#paresthesia

[scene-bee]

projecting some of my health issues onto godot to cope 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ headcanon that the poisoning/coma caused all of the issues

- experiences fatigue, has to take breaks to sit while working, and uses coffee to boost his energy levels

- has migraines, uses coffee to manage them too, triggered by strong emotions and loud/overlapping noises

- experiences paresthesia in extremities, he pretends he doesn’t experience it and just pushes through the discomfort

[stillfuckingtired]

Experiencing the type of paresthetic nerve weirdness where every brush of anything against my skin, every shifting of hair follicles, etc., feels like bugs are crawling on me. Light breeze moves a piece of hair? Brain says “bugs crawling on me.” Sleeve of shirt grazes my arm? “Bugs.”

[octobercowboy]

disabilities progressing is weird because it makes you feel less like a person the less you can connect with the world around you

[callmeizukunotdeku]

pulling up to the hospital like sup doc new symptom just dropped

[muttspoon]

News: moderately Bad™

It's been 4 days since my paresthesia started. And it's been fucking EXHAUSTING here. I noticed that it mostly goes away when I stand up and move around, but due to the pain, I kinda *have* to either sit on my ass or be lying down. Big eugh.

It's not as terribly persistent as it used to be, though. I suppose it's thanks to me going completely off Celecoxib yesterday- one of the adverse effects can be paresthesia. So now, I get short and subtle waves of pins and needles, occurring randomly all over my body, though my hands seem to be an all-time favourite.

Being off Celecoxib means joint pain being back and it is back, oh it is. My knees, fingers and hips have been giving me attitude since yesterday, but it's something I can handle if it means I get these stupid pins and needles gone.

I also started getting slight nausea after waking up, AND randomly placed pains? It's really effing confusing, since it's not something that usually happens to me, it's usually joints or muscles compromised by my bendiness. I have to confess, I did the Evil Thing and started reading into the symptoms online. Unsurprisingly I got scared shitless with MS and fibro, so in my panicked state, I set up a visit with a random neurologist who had the soonest possible term. I want to cry when I think of having MRI again and I definitely won't agree to get contrast. I heard that this thing literally burns through the tissues of people with EDS and I refuse to suffer any more than I do now.

I also noticed that being cold makes me much more prone to paresthesia? Maybe it's connected to my cardiovascular issues. Today, my pulse jumped up 45 bpm just from standing up from the couch, and I've been getting dizzy. Man, I'm just hoping that it all fucks off to hell once the semester starts. I'm trying to convince myself that being busy with uni will take my mind off every little thing that's happening to my body.

Once again... Tired.

[calmmyfears]

sometimes noise makes me feel so unwell, it's like its being drilled in my head. it is imperative i stay calm because i would scratch my face off.

[sexiestsex]

(clarification below) How often do your limbs fall asleep?

Many times daily

1-3 es a day

multiple times a week

once a week

Every few weeks

Every few months

A few times a year

I barely remember the last time

I have never experienced this and don't know what you're talking about.

My limbs don't ever wake up. Please help. Wake me up inside

I'm bald/some other exciting option

Voting ended onApr 14, 2024

The medical term for this is Paresthesia and it can either be:

A burning feeling, Difficulty contracting your muscles and using the affected arm or leg, Feeling like your arm or leg has fallen asleep, Itching, Numbness and tingling, Pins and needles feeling or similarly described sensation.

[youngchronicpain]

To everyone who said they didn't know that paresthesia was. (Or, that it had a name.) I just had this interaction with my mom:

"I've been dealing with paresthesia on half of my scalp a lot lately. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't so persistent."

And she replied, "What's that? Like dandruff??"

I died laughing. No, not like dandruff.