Tingling and numbness in the arm - High & Low Blood Pressure Message Board

flowergirl2day · 04-07-2007, 06:32 PM

Hello,

Can anyone help? My left arm has been tingly 24/7 for 4 months now. It's mostly the lower part, including the hand. The numbness comes and goes but the tingling is always there. Very annoying.
It started at about the same time I went on the meds. I know that some medications might cause this effect - but in just one extremity? And this long? It is not the carpal tunnel syndrome (as all of my fingers are involved, including the little finger). My BP specialist dismisses it as not BP related, therefore, not his problem. I have yet to see a neurologist..no appointment has been made for me. I complained about it several times to my GP and was told I needed to focus on this and on that, da da, da da. Can any of the BP meds be responsible for this? (It could be related to my other problems.)

Thanks a lot!

iona_23 · 04-08-2007, 08:59 AM

i get the tingling sensation too. mostly on my hands/arms and feet/lower legs. i don't know what's going on and was recently diagnosed with hashimoto's thyroiditis. but haven't read anything about numbness as one of the symptoms. this has been an on going problem for like a month now. and it is annoying. so does high & low blood pressure give this numbness??? i've been trying to find an answer myself. so ur not alone.

flowergirl2day · 04-08-2007, 11:13 AM

Iona,

thanks very much! I do hope we'll get to the bottom of this. Would you mind mentioning this to your doctor next time you see him/her? Unlike me, you might be able to get some answers.

iona_23 · 04-08-2007, 02:07 PM

it's a 4 day holiday out here so as soon as tuesday hits, i am going to make an appointment to see the doctor. i was recently diagnosed as having hashimoto's thyroiditis but don't know if the tingling is part of the symptoms. i will tho and i will keep u posted.

bethsheba · 04-09-2007, 04:48 AM

Flowergirl,

As far as side effects go, anything is possible. Side effects get worse, get better, come and go, and only happen on one side and not the other...who knows why?

Based on your observation that these symptoms started about the same time as you started your meds, it's very likely that these are side effects. Did you check your drug sheets to see if your symptoms are listed? The symptoms may or may not be on your drug sheet and your Dr may give you the run around (I've had a similar experience) but if the symptoms are uacceptable to you, you have the right to insist on different meds. I don't know what the half life is of the drugs you are taking, but I've found that it only took a missed dose or two for my symptoms to ease up or disappear. My symptoms almost always disappeared completely within a couple of weeks after disco'ing. I'm not telling you to miss a dose--but instead to work with your bp doctor first to rule out meds because it should be the first step of identifying the problem.

Bethsheba

PS Sometimes, given the stress of being in the doctor's office I'm not as assertive as I would like to be...I often get better results by calling my doctors' office from my home to "request" changes.