Numbness in head

Hi all, I have had very similar symptoms for two years, but I am finally making some progress drug free. It all started when I was under a large amount of stress and sitting at a computer for very long times. I would feel tingling sensations in my face and have dizzy like symptoms (not spinning though). I have had MRI's, seen ENT's, you name it with no diagnosis. Through my research I discovered that the neck muscles can contribute to these types of symptoms if they are strained or held in a position for extended periods of time. In particular, the SCM muscles in the neck. This is the long muscle that attaches just below your ear and runs down to your collar bone.

What's been helping and almost cured me after two years of this? Deep tissue massage by someone very experienced in trigger point therapy, exercise 5 times a week vigorously to keep stress low (I run 2 miles a day). I also learned some trigger point therapy techniques and use them on myself multiple times a day. I stopped working day and night on a computer and avoid sleeping on my stomach as it has a tendency to turn your head way far to one side, which puts a lot of stress and tension on your neck. Also, I used to shrug my shoulders a lot when I worked a computer and had my head tipped down and forward. All this is bad and creates too much strain on your neck. That strain pulls on your SCM's and nerves that run under your neck muscles to your face.

At first doing this stuff really stirred things up and I actually got worse, so I eased into it slowly and cautiously. I really think the lack of exercise I used to get made my neck weak and susceptible to this type of strain.

Do some research on SCM Syndrome.

For the last 2 weeks I have been sleeping alot more than normal. Insomnia till 8 AM, then sleep all day till 12 at night. Then yesterday, I had numbness in the upper part of my head(everywhere above the eyebrows....was numb) I also had vision loss during the head numbness, blurry everywhere. Utter confusion. I felt really dizzy too. But, I also had blurry vision/dizziness/confusion earlier that day, without the numbness. I've been having that every few days for the past month. I also have been having short term memory loss. I also have frequent urination(like BellaBell mentioned), but it is accompanied by severe pain in my......er....penis. So i'm sure it is unrelated to my head issues. But still bad. AND, Just now, I had a burning pain in my forehead......Also, I may have more symptoms, just don't remember them due to my short term memory. No obvious triggers. I'll write notes as new symptoms arise, and post them here....

I have high blood pressure, social anxiety, and panic attacks. I am also not very physically active. I use a computer alot(just like jsmx). These may all be factors in it.............I also have poor neck posture. That's even more likely cause then the rest....

I hope i'm ok.....and this is just all a wierd case of migraines.......

But that is unlikely.

Should I get a doctor's visit? or do my symptoms sound OK, just like some minor medical issue.

Post Edited (Stormer43) : 2/11/2012 5:59:34 AM (GMT-7)

I too have numbness on the right side of the head and part of the right ear. I have also been having a headache in the right temple and behind the right eye (which I figure might be a migraine) I also have bulging discs in the C2, T? and L4, L5 and S1. I also clinch my teeth quit a bit without realizing it. My eyes are very dark and sunk in. I was also diagnosed yesterday with Severe Gerd. When I lay flat or on my right side the burning in my throat increases to a 10 on a 1-10 scale and my heart feels like it is having micro bursts at the time and there is a horrible ringing in my ears. My face turns really red and its very hot to the touch. I was in the hospital for 5 days the week of Thanksgiving and they mainly focused on my heart which everything was ruled clear. My brain scan was clear except it showed major sinus. I was diagnosed 5 years ago with MS and was treated with Coapaxone shots daily after doing the Avonex for a year. Then I moved to another state and found another Neurologist only to find that she doesn't see signs of MS at all and discontinued my shots immediately without weaning me off. I didn't feel any different on or off the shots so not sure at all what the first 3 docs saw in the original diagnosis. I do know however that the doc. that first treated me went to another state shortly after my move as well. Any help would be most appreciated as this new neurologist is often unavailable for appts.
Thanks so much