I scared myself this morning

[FabIsGoingToBeFabIn2010]

As usual I woke up tired when the alarm went off. Normally we listen to the radio for a few minutes and then get up. DH got up as normal but I couldn't get up. It wasn't a question of not wanting too, I couldn't move. I could feel my legs but couldn't get the message through to move them.

I felt pressure in my head which spread down to my neck then shoulders.

It took me an hour to sit up and I felt pain, aches in my arm and like I couldn't grip. I had to walk the kids to school and cancel my therapy as I didn't feel able to drive. I also couldn't see clearly when I first got up.

I have been having problems with my arms and fingers for a while but nothing that was unbearable and I could still do everything and cope with the discomfort.

I am unsure what was going on. I am wondering if it was psychological as I was worrying about my therapy session.

At first I thought it sounded a bit like sleep paralysis, but I don't think you would get pain with that.

Really think you should see a GP for this TBH. Like you said it could be stress and your body's way of saying slow down.

Sorry to not have any decent advice. Hope you get it sorted

The pain was only in my head, neck and shoulder.

I feel a bit better now though my fingers are painful.

Thanks.

could be psychological but you need to see gp to rule out anything physical really.

don't want to be a panicmonger but you need to rule out things like a transient ischaemic attack (mini stroke) as it is a warning sign and treatable

DH told me to go back to bed but I find doing nothing all day makes me more tired so I am going to tackle the big pile of washing that needs folding.

make a gp appt to get it checked out, please

I can't at the moment as I can't get there without driving but I am resting, will go to bed very early or if I don't feel better by the time dh is home I will got to the ooh doctor.

At the moment I just have a head ache and feel achey.

polly - just seen your other post about a stroke. Yikes. Have you any info on that please?

polly - I have googled and the symptoms don't match what I have so I don't think it was that. Thanks though. Just waiting for DH to ring.

sorry,i logged off after i saw that you were going to the docs.

I didn't mean to scare you. It is just taht with any transient symptoms that are possibly neurological ie inability to move, inability to grip and visual problems., with that pic i think you need to rule out a TIA because they may herald a proper stroke but treatment with eg aspirin can prevent this progression, so it is worth being seen as a precaution.

I know you have had some of the symptoms for a while. Hopefully it will be nothing but (bloody annoying) psychosomatic symptoms (eg anxiety causing pins and needles in extremities/visual distortion)

another possibility which is treatable is migraine

Well, I did nothing all day except watch tv, MN, fold up washing and put the washer and drier on.

I walked to get the kids and are home now. I have a head ache and my arm still aches but I can move.

I am sure it wasn't a migraine as the pain didn't seem bad enough for that.

Hopefully it was a one off but if it happens again I will be straight to the GP.

Thanks.

hope you feel better today

Thanks. I am okay but still tired. I have been getting pins and needles in my fingers quite a bit but have a doctors appointment in about 3 weeks time. Couldn't get one earlier unless I am ill right now.

You are ill right now! I would get it sorted out and 3 weeks is too long to wait. Be safe rather than sorry.

Agree with Detta, you are ill right now - you have worrying symptoms that need to be checked out. Go back to the doc. They are obliged to offer appointments within 48 hours, that's the rules.

Please don't wait three weeks, as polly said, possible neurological symptoms need to be investigated fast. There's a 99% chance you do NOT need to panic but you must see a doctor quickly just in case.

Thanks all. I have zero chance of getting an appointment today but will call on Monday. I feel okay, just the odd pins and needles and sometimes don't move as quick as I used too. We also have really good OOH doctors but I need to see the GP I have been seeing already really.

Actually, I think I will ring once the kids are in school.

I would go to a chiropractor.
I would have pins and needles in my arms, bad neck and head, when I had a "trapped nerve" or strung out muscle in my shoulder region. (I cant really explain what I had, but the chiropractor fixed it)

Also, when my pelvis was disaligned, I could not move either, I had to have my dh come and literally roll me out of bed and up to a sitting position. My cores muscles were in a mess, my pelvis had rotated out of position, and the signals from my brain to my legs just did not get through. Again, all sorted by a couple of visits to the chiropractor.

How do I go about seeing a chiropractor please? BTW someone else told me this morning that is who I need to see.

I have googled and found a clinic nearby so have emailed them for advice. Thank you.

Hope chiro helps but you do still need to see a GP to rule out other possible causes.

FIGTBFI2010, have your symptoms gone?

Sorry, DettaJnr. This dropped off my threads.

I was diagnosed with migraines after days of feeling ill but I knew it wasn't. Went to see an osteopath last week and I damaged my neck last November and it had been getting worse ever since and my legs refusing to move was my body's way of saying enough (according to the osteopath). He worked wonders and am seeing him again this week.