When you sleep at night, do you feel tingling and numbness?

[Deja Q]

In your arms and legs?

I know I had a spinal injury, and I've read conflicting reports as to the validity that the spine can regenerate itself (some say it does over a long period of time; others say that once it's damaged, it won't heal and in some cases can get worse...)

Maybe the bed's worn out (which contrary to popular belief has nothing to do with my favorite infamous lounge topic!) and I need to get a new one; one that's better suited.

[CatWoman]

1. only after orgasm

:D

[Deja Q]

2. I envy you.

[LaraMN]

3. I don't know, but I've had a few head injuries,

and I don't think the brain regenerates.:o

[Deja Q]

4. Of course, it's also said that eggs are good for you...

two days later, they cause high cholesterol and should never be eaten.

One day, chocolate is bad. The next is that it (especially dark chocolate) helps the heart.

They go back and forth with their findings...

I'm inclined to say the spine will not heal. But I'm alive here and now anyway. I shouldn't worry about what might happen because, at some point, it's gonna happen in one form or another. :D

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. That explains a few things

:hide:

[IcyPeas]

6. Might just be plain old Restless Leg Syndrome

Some vitamin deficiencies can make this worse (iron, vitamins b and e)...

[Shell Beau]

7. Sometimes my arm goes to sleep.

:shrug:

[Nikia]

8. That's happened to me before too

I think that I must have lied on it or something when it happens. It is so uncomfortable sometimes because it can feel dead for a while.

[radwriter0555]

9. look into a disorder called RSD, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy ..

it seems to be related to spinal injuries although most docs in the US haven't heard of it.

The best solutoin so far isn't tons of medication, although the steroids have helped ease the burning sensations, but hard, furious exercise, getting the body alive again and forcing it to live.

I've seen what this type of disorder can do to people who let it take over.

Don't be that person!

[Deja Q]

13. I shall...

I've started exercising again, as much as I can do without collapsing.

I mean, I may as well live - right?

[radwriter0555]

15. Well what I learned was that it's just pain. Steroids have helped mine a

lot, carefully monitered, and pain killers... But I am in pain all day, every day. Some times it's just less than other days.

What I learned is that pain is just pain. It's a mental state. It hurts to move, but I can move. It doesn't matter if I move a little or a lot, I still hurt, but I can move! So if I move, I live. My limbs stay alive, I don't ulcerate and the condition won't advance. The pain as a mental state doesn't prevent the limbs and the body from operating... so I work through it, and I have found that the adrenaline is a major assist in overcoming and reducing the pain.

Like I said, I've seen what this disorder will do to people if they let it, and I would rather die than live fat, ulcerated, skin rotting, limbs rotting, diseased, miserable, crippled.

Mind over matter! YEAH baby!

[lakemonster11]

10. Yeah, and I think I know why.

It doesn't happen too often normally, but I had a big problem with it right after I had my knee surgery---I would wake up every few hours with my arms almost entirely numb.

My theory is that the combination of the pain killers and the straight brace on my leg kept me from moving around in my sleep like I normally would. I've heard that one of the reasons people move in their sleep is to keep the blood from being blocked at the points where one's body touches the mattress. I think that my arms were falling asleep because I was sleeping in one position, without being able to move.

I heard an advertisement for one of those foam-style mattresses that claims that it reduces the pressure and keeps you from having to move around so much in your sleep. I don't know to what extent that's true, but it might be something to investigate if you're thinking about getting a new mattress.

:shrug:

[StopTheMorans]

11. sometimes, and then i wake up to realize that pesky roadrunner has dropped

another piano on me. fuck that bastard :grr:

[Deja Q]

12. Mock me all you like.

It'd be more fun if you dated me. :P :rofl:

[skygazer]

14. I was just thinking about that this morning

I've noticed that my left arm goes numb quite often when I'm in bed. It doesn't seem to make a difference what position I sleep in and I don't notice the right arm doing it. I had surgery 2 years ago for a herniated disk in my neck and though the neck itself is mostly pain free, I wonder if there wasn't some nerve damage from years of pressure.

[libodem]

16. yep

my neck pain is better since the fusion last year but my f'ing lower back is numbing and tingling my legs at night, I'll likely end up with my lower spine fused as well. Hope you will be better soon, Toady.:)

[barb162]

17. only when I sleep on them and cut off their circulation

From what I have read, the spine really doesn't regenerate. I ahve a few problems there myself

[RevCheesehead]

18. I feel tingling and numbness in my feet all the time.

I saw a neurologist. His expert diagnosis was "you're getting old... it happens." :grr:

[REP]

19. Just At Night? No. All The Time? Yes.

But I have actual nerve damage with known etiology, not something I found cruising health sites.