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Left face numb, no motor loss, but freaking out.

25/m
My left face feels off, I suppose the coming off Novocaine feeling is the best way to describe it. It even seems to be affecting the far left part of my tongue. It's all over the left side of my face, my left eye feels less focused but I can see just fine out of it. Though the only real pain I feel is around the left eye bone (above eye and outer corner) it is intermittent and feels migraine like. When I raise my eyebrows I feel it less on the left than the right but they move the same amount. There is no droop on the left. Can move cheek just fine. It is not completely numb as I can tap it all over and feel. The facial part started yesterday, I don't feel any motor or coordination loss. I am able to dribble a basketball hoping on one foot with my eyes closed. The back left part of my tongue starting getting the feeling about 2 hours ago freaking me out.


When I blow my nose it feels like there is a build up right below the left ear and inward. Also I have been having sinus issues, and bought Zicam two days ago, sometimes it can hurt a little when I use it on the left side. But I just feel like sinuses is too convenient of an excuse for all of this. If it matters at all, I had a CT scan done on my brain and left sinus on 4/15 and was told there is nothing of concern just 5mm of fluid on the left side.

Nothing online is really making sense to me though. I'm starting to get freaked out about the possibility of MS. Does any of this make sense. I know I have anxiety issues but this is definitely real and doesn't seem to be going away.
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