Hey Koolman. I have done this many times in the past. Well it used to be a constant thing. Honestly I thought something was really wrong with me. I had numbness in my hands and feet, Tingling and sometime full numbness in one or either of my legs, random hot flashes, or felt like someone touched me or electrical shocking sensations. It was all caused by anxiety and panic attacks. I am on Clonazepam and Sertraline now and these sensations rarely happen. I hope that this helps you out. Since you say it it is in your wrist do you think maybe it it could be carpal tunnel syndrome? Here is a link so you can see if this may be a issue.
http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/carpal-tunnel/carpal-tunnel-syndrome-topic-overview

It's probably stress related but a Neurologist could rule out other things.

When it is directly connected to anxiety reaction, check to see if you're hydrated.

Mild dehydration can cause the sensation and the cure / release is getting liquid into your body.

Hope you are feeling better.

I'd definitely go with the water thing, because dehydrated muscles and tendons shrink. (This is how you get headaches.)

I'd also see the chiropractor. Your neck could need adjusting. I will get pins and needles and all sorts when my neck is out. Sometimes waking in the morning with totally numb hands.

and it's just my neck. :)

Thanks, peeps! Huge help!

Have you thought about carpel tunnel ? It can have various hand /wrist/
arm symptoms and is more common than you would think. I had hand
surgery a few years ago and more than half the patients in the prep
area with me were there for surgery to correct it. [ Thats a last resort
fix , so even if you have it you probably could improve with physical therapy.]

Also agree that it could be a neck problem.

Thanks, Temps. Yes, I've thought it could be Carpel Tunnel, except I use my RIGHT hand to click the mouse and the tingling, stinging pain is in my LEFT wrist. Does Carpel Tunnel transfer from one wrist to the other? Yeah, surgery will definitely be a last resort, thanks. Unless I need open heart or need a tumor removed, I'd rather not go under the knife for anything.

I think there might be credence to the lack of hydration thing. I definitely notice this more in the winter when I'm not sweating as much and thus not drinking as much water than in the summer when I'm sweating plenty and drinking plenty of water.

You are right, carpel tunnel doesnt jump from one arm to the other.
If you type with your left hand , even though you use your right more
it could still happen. Oddly, it can come from any activity where your
wrists are in a strained or overused position . Most people associate it with typing. Here's a strange one for you : My doc had a patient who
developed it from frequent lifting of a new baby. Got worse as the baby gained weight.

Its probably not the cause of your problem. Just thought i would mention it.

Hi Koolman, yes I have experienced the tingling in my left wrist and feet. I was given all the tests and after a good talk with my primary care dr assuring me all was well health wise. I am now seeing my therapist after many years to work out whatever that is going on with me to cause these anxiety issues. Hope you are doing well.

I got carpel tunnel in my pruning hand and I had the operation, which took about 2 yrs to heal but definitely was worth it. Carpel tunnel did not affect my typing at all, but stopped me from being able to squeeze anything. so no pruning, no peeling potatoes, no gripping the vaccum cleaner. I could not hold the trowel to garden. I could not hold the trigger down on the hose. Everything had to be done with my left hand.

it creates numbness, or rather, constant pins and needles, in the middle fingers and a failure of message to get through to the nerves. So you are telling your hand to clench, but it won't. It just won't.

The pain in your wrist when you work with it is quite searing and unmistakeable. So you might start pruning thinking you are okay, but by morning tea time you are in really bad pain and the noise of the pain seems to shut off the tunnel to the nerve message, and you become weaker and weaker and you just can't do the bigger cuts, until you can't do any cuts at all.

There are tests they do for carpel tunnel, basically electrical tests. They wire you up at the shoulder or elbow and at the finger, and then give you electric shocks and measure what gets through. It doesn't hurt.

I get tingling in my fingers but I realized through self study that anytime I think distressing thoughts, is when this happens.


I hope it's not anything more serious.