Left Side Weakness and Numbness

[StacyDance]

Thanks guys. Most of the times this has flared up, it has been in my left arm or my left leg and maybe during these times I have overly used my right side to compensate. Also, I am left handed but do everything else with my right hand and my right arm has always been very strong.

Anyway, the feelings have always gone away and the strength has always come back. You would think after 11 years I would stop worrying about this, but it never goes away. I have to start just living for each day because we are never promised tomorrow!! I don't know why I get so caught up in this other than it makes me feel like crap! Thank god for Buspar! I'm sleeping and eating again!

I can tell you one thing, I never worried about this as much as I do since I have had children. Something about those little ones makes you feel very vulnerable and protective.

Thanks again for the responses!

StacyDance

 

[darric1]

Yep, definitely have had hand issues just like you stated.

 

[beensuggested]

I think having children is one of the main reasons you get alot of anxiety. I know my mom said she had a terrible time worrying when my sister and I were young and now she says she's indestructible - hope I take after her I think that's why the anxiety got the best of me with all of this because at the worst of it, I was worried about not seeing my girls grow up. Who know, maybe you'll take after my mom too
Kit

 

[StacyDance]

You're exactly right kit. This stuff started with me before we decided to have children. I got comfortable with this being a benign condition and we had two daughters. So that's another thing to think about. Carrying and having a child is natural but very taxing on the body and I started with my symptoms prior to having my girls. I did worry for a while that having children would throw my symptoms into overdrive, or worse yet, make it progress into something worse, but all I did was have a flare after each pregnancy. I'm still here 11½ years later and even though this sucks, I would never go back and decide against having my kids! Having children make us vulnerable and make us think of the times when we were little and worried about losing our parents, at least I remember going through that stage. My children do not know and will never know anything about this---no need to make them worry! That's why I love this forum, it's a family and we all suffer in some way, shape or form and I appreciate everyone who responds to these posts, because we help people in some small way each day to get by and maybe worry a little less! So thank you guys!

Many Blessings!


StacyDance