having numbing spells and getting really dizzy Posted: 09-25-03 15:19pm
Hello,
i am a 21 year old female...Mother of 3.
And for the past 3-4 months, i've been
having numbing spells and getting really
dizzy. I was in the hospital in may for
6 days with all kinds of test taken and
with no results. I don't know what is
wrong with me...Please let me know I want
my old life back.
Jennifer
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rawkeze
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Sep 2003 Posts: 22 Location: Los Angeles
Posted: 09-25-03 16:10pm
My mother was having the same symptoms,
they found that she had arthritis in her
lower back that caused numbing in her arms
and legs and dizzy spells. Hope this can
help. Good luck
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Darling
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 875
Posted: 09-25-03 21:05pm
I suggest you keep going back to the
doctors and insist that there is something
wrong and that you would like more testing
done. Some doctors like to dismiss
symptoms as your imagination or just
simply "nothing". Keep going back or find
a different doctor who will be able to
give you some kind of diagnosis. Let us
know how your doing
tanya
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jessehope
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Sep 2003 Posts: 6 Location: Tampa, FL
Posted: 09-26-03 04:02am
Jennifer
ive read about these symtoms a little bit.
There are a few things that seem to cause
this:
extreme stress
back or neck problems(worn out disks,
arthritis)
some medications(prednisone, imuran,
others are possible)
hyperventilation(mild asthma)
vertigo(problems with inner ear)
theres more serious possibilites such as
hypertension or stroke. Have you have an
mri? If not you may want to insist on it.
Someone in another post I read had this to
say, I dont know much about any of the
terms but may be something youd like to
look into a little more.
"diagnoses for the dizziness have ranged
from inner ear disorders (ruled out by
normal eng), tmj disorder (fixed, but
dizziness remained), benign paroxysmal
positional vertigo (no nystagmus, and the
epley maneuvre did not cure it; nor did
vertigo exercises); poor posture
(corrected now, but dizziness remains);
vertebral artery insufficiency (ruled out
by trans-cranial doppler and normal mra's
of brain and neck); adio-nerve damage
(ruled out by baer); stroke (normal brain
mri--no scarring from stroke)."
