Dizziness, Tingling and Heaviness of Left Arm

[Blaze01]

For about 3 months now, I have been experiencing dizziness as well as heaviness, tingling sensation, and an overall weak feeling in my left arm mostly, but it also has traveled down the entire left side of my body. I am a 24 yr old healthy female. I went to the ER when it first started and was really bad. My entire left side was tingling, including the left side of my face, my left arm, leg and foot. It only happens on the LEFT side. When I walked it felt like my left ankle was just going to give out on me, it felt really weak. I was also EXREMELY dizzy. I was admitted and these symptoms were strong and lasted for over a day. I was in the hospital for 2 days and they ran a CT scan, an MRI, blood tests, and all came back negative. Gradually my symptoms started to fade. They released me after they had done every test they could think of without knowing what was causing them. Since then my symptoms have been coming and going, but not to the same intensity that they were when I went to the ER. Sometimes I will be fine and then it will just come on slowly and last for a few hours and then fade away. This happens daily if not every other day. It doesn't matter if I'm sitting or standing or being active or inactive, I will just start to feel really dizzy and off balance and then the arm heaviness, and ankle weakness will set in. I am going to an Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor so he can run tests as well. I had an extremely bad ear infection about 6 months ago where my equilibrium was off and I was dizzy. I am hoping it's some kind of virus that can be treated and not something serious like my heart or MS or anything like that. If anyone has had similar symptoms or has been diagnosed with something, PLEASE let me know what you think. I cannot keep going on without getting any answers. There has to be an explaination out there somewhere! Thank you so much for your comments.

[Niqo6]

I was taken to the emergency with similar symptoms as all of you guys, my doctor diagnosed me with Vertigo, I recommend going to an ENT

[prismson]

I have very simular symptoms as most of your posts here. I have severe dizziness (very light headed to the point I feel like I might pass out and it happens no matter if I am standing, sitting or laying down), heaviness and slight tingleness in my left arm (though it feels numb, i can feel when i pinch myself and no loss of strength or movement), my left leg feels almost as bad as my arm but not quite, but I can feel the difference in my legs when I walk as my left leg feels heavier or maybe weaker is the correct word than the right leg and I have even had some shortness of breath. It got bad last week to where I couldn't eat or sleep for like 4 days. I finally went to the ER. They seemed to run their normal tests and told me that I wasn't dieing to go hom, if it got worse come back otherwise a appointment with my doctor. The diagnosis from the ER simply said what my complaints were. Not what the found or didn't find. Weird. Later that night it happened again and felt worse. So I went back to the ER and this time at least they ran a MRI of my head (and I found out I had a brain, Who knew!) but they said everything looked normal. They said there were no signs of a heart attack, stroke or anything with the tests they ran and sent me home again with the diagnosis this time of fatigue and weakness.. No kidding I have fatigue, I have been up for 4 days and haven't ate. So unhappy with how I felt I was treated I called the discharge nurse and talked to him. He had me come back in and after sitting in the ER on a friday night for 5 hours I go to the back and they ran no tests at all. Instead they sent in the mental health people. They think it is just anxiety. Well I am not a professional by any means but the way I feel feels mighty real to me. But I told them that if they can give me a "happy pill" that will make it all go away, more power to them. I figured I would give it a shot because I have to wait until monday to call to make a appointment for a neurologist anyways. So I am on Buspirone that treats symptoms of anxiety. And to be honest, it has not taken away the symptoms, but they are less servere. So I am on the fence with this. Not sure if maybe they just haven't gotten the right dosage yet or if it isn't the problem and I am just playing mind over matter. All these symptoms and nothing shows up on any tests. It would not suprise me that one day they find out that these are early signs of something more critical that just hasn't surfaced yet. Would be nice if someone would start a study on this matter as it seems I am not the only one by far with these issues. What would also be really nice is if a doctor of any sort would leave some sort of feedback saying I had a patient with these symptoms and it turned out to be this. May not be what we all have, but at least it would give us direction. Hard to sit here and just suffer with this while everyone else just says that there's nothing we can do for you, we don't know whats wrong or I think it's all in your head. No matter how true these statements may be, it does not make it any easier for us who are suffering with this. I just think it's funny when they say you seem a little gittery, or you seem a little anxious. Well no kidding, lol. Go for days feeling like your going to pass out or like you had a stroke or whatever and see how you feel. I will bring up the B12 thing when I get in to see a neurologist and some of the other thing's I have read on here and hope the doctor doesn't feel like I am driving myself crazy by trying to self-diagnos over the internt. And if anyone has had any success with this as far as any answers, please post them. Like I stated earlier, it may not be what we all have but it may be what some of us have, but never the less, it does give us some direction to go on. It is possible that a doctor(s) may have just over looked something or maybe it normally has nothing to do with how we feel but for some strange reason, it does. Never know. Feel free to leave any comments.

[Stipper]

Hi I have had weird symptoms over the last year started with a vibration in my tailbone that came and went lasting few months , woke up with right side of face slightly numb and sensitive to touch , sensitivity to sharp loud noises that make me feel as though my head is going to burst , I have had tingling in my lips and the last week i have had pins and needles in my left hand and  a slight weakness and up my arm I am Now feeling the tingling down my left shin nauseus feeling and dizzy  , I have had a brain MRI and it was normal no ms or tumors so I am totally stumped and scared of what it could be ... Nice to know I'm not alone but still scared , many people have said I should look into aspartame poisoning as I gave used sweeteners for years and diet drinks etc so I'm stopping all of those and see what happens  

[martinjd]

I just found this thread. How is everyone? I have similar symptoms. Feeling of numbness in my left arm with no loss of strength. Numbness at times seems to extend to the left side of my face. While I was out yesterday my left leg seemed weak after walking for awhile. Went to the er and doc said it was anxiety. But I am not an anxious person. I know I am not imagining these symptoms.

[Rjh28]

Hi Cortex_toom
i feel the same right now its driving me crazy.. i know how you and everyone else feels. i am a healthy 27 year old who has never had any symtoms like this... i have had all my bloods done normal and also its not vasculitis or diabeties.. i have had abnormal MRI i have migraines and 2 white spots on my T2 white matter... which he said are non specific and nothing to worry about and week later get all this tingling down left side and arm feels so heavy i dont understand what it is from. i think i have everything right now. there is not one day i ever feel great with something making me feel down... does anyone else feels this... my neuro says all reflexes everythings great and have another MRI in 6 months to make sure there are no more changes... so frustrating...

[Dablizz]

Hello,
I stumbled across this forum and wanted to see if anyone here could shed some light on my strange symptoms as well. Four months ago I had a pins-and-needles feeling in my left forearm and hand. It came and went within a few days. A few weeks later, it returned, along with tingling in the left side of my face, then went away again. Another month later, the facial tingling came back, along with a slight tingle/perceived weakness in my left leg (but no more arm/hand issues). I say "perceived" because in actuality I was able to continue walking and playing sports as normal. It's more like a heavy feeling than true weakness, I guess. Oh, and the tip of my left big toe is also a little tingly/numb (weird but true - certainly not in my head). These symptoms disappeared as well, and then came back a few weeks later. For the last month or so, my left jaw is tingly and numb (sometimes my right jaw is a bit tingly as well, but not as much), and I have that toe tip tingle, perceived weakness in my left leg, and now left upper arm as well.

Very strange symptoms. I'm a 29 year old male, healthy, visited my doctor several times. He ordered an MRI to rule out MS, which was negative, did a functional nerve test in which everything was normal, did blood tests which found no evidence of Lyme or thyroid issues. The only slightly concerning finding was my vitamin B12 level, which is on the borderline of the lower limit of normal. But my doctor doesn't seem to think my B12 was low enough to cause these symptoms. When I first came across Lyme symptoms, I was almost convinced I had it until the blood test came back, since I live in the Northeast and do a fair amount of mountain biking and hiking (and have never been that diligent about checking for ticks).

I'd rather not send myself around to other doctors. I'm hoping some of you might have some ideas.