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Full Body Numbness Dizzyness Decreased Sensation Difficulty with Eyes Focusing Difficult Moving Muscles
5 months ago I was perfectly healthy. I was going to school full time and worked full time, but school was finally finished. I had all my nights and weekneds in front of me to relax and get my social life back....or so I thought.
I was fixing up my house and lifting some heavy equipment when I heard an unnatural pop followed by intense pain. I couldn't move my back for 2 weeks. After my back seemed to have healed I noticed I couldn't feel my toes. Sciatica was no big deal and so I went to the doc and we monitored it.
A few weeks later while wiring an electric system I to eat a tv meal. My whole body began numb and I felt as though I was dissociated with my body. My heart began to beat widely. Was on the verge of blacking out and was rushed to the hospital. Diagnosis: Anxiety / Stress
My docotor ran Lupus, lyme, hiv, other venerals, vitaminan deficiency tests, cortisal, thyroid, liver, kidney, anemia, diabities, heavy metals, and a few other to try to figure out if my one of these could be the cause for this random blackouts.
I went to a caridologist. 1 month Holter showed episodes of tachardia and brachardia nothing to serious, a few little hiccups in the heart but overall normal, eck fine, stress test fine, and even an ultrasound of the heart was fine. I had been on this forum before and asked for a tilt test. He scoffed, but to humor me I got one.
I test positive for vasovagular instability after my heart rate fell to 35 beats on administering nitroglycern. Aha! I thought I finally have a diagnosis. WRONG! This is a system of something else.
I wake up each day with 40% decreased sensation throughout my body. My eyes have focusing problems. My muscles are 30% weaker and I'm very tired.
If I 1.) excercise, 2.) take a really hot shower, 3.) or do something strenously and stressful for a few hours I notice that I begin to completely become numb.
My sensation is down to 80%. My vision blurs. I have a warms burning feeling from the sides of my neck and my upper chest followed by a cold sensation. I lose the ability to have 100% command over my muscles. I feel faint and detached.
In the worse cases I lose all feeling. My vision blurs and begins black out. My chest feels like fire ants and then freezes. I can't move. I can't make sense out of my surroundings. My heart starts to palpitate and beat unevenly. I drift in and out of reality. My body goes into panic mode, but I counteract it by forcing myself to sleep.
What the hell could have taken my life away from me? I had an MRI of the brain no MS and an EEG no seizures. Is this glandular? Could a slipped disc in my neck cause these problems? Is there a blood flow problem to my brain. I greenstick fractured my left jaw and it never healed right (does that effect the vaso nerve or blood flow)? Is it a virus attacking my nervous system?
ITS NOT ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, STRESS I'm glad that some how horrible problems that were easily resolved with SNRI's and that's great. This is a real physical problem (not a neurochemical imbalance). I could find nirvana and still wake up numb and cross eyed.
Has anyone had these problems. HELP. Don't let doctors tell you, you're crazy!!! At first I went along and got loaded up on anti-depressents. No I'm emotionally numb ontop of the physical systems. I toned them down so at least I could be concerned enough to write this and not druel watching some crappy FRI tv when I should be out living my life!!
I was fixing up my house and lifting some heavy equipment when I heard an unnatural pop followed by intense pain. I couldn't move my back for 2 weeks. After my back seemed to have healed I noticed I couldn't feel my toes. Sciatica was no big deal and so I went to the doc and we monitored it.
A few weeks later while wiring an electric system I to eat a tv meal. My whole body began numb and I felt as though I was dissociated with my body. My heart began to beat widely. Was on the verge of blacking out and was rushed to the hospital. Diagnosis: Anxiety / Stress
My docotor ran Lupus, lyme, hiv, other venerals, vitaminan deficiency tests, cortisal, thyroid, liver, kidney, anemia, diabities, heavy metals, and a few other to try to figure out if my one of these could be the cause for this random blackouts.
I went to a caridologist. 1 month Holter showed episodes of tachardia and brachardia nothing to serious, a few little hiccups in the heart but overall normal, eck fine, stress test fine, and even an ultrasound of the heart was fine. I had been on this forum before and asked for a tilt test. He scoffed, but to humor me I got one.
I test positive for vasovagular instability after my heart rate fell to 35 beats on administering nitroglycern. Aha! I thought I finally have a diagnosis. WRONG! This is a system of something else.
I wake up each day with 40% decreased sensation throughout my body. My eyes have focusing problems. My muscles are 30% weaker and I'm very tired.
If I 1.) excercise, 2.) take a really hot shower, 3.) or do something strenously and stressful for a few hours I notice that I begin to completely become numb.
My sensation is down to 80%. My vision blurs. I have a warms burning feeling from the sides of my neck and my upper chest followed by a cold sensation. I lose the ability to have 100% command over my muscles. I feel faint and detached.
In the worse cases I lose all feeling. My vision blurs and begins black out. My chest feels like fire ants and then freezes. I can't move. I can't make sense out of my surroundings. My heart starts to palpitate and beat unevenly. I drift in and out of reality. My body goes into panic mode, but I counteract it by forcing myself to sleep.
What the hell could have taken my life away from me? I had an MRI of the brain no MS and an EEG no seizures. Is this glandular? Could a slipped disc in my neck cause these problems? Is there a blood flow problem to my brain. I greenstick fractured my left jaw and it never healed right (does that effect the vaso nerve or blood flow)? Is it a virus attacking my nervous system?
ITS NOT ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, STRESS I'm glad that some how horrible problems that were easily resolved with SNRI's and that's great. This is a real physical problem (not a neurochemical imbalance). I could find nirvana and still wake up numb and cross eyed.
Has anyone had these problems. HELP. Don't let doctors tell you, you're crazy!!! At first I went along and got loaded up on anti-depressents. No I'm emotionally numb ontop of the physical systems. I toned them down so at least I could be concerned enough to write this and not druel watching some crappy FRI tv when I should be out living my life!!
Honestly man.. what you described has nothing to do with pot. sounds to me like you either has some whippets or nitrous cartridges in your system.. vitamin b12 is when you do whippets, if anything the pot does help to eliminate the thought and pain of that.. lay off the NOS.. and no im not talking about the energy drink.. what you felt was your body having lack of oxygen. but who knows just my two cents im not a proffesional ive just been looked at for the same you felt
Same thing happened to me, I smoked pot for two years everyday and one day something bad happened. Numbness all over trouble breathing, chest pain, blurred vision, seeing color...it happened from then on everytime I tried to smoke and even when I didn't. I had to quit smoking and I still feel weird months later. I now have anxiety and paranoia about everything, which is weird cuz i never have before. Doctor says its just vitamin B12 deficiency..I DO NOT BELIEVE IT. There has to be more. I know something else is wrong.
OMG, "My whole body began numb and I felt as though I was dissociated with my body. My heart began to beat widely."
That is exACTly what happened to me just today...Let an ambulance come they said it was because I had smoked some pot earlier today, but I do that regularly and I never felt anything like this. It's exactly like you describe and everyone's saying there's nothing wrong and I gotta wait untill the weeds get outta my system. But I don't believe that. Christ I hope there's nothing wrong...I felt perfectly fine, then the dissociating and numbness ALL throughout just started while I sat in the bus... EXACTLY what I got...dissociation..I can move pretty much fine and think pretty much fine, but not focus and my body just feels like dissociated, and my heart rate is very fast.
That is exACTly what happened to me just today...Let an ambulance come they said it was because I had smoked some pot earlier today, but I do that regularly and I never felt anything like this. It's exactly like you describe and everyone's saying there's nothing wrong and I gotta wait untill the weeds get outta my system. But I don't believe that. Christ I hope there's nothing wrong...I felt perfectly fine, then the dissociating and numbness ALL throughout just started while I sat in the bus... EXACTLY what I got...dissociation..I can move pretty much fine and think pretty much fine, but not focus and my body just feels like dissociated, and my heart rate is very fast.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hi,
Your symptoms of heat intolerance, nystagmus of the eyes, generalised numbness, muscle weakness, blurring of vision and other neurological symptoms are characteristic features of multiple sclerosis. Clinical features are enough for the diagnosis of the disease if one suffers from the neurological symptoms for more than one time. A single MRI may not be sufficient to diagnose MS. A series of MRI may be necessary. Please go for repeated MRI with contrast to highlight the lesions or plaques. A lumbar puncture may also help in diagnosis by giving evidence of chronic inflammation of the central nervous system. I think you have not visited a neurologist. Please consult a neurologist for complete examination, diagnosis and treatment. Please discuss all your symptoms in detail. Hope you find a diagnosis soon. Hope this helps you. Take care and regards!
Your symptoms of heat intolerance, nystagmus of the eyes, generalised numbness, muscle weakness, blurring of vision and other neurological symptoms are characteristic features of multiple sclerosis. Clinical features are enough for the diagnosis of the disease if one suffers from the neurological symptoms for more than one time. A single MRI may not be sufficient to diagnose MS. A series of MRI may be necessary. Please go for repeated MRI with contrast to highlight the lesions or plaques. A lumbar puncture may also help in diagnosis by giving evidence of chronic inflammation of the central nervous system. I think you have not visited a neurologist. Please consult a neurologist for complete examination, diagnosis and treatment. Please discuss all your symptoms in detail. Hope you find a diagnosis soon. Hope this helps you. Take care and regards!
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