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Title: Whoa --- arm just went numb !!!!
Post by: HolyCount on 04 February 2009, 13:11:41: Just had a weird "spell" :-/ .. This has happened a few times over the last couple of months but today was the worse so far!!

You know when you pick up an object, expecting it to be heavy when it isn't, it tends to fly up a bit further than intended ?? Well ... my right hand and arm went like that for about 30 mins this morning !

Lost all fine motor control. My hand would still do what I wanted it to, but kept "overshooting" and felt numb-ish!!

It has passed now and all systems seem to be normal -- but was a really wierd feeling -- like having an "alien hand"!
Title: Re: Whoa --- arm just went numb !!!!
Post by: Elite Pete on 04 February 2009, 13:18:21: There's 2 things I would do in your situation. First of all I would get myself off up the stairs with a box of Kleanex and second thing is phone the doc's for an appointment. Joking aside, phone the Docs ;)
Title: Re: Whoa --- arm just went numb !!!!
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 04 February 2009, 13:19:21: Quote
Just had a weird "spell" :-/ .. This has happened a few times over the last couple of months but today was the worse so far!!

You know when you pick up an object, expecting it to be heavy when it isn't, it tends to fly up a bit further than intended ?? Well ... my right hand and arm went like that for about 30 mins this morning !

Lost all fine motor control. My hand would still do what I wanted it to, but kept "overshooting" and felt numb-ish!!

It has passed now and all systems seem to be normal -- but was a really wierd feeling -- like having an "alien hand"!

That's pretty weird HC.........I would google that and see what you come up with......probably nothing of any great significance. :y :y
Title: Re: Whoa --- arm just went numb !!!!
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 04 February 2009, 13:38:03: Just a thought HC........but sometimes you can get "stored energy " in your muscles which releases itself every now and then......usually at an inappropriate moment.................as I say just a thought .......I have had that happen on the odd occasion. :y :y :y
Title: Re: Whoa --- arm just went numb !!!!
Post by: HolyCount on 04 February 2009, 13:41:18: Quote
Just a thought HC........but sometimes you can get "stored energy " in your muscles which releases itself every now and then......usually at an inappropriate moment.................as I say just a thought .......I have had that happen on the odd occasion. :y :y :y

Hmmmm -- that's a thought. Remember that trick where you press your arm hard against a door frame and when you walk away it lifts all by itself ??? It was just like that.

Mind you .... I have no idea where my muscles are getting stored energy from -- I certainly haven't got any spare !!!!!!
Title: Re: Whoa --- arm just went numb !!!!
Post by: Debs. on 04 February 2009, 13:43:01: H.C.....Doctor......ASAP! ;)

Better to appear to be a 'worrier' and be reassured; rather than run the risk of it being 'something significant' :-*
Title: Re: Whoa --- arm just went numb !!!!
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 04 February 2009, 13:44:56: call doc.. hoping not something serious..
Title: Re: Whoa --- arm just went numb !!!!
Post by: The Red Baron on 04 February 2009, 13:46:25: get yourself to the docs. have a check-up. be safe. :y
Title: Re: Whoa --- arm just went numb !!!!
Post by: Richie London on 04 February 2009, 14:24:22: i get something similar, if i sit and dont move my hands, i lose all feeling in them, like when you sleep funnily on yer arm and it goes like a bit of rubber and goes all over the place :-?
Title: Re: Whoa --- arm just went numb !!!!
Post by: markfree on 04 February 2009, 16:20:01: Quote
Just had a weird "spell" :-/ .. This has happened a few times over the last couple of months but today was the worse so far!!

You know when you pick up an object, expecting it to be heavy when it isn't, it tends to fly up a bit further than intended ?? Well ... my right hand and arm went like that for about 30 mins this morning !

Lost all fine motor control. My hand would still do what I wanted it to, but kept "overshooting" and felt numb-ish!!

It has passed now and all systems seem to be normal -- but was a really wierd feeling -- like having an "alien hand"!

Could be a mild stroke :-
symptoms usually come on suddenly, and should always be treated as a medical emergency. They include a sudden onset of any of the following:

Weakness of the face, arm, and/or leg on one side of body
Numbness in the face, arm, and/or leg one side of body
Inability to understand spoken language
Inability to speak
Inability to write
Vertigo and/or gait imbalance

Go to your GP and get it checked out :y
Title: Re: Whoa --- arm just went numb !!!!
Post by: Omegadoha, Desert Member on 04 February 2009, 16:49:21: Definately go to the doctor. It might be a form of seizure. Myoclonic? It is a form of epliepsy. But please seek Doctors advice.
Title: Re: Whoa --- arm just went numb !!!!
Post by: HolyCount on 04 February 2009, 17:55:01: Thanks for the advice guys and gals ---- methinks it's probably a nerve thing -- much like Richie described -- although I wasn't sitting awkwardly or anything like that at the time.

Bit busy over next couple of days (to much work, not enough time !!! ) ... might give doc a ring next week :)
Title: Re: Whoa --- arm just went numb !!!!
Post by: Gaffers on 04 February 2009, 18:06:26: OI! HC get your arse down the quack first thing in the morning! Sounds like it could be a ministroke, the next one could be worse...... >:(

(from your friendly OOF medic) ::)
Title: Re: Whoa --- arm just went numb !!!!
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 04 February 2009, 18:21:36: Quote
Thanks for the advice guys and gals ---- methinks it's probably a nerve thing -- much like Richie described -- although I wasn't sitting awkwardly or anything like that at the time.

Bit busy over next couple of days (to much work, not enough time !!! ) ... might give doc a ring next week :)
'dangle berries' - Phone the Doctor and make an appointment
You would be the 1st to advise the same.
Just do it.

Change the highlighted statement arround.
Too much time - wish I had phoned the Doctor - I am off work for a while.