Seeking help!

How are you feeling now? Is is possible that you slept very soundly on that side and compressed some nerves? I have had to buy an ergonomic pillow because I was waking up with my arm tingling and numb every night. I would curl into my side and compress my brachial nerves.

You do not have any risk factors for a stroke...and numbness is only one symptome anyway...and there are so many more likely reasons for it, so I think that you can relax as far as the TIA worry goes.

If it does not improve today, then perhaps a visit to your doctor or chiropractor would be a good idea...not the ER though as this does not sound like an emergency.:)

Let us know how you are doing soon,

S.C.

I have a doctors appointment today. I am having an anxiety attack just thinking of the possibilities. I have to have an answer to calm down. I have already been told its not a real typical thing as I mentioned above so I am just freaked out!!!

UA,

I went into the doctors today and she is not sure what it is, she did some simple testing (reflexes etc) and everything checked out fine so she is not thinking anything major. No stroke or anything due to my age supposedly and signs but she is referring me for an MRI of my head and to follow up with a neurologist. Better to be safe than sorry. I am just having a really hard time not knowing what is wrong and I'm super anxious and its staying pretty constant. I have had two opinions (as I work for a chiro doc) and he seems to think its cerebro-vascular in nature and my PCP doc isn't leaning towards that but not sure. Only time will tell and the appropriate testing. I just need to breathe, breathe, breathe! Its one extreme or the other for me and at this point its extreme fear :( The numbness is coming and going and is not constant. It hasn't happened again since last night but the anticipitory anxiety is miserable. I'm afraid for it to return and the more I dwell the more I start to feel sensations. Thanks for a reply and I'll keep you updated!