# Limbs falling asleep/burning fingers **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [October 13, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.chiarisupport.org/t/limbs-falling-asleep-burning-fingers/2297 "2012-10-13T17:57:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mmrobinson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.chiarisupport.org/mmrobinson/32/1289_2.png) [@mmrobinson](https://forum.chiarisupport.org/u/mmrobinson)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.chiarisupport.org/t/limbs-falling-asleep-burning-fingers/2297/1 "2012-10-13T17:57:16Z")
This seems to be happening more and more, arms, hands, leg, foot..I always thought it was positional, now it seems to be just whenever. I don't know what is normal anymore.What is normal for feeling coming back after a body part goes to sleep? and how often does this normally happen.. Also..I have this weird burning in my fingertips..like I just cut up fresh jalapenos,..but I haven't cooked in days..and in months with jalapenos. Can anyone relate? ---
**Author:** ![Angela\_Elise\_B](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.chiarisupport.org/angela_elise_b/32/1103_2.png) [@Angela\_Elise\_B](https://forum.chiarisupport.org/u/Angela_Elise_B)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.chiarisupport.org/t/limbs-falling-asleep-burning-fingers/2297/2 "2012-10-15T02:47:20Z")
Have you already had a decompression surgery? Other than carpel tunnel, I had never had numbness until about 6 weeks before my surgery, then I experienced the numbness from the Chiari and it was totally different, weird. I would even notice it if I turned my head certain ways, or leaned forward to far. Does this sound the same? ---
**Author:** ![TerriMN](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.chiarisupport.org/terrimn/32/1038_2.png) [@TerriMN](https://forum.chiarisupport.org/u/TerriMN)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://forum.chiarisupport.org/t/limbs-falling-asleep-burning-fingers/2297/3 "2012-10-15T04:16:36Z")
Yes, this happens to me too. My "mild tingling" has turned into pain and goes from my shoulders to my fingertips and my knees to my feet. I am on 600 mg of Gabapentin (Neurontin) a day and it really helps me. It knocks the pain back down to mild tingling for me. I also get what I call the "creepy crawlies" where it feels like my scalp is tingling and it only happens on one side at a time, mostly the right side. It's a bizarre feeling, like something is crawling across your head! If I lay on my arms or legs they falls asleep quickly or if I kneel and sit on my legs they go to sleep. From what I hear, many people with Chiari get these symptoms. So I can relate! Terri in MN