5 Reasons Your Feet Still Bother You at Night After 50
Summary: Maybe your feet tingle or feel strange when you lie down at night. You've tried creams, warm socks, and foot soaks. Someone told you it's just your age. Here are 5 things most people over 50 never hear about this. Read them before your next checkup, and talk to your doctor about any symptoms.
Why night feels different
1. Your Feet Feel Worse at Night, and You're Not Imagining It
During the day you're busy. You're walking, talking, and thinking about other things.
At night, everything gets quiet. You lie still, and that's when many people notice tingling, a pins-and-needles feeling, or feet that just feel "off."
If your feet bother you at night, talk to your doctor. It's worth finding out why.
2. "It's Just Your Age" Isn't the Whole Story
Getting older does change your body. But it also changes how much you get out of the food you eat.
Some vitamins your nerves use are stuck to protein in food. Your stomach acid frees them. Many people make less stomach acid as they get older.
So you can eat meat, eggs, and fish and still get less of these vitamins out of them than you did at 30.
What most people try
3. The Creams and Warm Socks Only Work on the Outside
Creams, warm socks, foot soaks, and heating pads can feel nice. Many people try all of them.
But none of them add the vitamins your nerves use every day. They work on the outside of your body.
Flip your bottle and check
4. Your Multivitamin May Not Be Covering You
Many people think a daily multivitamin covers everything. Flip the bottle over and read the label.
Many multivitamins have small amounts of some vitamins compared with a supplement made just for one of them.
What to tell your doctor
Ask them to check your vitamin levels
5. Waiting It Out Usually Isn't a Plan
A lot of people put up with it for months. They figure it will go away on its own, or that nothing can be done.
Your doctor can look at what's going on. Ask them to check your vitamin levels too. It's a simple blood test.
So What Can You Actually Do?
You can't change your age. But you can take three simple steps:
- Talk to your doctor and ask about your vitamin levels
- Get the vitamins your nerves use, every day
- Pick a format you'll actually stick with
The Vitamin Most People Overlook: B12
B12 helps keep nerves healthy. B1 and B6 are two more B vitamins nerves use. This liquid B12 drop puts all three in one dropper. You hold it under your tongue for 30 seconds, then swallow. There's no pill.
- 5,000mcg methyl B12 — the form your body can use as is
- 2,400mcg B1 and 3,400mcg B6 — two more B vitamins nerves use
- Niacin and folic acid — in the same dropper
- 30 seconds under the tongue — in six fruit flavors
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