails get too long my fingertips physically hurt, as if they are getting smashed and I can't function or touch anything until I cut my nails. If I see a person scrape their knee, my knee feels pain... if I see someone about to trip or be injured, I get very sharp, stabbing shooting pains running up the back of my lower legs. I dislike going to the pool or park b/c my legs hurt from seeing kids tripping, falling, worrying they will fall... I work out at the gym, and though I would NEVER stick my finger in the weightstack of the machines, I fear the weight stack is going to smash my fingers. I know it's not going to happen and I'm not going to put my finger in there, but I irrationally fear that my finger is going to get hurt anyways. I flex my muscles/joints like knees or shoulders or whatever in patterns, like (right left right right left left right left together together right left....) Oh, my husband makes so much fun of me! I also count. Like telephone poles as I sit in the car not if I'm driving), sometimes I find myself counting in my head and don't realize it. Which is interesting that I have this thing with numbers since I am absolutely terrible at math.
So, this is my question. Lately, the veins in my feet feel like they are going to burst, but it's pretty rare.. So, I put pressure on my foot... usually this would work if this feeling was just in my head. But, the pain is still there. I could only do about 10 minutes of slightly quick paced walking on the treadmill and had to get off. I'm having a hard time figuring out if this pain is real or not. I'm pretty sure it is real, b/c it is a little more intense and I can't just 'imagine' or "pressure touch" it away. The veins aren't big or knobby looking like my friends who have spider veins (several of them have had corrective surgery), so I don't know what this is.
So, does anyone know or have experienced the vein ting? Is anyone else this way with touch an sensory issues or am I just imagining things? It sounds like it is more disruptive in my life than it really is!
You should see a Doctor.
There are peripheral arterial diseases or disorders.
Circulatory as well.
My aunt had vein issues in one of her legs (not enough blood wasn't getting to leg/foot) and she ended up getting it amputated. I'm sure there is some sort of vein test your doctor could perform. Don't wait, seek medical help soon.
I don't have your sensory issue, but I have always felt I have an odd sensory issue. I will get a sensation, like an itch, that I don't as much 'feel' physically, as I 'sense.' And that place, where I'm 'sensing' the itch, is NOT the actual origin of the 'actual' itch. For instance, I might get a 'sense' of an itch on my right thigh. I scratch that spot, and realize it's not an 'actual' itch, but a 'sensed' itch, and I know I need to try to find the origin of the 'real' itch. And it doesn't always present itself right away. I may sort of subconsciously scratch the spot where the 'sensed' itch is a few times, and then, I'll get an actual itch on a spot on the back of my neck, let's say, and when I scratch it, I'll, go, "aaahhh, that was the spot." And 'sensed' or 'perceived' itch will then subside.
I do get normal itches too, that I scratch in the spot it itches, and it goes away. But I have these weird "it's not itching where I first sense the itching" sensations, too.
I know that's weird, and probably hard to understand, but I've even asked people, "do you ever get an itch in a certain spot, but when you scratch there, it doesn't go away, because it's not REALLY where you are itching... then a few minutes later, you'll scratch an itch somewhere else, and you realize the sensed itch then goes away?" And always, I get the dumb stare, and "I have no idea what you are talking about."
I know our nerves are all interconnected. And that we have meridians that actually connect to seemingly disconnected parts of our body. I just chalk it up to weird wiring. LOL
Sorry, I don't know anything about your vein problem, but thought I'd post about my weird sensory issue.
Why on earth aren't you discussing this with your doctor. There are so many different health issues you have described the symptoms to I wouldn't know where to start. A fair few of them are treatable.
I will mention the biggest one, heart issues going into blood pressure issues. You need to see a doctor, not post on a board.
Oh and I do know people with those symptoms, not all of them at the same time but those symptoms.
Please call your doctor! Please
Sounds like, as others said, you need to see a health professional.
I can say, however..I have a fingernail "thing" too. I was always known for crazy long nails..middle school, high school and as an adult. Till a few years ago (I am early 40's now). If my nails get just a teeny long...like there is a few centimeters of white showing for a tip...my finger tips hurt like they have been smashed...I can't type well. It physically hurts.
I have other sort of sensory particularities that are just "worse" than when I was younger. Fabrics, seams, tags (some very "normal" sensory things you hear tell of) ...the weight of clothing and blankets that cover me. Which plates, mugs or spoons I will use (we have a few sets so slightly different from each other). Things like this have always been something of an issue for me, but now that I am older its at times obsessive and I actually GET to control them...so I am not sure if they are worse or not?
And mine do not disrupt as much as one might think..LOL. Hubby also laughs at me! But I do not experience throbbing, short of breath, tingling, numbness or anything that might "paralyze" me. So I do not worry so much for myself.
Consider addressing the throbbing for sure.
Best wishes!
Lol...me, too. I don't have the vein thing going on, but I always thought I was just "sensitive" and had "OCD tendencies". When I'm on the stairs, I tend to focus too hard on falling and bumping my teeth. I have that "itch" thing that somebody else described. If somebody touches me, I have to rub off their touch. If I have to use someone else's phone (which is rarer than rare), it has to be cool to the touch, not at all warm. Same with my writing pens--if I happen to let someone else use my pen, I have to rub it until it's "new" again. I can't sit on the toilet if it's warm from my husband sitting on it.
I feel other people's physical and emotional pains as if they were my own. I can tell when someone is sick or dying...or pregnant. (In the case of one friend, I knew that she'd miscarried before she knew that she'd been pregnant.) I can see a life story in one picture. (Ex: A college student showed me a professional portrait of her boyfriend. I just blurted out, "Oh, he loves cows and baseball." Well, he'd enjoyed growing up on his grandparents' farm and was on his college baseball team.) I can "hear" people through written messages. (Ex: Friend sent me a business announcement to forward to my husband. I "heard" her speaking through clenched teeth; I "felt" pain in her mouth. I asked what was wrong, and she told me that she had a terrible toothache.) I have a knack for symmetry, as well. And when I lotion anything that I have two of, I use the same amount of lotion for each. I count sips as I drink and can only pause on prime numbers. Oh, it goes on and on. There's nothing wrong with me, though...say I.
Sometimes I run into trouble because I see certain things as if they are etched in stone right before me. To me they are, and I don't always realize that I am responding to something that has not been said aloud or otherwise intentionally shared.
you should tell your doctor about all of this. it sounds like fybromialgia and ocd, or anxiety which can be medicated untill you get your gears back in place. also do the meyers briggs test online (do about five of them )to find out your personality type. you might be sensing type of personality the ocd might be from your counting or your personality type. you probley dont realize how out of controll or how much this is effecting your life as you have learned how to deal with it or avoid it.
It does sound sensory related. I'm sure you can receive treatment for such a thing. I don't see why it wouldn't work for an adult as it does a child. I know someone who was recently diagnosed with OCD and his doctor put him on Zoloft, I think. Maybe you should talk to a psychiatrist about it; they will know how to help with OCD. I know a lot of people with this condition, it's fairly common.
This is a shot in the dark but worth a try, when your hair gets pulled, for example, and you feel the desire to pull the other side, try getting down on the floor and doing 10 push ups. Or, do 30 jumping jacks. Or lift your child into the air 10x. See if that effects the way you feel. Can you control that temptation? OT's believe that heavy work is a good treatment. Also, chew more gum. It's calming and might help with these needs.
