Partial numbness in hands during & after sleep.
Over the past couple of weeks I have founs that I am waking up more and more often with numb and partially numb hands. My left baby finger and the finger next to it are the usually suspects, they are most often completely numb. It takes a couple of minutes when I start moving my arm after waking; for it to return to normal. I told my neurologist at my last visit approx 6 weeks ago about those particular two fingers. He said it was most likely due to sleeping on a nerve. At this stage I know it happens when lying still on my back/ not \'trapping\' my arm or anything. Also experiencing ever-so-slight twitching movements in my left hand; of it\'s own accord. I am also experiencing more and more awkwardness in the movement of my left hand. Not severe or anything but I feel I have less \'full control\' over it. Has anyone experienced similar (specifically with the partial temporary numbness). I don\'t wish to sound paranoid about this.
yes, i experience this throughout my arms. i told my ms about it and she looked sceptical and suggested wriggling my shoulders to get the blood flowing again. sleeping on a nerve theory again, but it's complete paralysis, i just have to wait until the feeling returns. it usually wakes me through the night and is a nuissance if i need to get up for a wee. she recorded the symptoms in a letter to my neurologist. it has got better recently and was at it's worst in the months leading up to and over a relapse. not that i'm suggesting it was a sign of the relapse, i put that down to ongoing stress. i used to get this just in my hands intermittently throughout my twenties, way before my diagnosis. i thought it was carpel tunnel syndrome. one of the many things i used to explain away my weird body problems. i'm 39 now so it has progressed, i occasionally get it in my legs. are you on any treatments? i posted a sticky about it on here but no one else came forward with the problem!
Hi there...I do not have a diagnosis yet as I have just had one relapse; double vision for two months earlier this year. I have a 9mm lesion at the neck of my cervical spine that was the suspected cause of the double vision. I am currently taking Avonex. Only one month on that. Yeah I am not sure if I should go to someone about it. Maybe I will call the MS line to see what they say. Because it goes away a few minutes after I start moving around I know it doesn't count as a relapse or anything. In the limbo stage it's difficult to know what to make of these smaller incidences, or if they're related to MS. I currently have no symptoms apart from these little 'ripples' or twitches in different locations every so often. And spasms in my eyelids every so often. (Something I was told was possibly unrelated). Thanks for your reply Thanks for replying, hope you are doing good currently.