Sudden numbness in whole left-side of my body..

Denise1952 said:
My calcium levels are good, and my last tests were 2 weeks ago. 9.7. I take supplements for extra magnesium, 200 mg at bedtime right now but have taken higher doses as well. I attribute less nerve pain, and good sleep for just 2 things to magnesium. Like I said, I do get a good amount of calcium in my foods.
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I take 800 mg of magnesium a day, sometimes 1200 if needed. Otherwise I get in serious trouble. I shake so much I can not walk, it is very strange. Magnesium just leaks out of me. Currently I am tracking my food as I am trying to increase my protein intake as blood tests always show I am very low on protein.

Due to the protein lack I am considered to be an adult failure to thrive patient 😂.
 

charry said:
Yes it does sound like a TIA...
Please, Get it checked out Denise.....
I wish hubby had checked his simple pins and needles,
Followed 4 months later with a massive stroke which has left him paralysed down his left side
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I've had 2 doctors agree so far, but I won't rule it out as I mentioned earlier. There's a whole, big picture I need to look at, not assume anything. I'm too curious for that ;) When people have a stroke or heart issues, I want to know what they eat, their exercise routine, and even family history/genetics. I do believe a lot of strokes and heart disease have been "sometimes" blamed on the wrong thing. I will keep searching myself because my experience with doctors of conventional medicine are lacking in looking at that bigger picture.
 
Aneeda72 said:
I take 800 mg of magnesium a day, sometimes 1200 if needed. Otherwise I get in serious trouble. I shake so much I can not walk, it is very strange. Magnesium just leaks out of me. Currently I am tracking my food as I am trying to increase my protein intake as blood tests always show I am very low on protein.

Due to the protein lack I am considered to be an adult failure to thrive patient 😂.
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Oh Aneeda, I have a tremor and that is why I first started the magnesium. I was taking 800 a so a day too. I think I'll start again because my tremor changed, not really better, just different. Only my head, left hand so far. Anxiety or like getting pissed off I really start shaking. I think the magnesium is helping though because I've been taking it for at least a year, and sometimes, I just find myself not shaking, then it starts up when I think about it, I know, stop thinking about it ;)
 

Denise1952 said:
I've had 2 doctors agree so far, but I won't rule it out as I mentioned earlier. There's a whole, big picture I need to look at, not assume anything. I'm too curious for that ;) When people have a stroke or heart issues, I want to know what they eat, their exercise routine, and even family history/genetics. I do believe a lot of strokes and heart disease have been "sometimes" blamed on the wrong thing. I will keep searching myself because my experience with doctors of conventional medicine are lacking in looking at that bigger picture.
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I dont/think it’s what you’ve Eat exercise etc,
I personally think, strokes , heart attacks and cancers are Genetic Denise......JMO....
 
I had similar symptoms that you describe as long term so maybe what I experienced won't be what your problem is. My left arm & starting with the little finger and the next two became intermittently numb. Went to urgent care had x-ray of arm & back. Diagnosed as arthritis.

3 days later I was watching TV when a pain I couldn't endure sent me to the emergency ward. There I was diagnosed with collapsed discs from 1 to 7 in the cervical section of my spine. The pain & numbness was due to compression of the nerves between c-3 & c-6.

Surgery took away the severe pain. I'm left with numbness & muscle atrophy in my left hand & arm because crushing of the nerves damaged them beyond recovery.

I hope you get your situation resolved. This might sound dumb but here goes.

Lay on your bed stretch out over the edge so that your head & arms are extended in order for your head to pull or open somewhat the cervical spine discs. If you experience any relief it might indicate your discs are slowly collapsing
 
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Knight said:
I had similar symptoms that you describe as long term so maybe what I experienced won't be what your problem is. My left arm & starting with the little finger and the next two became intermittently numb. Went to urgent care had x-ray of arm & back. Diagnosed as arthritis.

3 days later I was watching TV when a pain I couldn't endure sent me to the emergency ward. There I was diagnosed with collapsed discs from 1 to 7 in the cervical section of my spine. The pain & numbness was due to compression of the nerves between c-3 & c-6.

Surgery took away the severe pain. I'm left with numbness & muscle atrophy in my left hand & arm because crushing of the nerves damaged them beyond recovery.

I hope you get your situation resolved.
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I am so sorry to hear that Knight. I had my cardio tell me every issue I have is related to my nerves. Not hard for me to believe since I've been a bundle of nerves most of my life. I'm glad you got rid of the pain at least, take care, Denise
 
I got some poor, even bad information on my T2 Forum because there doesn't seem to be anyplace, online atleast, for Haemorragic Migraine, only a Haemorragic stroke. Maybe that's what the poster I quoted meant to say. Thought I'd clear that up, from my earlier post. I'm pretty sure I can rule that one out, it's horrific ;(
 
The more I think about this, Denise, the more I think you do need to see more doctors at this point, to thoroughly investigate and to figure out what has been causing the recent issues of yours, you've described. Not us or other forums, and not even alternative ideas, which I use as much as possible too, but sometimes, other (mainstream) intervention is needed.

There must be a card. doc who supervises your pacemaker status, and some other doc to be sure about cervical discs, etc, etc, etc.....
I hope you do get some more input from sources who know much more than anyone else could guess.
 
good to see you still meandering @Meanderer :p I woke so early and noticed right away how my arm was all stiff and numb "still". Got online to see if I could find more info and saw new replies. There are so, many issues that can cause numbness, but I'm more interested in the fix. I just hope there is one. Right now I'm just trying to get exercise each day, and eat right :)

Have a good one and I'll be checking in (not the padded, cell :LOL: although it's a possibility) here once in awhile today!
 
Kaila said:
The more I think about this, Denise, the more I think you do need to see more doctors at this point, to thoroughly investigate and to figure out what has been causing the recent issues of yours, you've described. Not us or other forums, and not even alternative ideas, which I use as much as possible too, but sometimes, other (mainstream) intervention is needed.

There must be a card. doc who supervises your pacemaker status, and some other doc to be sure about cervical discs, etc, etc, etc.....
I hope you do get some more input from sources who know much more than anyone else could guess.
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I do have a cardio, but my appointment with him is booked out there. I'll do the best I can since I live in what I call, an isolated part of California, for now. Thanks Kaila :)
 
A similar thing happened to me some years ago and I was worried that it was a TIA. I saw my GP and later a hospital doctor. I had a brain scan (and as I joke, they couldn't find anything) but that found that I didn't have either a Stroke or TIA. The feeling in side returned to normal quite quickly and no cause was ever found. Suspicion was some sort of nerve problem. Since then I've only had the very occasional numbness on one side, but very mild and short lived.
 
Capt Lightning said:
A similar thing happened to me some years ago and I was worried that it was a TIA. I saw my GP and later a hospital doctor. I had a brain scan (and as I joke, they couldn't find anything) but that found that I didn't have either a Stroke or TIA. The feeling in side returned to normal quite quickly and no cause was ever found. Suspicion was some sort of nerve problem. Since then I've only had the very occasional numbness on one side, but very mild and short lived.
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Good to hear @Capt Lightning I'm hoping for my arm to "re-awaken" too. Also, I'll be moving to Santa Rosa, closer to more choice in doctors, so I can pursue it further. Did all your feeling come back at once? Mine came back in the order it happened, weird, except for arm. I have to start packing for move, and that will get me all the exercise I need, but I'm not going to overdo, since that's what I was doing just before this happened ;)
 
Aneeda72 said:
Are you better?
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No, arm is the same @Aneeda72 but I have my appt. with chiropracter in 6 days. We'll see if he can help me. I stopped having migraines every day, so that's an improvement. Thanks for asking, been keeping busy at home as there has been a spike in covid cases with people I actually know :( I previously knew not one person that had it, or tested positive.
 
I too, have wondered how you are doing, Denise, so my thank you, to Aneeda for asking, and for your reply, Denise.

While we do hope for greater improvements for you, that is good to hear that the migraines are less, and that your left side and arm, are at the least, not worse than they were.
I hope that appointment might help you. Is it with someone you have seen before and helped you in the past? Or is it someone who is highly recommended to you?
 
Kaila said:
I too, have wondered how you are doing, Denise, so my thank you, to Aneeda for asking, and for your reply, Denise.

While we do hope for greater improvements for you, that is good to hear that the migraines are less, and that your left side and arm, are at the least, not worse than they were.
I hope that appointment might help you. Is it with someone you have seen before and helped you in the past? Or is it someone who is highly recommended to you?
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Hi @Kaila, no, this chiro is new to me, well-liked here in town though. I did have a chiropractor when I lived in WA State, and in just 4 visits, my rotator cuff was healed. I had so much nagging pain at work (we were in cubicles) my "neighbor" noticed I was having a lot of trouble, I couldn't hide it. She referred me to a chiro when I told her, so I called him. 4 visits later, I never have had the pain again. If it's a pinched nerve, he might be able to help me. I'm hopeful :)

I don't know how familiar any of you are with the different kind of numbness, but mine feels like a tightening, like when they take your blood-pressure and wrap that thing around your arm. I can't squeeze my hand tight either. Nothing hurts, just feels awful, but most of the time, I've learned to ignore it.
 

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