interestingly I had too this episodes for several years. I am diabetic and taking insulin, ny weight was under the normal for several years and at that time I had the arms weakness episodes at least twice a week, during th eepisodes couldn't do anything (about 3-5 min at most) Interestingly I started to gain weight during the last year and the episodes totally stoped. I am now about 5 kg over the normal weight and no episode
Hi,
Thanks for sharing your story.
I am having the weakness in my arms on and off and it was just recently followed by the vision impairment. I went to a doctor once about the vision thing and they said migraine too. I have problems with my neck and back as well. I kept thinking the wave of muscle weakness might have something to do with taking meds for cholesterol as they affect muscles. Do you take anything for cholesterol?
I said I would report back. I got my MRI results today and saw a neurologist. The visual disturbance I had was attributed to a migraine, and the intermittent numbness in my arms is presumed due to a great deal of arthritis and bulging disks in my neck. Certainly not the worst it could have been.
Signing off.
I've just started having these episodes, had 5 in a week including 3 episodes of bilateral vision disturbance. Spots were missing out of my field of vision. If I moved my head I could read everything. It is mostly the numbness/weakness/tingling in my arms. They have started affecting the back of my neck as well. I finally called our Ask-A-Nurse service and they said quite sternly to call my primary doctor right away! I called her and she said, also quite sternly, to go to ER right away! So I went there and they did CAT scan, blood work, and EKG, and found nothing. I have had many more episodes of the arm symptoms, sometimes with hand tremors, and I type for a living :(. Once when driving I had to pull over and let my husband drive as I couldn't grip the wheel and I have been dropping things frequently. I've been to the chiropractor twice and will go back if they don't find anything, but I had an MRI of brain and spinal cord, and expect to get those results today or tomorrow and I have a neurologist appointment tomorrow. I do know that I have deteriorated disks in my neck and it does not have a normal curve. My eyes checked out ok. So I am thinking it's either a disk problem or potentially a neuro disorder like MS. The visual disturbance everyone said was an ocular migraine or a migraine aura. I will post back.
Im so sorry this is happening to you. It has just started happening to me. It amazes me how much the doctors do NOT know!
Cervical spondylosis. Basically a compression of the vertabrae in the neck, which compresses the nerves leading to numbness, and heaviness in arms and often legs, as well. Neck exercises, physio can help.