Always numb - Brain & Nervous System Disorders Message Board

Italia 43 · 06-01-2009, 06:15 PM

hey all. i am a 25 year old female.. Lately i have been having a lot of pins and needles and numbness in my hands and face.. Would anybody know what this is from? also when i wake up after sleeping for an hour i feel like i am in electric shocks all over.. i get like stings all through me.. any advice or suggesstions?

cubegirl · 12-19-2009, 06:31 PM

Cure for numb hands & arms while sleeping.

I had a similar problem of my hands and arms becoming numb & tingling while I was sleeping. This went on for over a year. I looked online and found nothing that would explain what was causing this. I'm in good health otherwise, so I did not believe it could be a disease of any sort. I asked my doctor about this but she did not give me an answer.

Finally, I found someone else that had the solution.So, a week ago, I did the same thing and so far my arms and hands are not getting numbness and tingling when I'm sleeping. Here's what I did...

Take vitamin B-12 (1,000 mg per day) and vitamin C (500 mg per day)
Since taking these vitamins, I've been able to sleep all night long without waking up and having to shake my hands and arms.

If this doesn't work for you, then the problem could a food allergy. I would start by stopping all eating of dairy products including anything made with dairy products. Do this for 30 days. If you still are having the numbness at night then, you may have a serious medical condition that will require a doctor.

I hope this helps. - Cubegirl

feelbad · 12-20-2009, 10:20 AM

while all this is a real possibility and should be tried first? if nothing actually helps with what your symptoms are, you REALLY do just need to seek out your primary doc for a basic neuro eval and a referral for a good contrasted MRI of the brain and that c spine too. these two key areas pretty much would be the most likely for what you are having going on even possibly being generated from. its just the way our brain is and the way those nerves run from it and into the c spine.

are you having ANY actual pain anywhere or anything that is heavily impacting like certain fingers in your hands moreso than others?

its just that "something" is impacting nerves pretty high up and if this is not some type of real deficiency, the next possible just needs testing and looking into more in depth to try and track back those symptoms to where the nerves are actually being impacted. and the more 'likely' areas, as i said, would be the brain or/and the c spine. at the very least, they need to be looked into and either ruled out or something found ruled in as a possible culprit. please keep us posted as to what you find out,K? good luck, marcia

cubegirl · 12-21-2009, 07:28 PM

Hi Feelbad,
No, I'm not having any pain. My problem is only numbness in my hands and arms (up to about my elbows) when I'm sleeping. I wake up due to the needle-tingling feeling coming from my arms. I'm a side sleeper and I'm feeling the numbness equally on both arms, even though only the bottom facing arm is holding the weight of my body. This is very weird. I can't sleep on my back but my arms don't seem to go numb when I'm just laying on my back.

I recently started taking vitamins and eating a healthy diet. Since doing this, I've been able to sleep all night without waking up feeling like my arms have turned into logs. I do still feel a slight numbness in my hand - the bottom facing hand only and this could be due to the fact that my body weight is pressing down on that arm.

If the numbness coming back, I will ask a doctor about it.

-Cubegirl

probhead · 12-23-2009, 05:43 PM

This maybe a dental problem. You may have root canalled teeth or gum disease which might cause this problems similar to mine