Odd Symptoms: Neurological Illness?

[usysparawl]

Sounds like an odd symptoms...a lot of docs and neuro's will look closely at migrating numbness as a symptom as the main culprit is usually MS. However with MS it wouldnt be just in the morning and it certaintly wouldnt just go away in a short space of time.

Im not sure if what you describe is a sensory symptom of some neurological illness or perhaps something more simple like a circulation problem. Next time you go to bed try something..turn your matress over and then have a nights sleep on the other side to see if the problem returns. I know it sounds crazy, but a few years ago, for about 4-5 nights in a row I kept waking up in the middle of the night and my whole arm had fallen asleep, it was just the way I was sleeping and no doubt the matress had lost its rigidity, so id been laying in a funny way which was causing loss of blood flow. I turned the matress over and voila..never had it since Probably not the answer to your problem but worth a shot

 

[melyssa221]

Ok, everyone . . . get over this one. My hands, arms, and fingers have been falling asleep in the morning for years. And sometimes at the computer. So does my husbands, my mothers and my uncles. It is a circulation problem due to sleeping position. It is common and probably occurs in 75% of the population. I had it as a teenager.

This is NOT ALS or MS. If it were ALS, the numbness would mean total loss of use of the finger forever. PARALYSIS.

Other conditions can cause numbness like diabetes, pinched nerves, carpel tunnel, etc.

I wouldn't give this a second thought.

 

[StephG22]

there is a nerve by your elbow that causes that numbness you feel ...when you sleep on it,,,,my neurologist told me so...cas it was happening to me

 

[arizaz2021]

I think it is totally normal for this to happen if it's positional. Happens to my arms & hands every morning because I sleep with my arms over my head. Try not bending your arms while sleeping if it worries you.

 

[GinniferLynne]

I communicated with someone on braintalk about 5 months ago. She said her muscles would "freeze up" and she had finally gone to a specialist. The dx was myclonia (sp?) which is where muscles can involuntarily freeze up. I believe I have a version of this as my thumb pads on both hands are extra tight on some days. My whole nightmare began with numbness in my mouth, arm, and buzzing in my leg. Lots of MRI's--all over, but only disc herniation dx.

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