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hands and arm fall asleep; is this part of SPS
Sun, 10/15/2006 - 18:10I have noticed since having 20+ seizures a day that I have experienced a loss in feeling my hand and arm muiltiple times a day. The times I feel the pins and needles do not seem to corralate to the seizures.
I also do not believe it is just circulatory related because it is always the same arm, the same side in which I feel my migrains spread after a SPS. I might add that it happens in my sleep, while I am cooking, while I am typing, ect.
After the pins and needles subside I get the worst charlie horse pains and can see my pulse in my veins. Does anyone else experience this? If so, do you think it is related to my SPS?
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Re: hands and arm fall asleep; is this part of SPS
Submitted by angel_lts on Mon, 2006-10-16 - 10:17
Yes that is what it is actually! I also get them. I get the sleep feeling in my thumb and fingers. It is a simple partial seizure. You are aware of everything around you. I sometimes have my whole hand fall asleep which I then go into a generalized seizure. Also it is possible that your migraines are also a sps.
What meds are you on?
take care
Lisa
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The seizures could be mildly
Submitted by Elysia on Mon, 2006-10-16 - 11:23
The seizures could be mildly described as a de ja vu feeling, either a place in time, or a familar scene or smell sets it off, then a rush of blood to my head where it feels like there a vice pushing outward, I lightheaded and almost faint as I burned from inside out with fever and regain my surroundings. Each spell lasts for only 10-20 seconds but I would be drenched with sweat on my brow and pits.
I currently am not on any meds, and hope that I can survive without them.
Re: Re: hands and arm fall asleep; is this part of SPS
Submitted by SHYGIRL on Mon, 2006-10-16 - 09:51
I ALSO GET SIMILAR SYMPTOM EXCEPT I GET THE PINS AND NEEDLES IN MY TOES AND FEET SEVERAL TIMES A DAY AND THEN I GET A FEELING THAT I CANT MOVE IT GETS STIFF THAT I CANT MOVE IT IT HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY TO ME. I ALSO GET THE FEELING OF NUMBNESS IN MY LEGS THAT I CANT STAND UP LONG. WHAT KIND OF SEIZURES DO YOU HAVE THAT YOUR EXPERIENCING THE PINS AND NEEDLES DO YOU THINK ITS SEIZURE RELATED? THE MEDS IM ON IS TOPAMAX AND KEPPRA.. JENNIFER