Left arm tingling and dizziness

[milehigh]

I have been experiencing very odd discomfort in my arm for the past two months.  My left arm only, tingles and goes numb.  At the same time I feel very dizzy and I start to develop a dull headache that sits right behind my eyes.  Sometimes my vision becomes blurry during the episode.  Each episode lasts about two minutes and I usually feel a little dizzy afterward but ok for the most part.  Sometimes I can feel the episode coming on and other times it just hits all of a sudden.  I had an MRI done and the results came back fine.  I also had extensive bloodwork done and they also came back fine.  My doctor then put my on Inderol LA for complex migraines, but the medication is not working and I am having more frequent episodes than before starting the meds.  My doctor is baffled and doesn't know what else to do.  He has looked for brain tumors, MS and thyroid disorders but says I check out fine on all of those.  He has been calling around to local doctors to see what they say, but no one seems to have any idea.  I am an otherwise healthy 23 year old with no other medical problems and a VERY healthy medical history.  Any ideas about what this could be?

[Want2Bnormal]

I am strangely comforted that lots of people have unexplained symptoms like I do, however, at the same time I wish we all had an answer and a quick fix.  I had never thought of something being out of whack in my spine or neck causing my troubles.  I have episodes of tingling in my hands, arms, nose, lips with dizziness and palpitations.  I frequently am fatigued with a headache and nausea also sometimes.  Now and then I'll be sitting or standing and my head will feel like it's being filled with pressure, but a friend owned a blood pressure cuff and checked it at that moment and it was fine.  I suffer from anxiety, but I have always wondered, what came FIRST the physical symptoms or the anxiety ABOUT the symptoms.  Getting up and moving around always helps me.  I really think I'll check into the chiropractor.  Throughout the day I easily pop my neck and lower back just by tilting my body to the side with no effort or forcing.  Best wishes with you all, I'm so sorry you don't feel well.

[BUBBA 42]

THIS SOUNDS SO FAMILIAR. I'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS ONLY FOR 2 WEEKS. I THOUGHT I WAS HAVING AHEART ATTACK OR SOMETHING. I'VE HAD NUMBNESS AND TINGLING IN MY HAND ARM AND LEG. FLET LIKE I COULD PASS OUT SEVERAL TIMES. THEN GET WEAK. AFTER A WEEK THE NUMBNESS GOT WORSE AND I ALMOST PASSED OUT IN AMEETING A WORK. WENT TO IMMEDIATE CARE AND THEY DID ABUNCH OF TESTS AND THOUGHT I MIGHT HAVE HAD ASTROKE. THEY SENT ME TO THE ER. MY BLOOD PRESSURE WAS HIGH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE AND BEEN WILD SINCE. THEY DID MRI BLOOD WORK EEGC? I THINK THATS WHAT ITS CALLED. TESTED FOR BLOCKAGES IN MY THROAT AND KIDNEYS. ALL TEST CAME BACK NORMAL.BUT THEY PUT MY ON BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICINE. AWEEK AND A DAY LATER I'M STILL HAVING ERATIC BLOOD PRESSURE TINGLIN A PAIN IN MY CHEST AND BACK AND NO ANSWERS. HOW SCARY AND DISSCOURAGING.

[singingdazed]

I had a similar problem and it turns out that I had a gluten intolerance that was causing swelling and other issues that led to the dizziness, headache, etc.  I completely cut out all (absolutely all) gluten from my diet and my symptoms went away.  Try it for 6 weeks to see if it helps.  Check online for gluten intolerance or celiac disease (an extreme form of gluten intolerance).

[M.c. Angel]

I have had almost the EXACT same symptoms.  I am 17, I have asthma, and for the past 4 years I've had dizzy spells.  If I get up too quickly, sit down to quickly, anything, I get dizzy.  But I've also had them when I'm standing or sitting still.  My heart begins to race violently and I become dizzy.  If I take a step, I have a shot of pain throughout my body.  The dizzy spell isn't like after you spin in circles and everything is moving; everything is normal, but I feel dizzy and off balance.  My symptoms worsened this year.  I went to the ER 9/19/07 because I had called to make an appointment, and I had the hospital practically yelling at me to go the ER, saying that the numbness in my left arm and the racing of my heart could be a heart attack.  I went in, I was fine.  When I left I was extremely tiered (I don't know if it was because I had blood drawn) and I slept from 6 pm till 7 am.  and When I woke up I was STILL tiered.  Last night, I had similar symptoms in my arm (it is only my left arm), only this time I had a quick shot of the symptoms through my left leg, and the center of my foot, just above the heel soared with pain.  I felt agitated, restless, and in complete pain, and only got an hour of sleep.  Then this morning in my History class, I had the same feelings in my arm, and I went to turn my head and it felt like I tore/cracked, I don't know how to explain, in my head.  This took my completely by surprise.  I kept turning my head again to see if it would do it again.  It didn't.  Halfway through the class, I turned my head to the opposite direction, and it happened AGAIN.  After class I couldn't keep balance, I tripped twice going up the stairs.  I have also had sharp pains behind my eyes, it feels as if my eye is being strained and torn.  That pain is however fleeting.  I've been running out of breath rapidly.  It is difficult for me to walk and talk at the same time because I start panting and getting dizzy.  I'm scheduled to get a holter monitor Monday.  I also have been suffering shortness of breath for which I was told by a doctor that I should start taking an inhaler twice a day (which I haven't been doing).  I hate hospitals, I'm scared of needles, and every time I give in to go, my symptoms aren't there.  And then I look like a fool and feel completely humiliated.  I eat healthy, I do mild exercising (nothing requiring use of the inhaler).  I also have insomnia, which I found out recently could be a side effect of the inhaler.  I've taken Ambian, but only three times out of the several months that I have had it.  As far as coffee, I don't drink it regularly and am most certainly not addicted.  I don't like medication and don't want medication.  I just want the pain to go away.  It is effecting my school work, my sleep, and my daily activities.  

[M.c. Angel]

Also, I probably should have read everyone's comments before I wrote.  But I was anxious to get my voice out.  I thought (still sort of think) that I'm going crazy after blood results (blood pressure, etc) and heart  came back normal.   I take B-12 regularly.  And I've had "blind" spots in my eye, but I always thought it was from use of makeup, even when I didn't wear makeup.  the little spot gives me a blurry feeling.  I've checked to see if it's eye dirt, but nothing.  I think it's just from the make up and messing with my eyes.  I don't wear contacts or anything like that. And I had two instances in my life where I've passed out.  several months ago I collapsed after turning my alarm off, woke up some time later and had a panic attack because I didn't know where I was.  After that I went immediately to the hospital and got put on Ambian.  It doesn't work (I've been on a few different sleep meds.; they never work.)  So I stopped taking it.  And even when I did take it, I took it only 3 times; every other day since that I was told.  I couldn't sleep when I took it.  

[veronica1012]

I have been having the same symptoms the tingiling on my fingers the numness on my arm and the chest pain that goes to the back, if any af you has an anser PLEASE! send me an email and let me know, i am a bit worry, everyone tells me is estress, i have 3 boys between te ages of 2 and 8 so i have a lot going on in my house everyday and night! thanks.