Weird Feeling In Arm

~Lisa~ · Post by **~Lisa~** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:03 pm

For the past two days I've been having a strange feeling in my upper left arm. It's not pain, it doesn't tingle like it's asleep, it almost just feels numb. My back has been hurting more than normal too. Any ideas?

My mind immediately always goes to heart problems, but I've been told time and time again that my heart is fine. (now if only I could believe the doctors).

TIA!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:56 pm

Hello, it sounds similiar to what I have dealt with at times. I could be muscle tension. I went to a physical therapist and some of the exercises she gave me to do help relieve alot of that. Working with a stretch band can help too.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:52 pm

Hi Lisa...what your describing sounds like muscle tension to me, especially since you said your back has been hurting more than normal. It also sounds similar to what I have experienced and YES, I always worried it was my heart in the beginning too!

Yoga has helped me alot with this problem, as it helps to stretch all those tense muscles we get from being anxious. Good luck to you. Deanna

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:29 am

I was going to suggest Yoga also. It really helps stretch muscles. I have a weird pain in my leg that I can't explain and my back hurts also and yoga helps it. Yoga is very cleansing also. It detoxifys the body.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:38 am

I'm starting to think it really is a pinched nerve. The numbness feeling is actually starting to go up into the left side of my face.

Any suggestions?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:29 am

Lisa, I have tried 4 different anti-depressants, including celexa. They all made me more depressed. Dr. had me on klonopin-it worked well for about to years-then stopped. Now on ativan and ambien. Neither works as well as the Klonopin did in the beginning. Have you had blood work done? My magnesium is low, so I am now on 4 tablets a day. These help to calm me down for a short time. I wish you the best.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:35 am

Sorry Lisa, I clicked on your qestion, when I should have been on Susan's.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:27 am

Hey, It was meant to be Icame on here today lisa. I'm dealing with this as we speak, or type. I have numbness/muscle weakness in one or both arms, tongue and face numbness/pain and the more I think about it, the worse I feel. I saw the chiropractor, he gave me some exercises. But I jump to the worse possible conculsions, diseases that might incapacitate me. I"m saying this for both of us. Yes it's anxiety related, and yes it stems from our back. All our nerves run through our spine, and stress will do all sorts of things and give us 1000 symptoms. my recommendation is try not to panic, relax your favorite way, (mine is on the couch in my pj's) and search the topic finder. I've found alot of archived questions and sypmtoms just like ours, and reading over their experiances and responses has helped me calm down the most. Alot of people I've read about have had thier symptoms " just dissappear" after a few months.
Also about the heart, yes I've had all sorts of tests, halter moniter, ekgs, stress test ect. done b/c I had chest pain, in my arm and shoulder, felt like a chopstick through my chest or something, then I had numbness and tingling down my arm and in my face. EVERY single test came back normal, and 3 different drs. (two ER, one cardiologist) all told me stress. Hope all my hours in the er and cardiologist help calm you a bit! =) You'd think just reflecting on our experiances would calm ourselves, but I certainly like to be reassured by others.

Hope this helps, like I said , find key words and search topics here in the community. It helps.
Godbless you, much peace and prayers to all of us here. Amber

"Do not worry,do not be anxious about anything, though all things with prayer, petition and with thanksgiving, present your requests to God, the lord of peace whom transends all understand, so he may guard your heart and mind in christ jesus. Furthermore whatever is good, whatever is true,whatever is noble, excellant or praisworthy, THINK on these things." phillipians 4:12-13