i've noticed throughout the years that the same thing happens to me. everyone just chalks it up to me being a "spaz" or that i'm wound too tight and jump forthe littlest reason. i never thought to ask if it was a side effect or not...

Maybe you have morgellon's..hehehe
Cymbalta made my skin feel creepy. Try taking some vitamins.

Damn, I thought this post would be more tittilating.

Oh, well.

It can be a med side effect or maybe a developing symptom of the illness.

Lots of people suffer from phantom signals.

I get tinnitus. Ringing in the ears. Not auditory hallucinations per se. But high pitched buzzing kinda things.

Some people have visual distortions. Seeing spots, tracers, etc...

They come and go. Maybe annoying but not neccessarily harmful.

But if it is going on continuosly for a prolonged period of time, (like days). You may want to see a doc. The tingling could be a precursor to a physical problem.

Above all else you are not overly crazy.

i used to feel like i had bugs crawling over me, still do sometimes. it happened more when i wasnt on any medication though.

I got that without being on meds at least not high enough it was inbetween Lithium 2 doses of lamictal and depekene... I was on the upward swing...

so i chalk it to a form of halucinations.

I had that feeling in my ears after starting Effexor XR. It has stopped somewhat after about 4 months. It was really annoying.

hmm ture I never thought of the vitamin thing... I do have a tendancy to not eat very well and I dont absorb my vitamins well anyway... so maybe it could be related to that... I cant remember if I felt stuff like this befor my meds... Ill have to ponder a while. I try to pay attention to what my body tells me. So little things like that I pay attention to. Not to the point of being a hypocondriact but I do tend to ask questions alot. I figure I have to live in this body... so I may as well not destroy it if I dont have to

i told my doctor thayt my risperdal is causin muscle twitches and my doctor told me it could be my nervous system or from my concerta but i haven't taken concerta for like 10 months and i found out a friend of mine is on the same exact meds i am on for her bipolar and she said the risperdal gives her the same reaction i absolutely hate when p-docs are wrong when usually the patient is right the p-doc tries and rule out what the patient believes

I was on depakote and had very very very bad tremors. My pdoc blamed it on my anxiety. she just kept increasing the anxiety med that wasnt even working... I told her this and she kept me at it. I stayed on the med cause I felt better but couldnt even sign my name and it was very socially embarrasing and very annoying to say the least. I had to stop seeing her and taking meds because of insurance and low and behold the tremors went away...

now here is the funny part... I get assigned to SMI and I tell my case worker the story of my depakote and my bad pdoc... she siad the gal they had was great and told HER about it. she said she wouldnt do that to me... I walk in the room and it was THE OLD PDOC!!! talk about egg on her face. I acted like I didnt recognise her and I retold the story and how I needed a doctor willing to trust that I knew my body. that my last goal was to med seek but Ill take what I have to.

This time I was on lithium and the good ol tremors came back I said something and she stoped the lithium and never said anoughter word about it. lol... I did have to fight for my xanax but I got it. kinda sad and funny at the same time... I still get a giggle when I think about how she was put in her place in a quiet way

I've been having the similar feelings in my legs. I was hoping it wasn't the BP med. Weighing if it bothers me enough to risk going of the med, I'd rather have weird sensations.
Guess this means I should take the med I hoped was causing it again. I hate taking meds.

It's definitely a neurological change and probably related to the meds. The best resource is to ask your pharmacist, I think they know more about meds than doctors do.

Buggy..we started talking about this eailier in the week...those electric shock feelings some of us get.I'm so glad yo posted,because I forgot...I was going to ask my Pdoc about some of our weird feelings we get(I saw him today).
Well,I got my answer from the Pdoc.

THEY DON'T KNOW.
Many patients describe the crawling bug on the arm or body,brushing it away,only to see there is nothing there.
Some patients see black spidery or stringy looking floaty things out of the corners of their eyes.Just out of view.
Other patients have the sensations of a seris of electric shocks,usually in a small roundish spot ,on the hands ,bottoms of the feet,in the groin or hip area.
Pdoc said,when dealing with something as complex as the brain,a bio chemical imbalance(BP) add to the mix Meds,some of which,they don't even know how or why they work....ANYTHING is possible.
Pdocs try to keep record of all the strange sensations we experience,so that ,they can compile a body of information,to help with the "Cause".

Your doctor is blameing anxiety,because that's the easy way to say

DUHHH,I dunno.

I've had that feeling when i have too much caffeine or when my lithium levels were raised in other ways.. i dont get it much anymore, but maybe i'm used to caffeine again.
I also take lamictal tho, so i coulda been mistaking the side effects from lithium instead of lamictal? i also take klonopin which is diff. from xanax..
looks like i dont know what the heck i'm talkin about!! another side effect! lol
I guess my point is that there are a couple of diff. meds that might have that side effect, but when u get the pamphlet at the pharmacy, they dont usually tell u u'll have "sensations of bugs crawling on u".. but it's true, thats what it feels like!

so true. I think I will up my balanced eating to the normal range and pop a multi just incase.... if it doesnt go away or doenst get worse I ll let it go cause its worth the balance I feel