buttonsblackie
02-04-06, 20:39
I posted a few weeks ago about having one sided funny feelings on the right hand side of my body - a bit like weak feelings but not really (if you know what I mean).
Since then I have had a neurological exam and thought I would pass on what I was told.
The consultant said that your nervous system can get switched on and become over sensitive and this can happen on one side of you body only. They think it is caused by an infection lowering your immunity and then opportunistic viruses moving in and then everything just going a bit hyper with the nervous system. This can cause odd sensations in one side of your body.
He basically said it is not life threatening, and the best thing to do is to ignore any of the sensations until your nervous system calms down and things get back to normal. This could take a while (I have felt like this for about 5 months now) - but it will get better through time.
He said that it is likely to be exacerbated by anxiety but said it would be a very odd person who had no anxious feelings when they felt weak in one side of their body - but as long as you show no other signs of any neurological disease try and keep the anxiety in check and do something to distract yourself if you start to get panicky.
While I would never advise anyone to ignore physical symptoms and not go to the doctor if necessary I thought that this post might put some peoples minds at rest.
R
BB
Since then I have had a neurological exam and thought I would pass on what I was told.
The consultant said that your nervous system can get switched on and become over sensitive and this can happen on one side of you body only. They think it is caused by an infection lowering your immunity and then opportunistic viruses moving in and then everything just going a bit hyper with the nervous system. This can cause odd sensations in one side of your body.
He basically said it is not life threatening, and the best thing to do is to ignore any of the sensations until your nervous system calms down and things get back to normal. This could take a while (I have felt like this for about 5 months now) - but it will get better through time.
He said that it is likely to be exacerbated by anxiety but said it would be a very odd person who had no anxious feelings when they felt weak in one side of their body - but as long as you show no other signs of any neurological disease try and keep the anxiety in check and do something to distract yourself if you start to get panicky.
While I would never advise anyone to ignore physical symptoms and not go to the doctor if necessary I thought that this post might put some peoples minds at rest.
R
BB