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Ask questions and share information about nervous system disorders and diseases here. Talk about vascular disorders (stroke, transient ischemic attack or TIA, subarachnoid hemorrhage, subdural hemorrhage and hematoma, and extradural hemorrhage), infections (meningitis, encephalitis, polio, and epidural abscess), functional disorders ( headache, epilepsy, dizziness, and neuralgia), structural disorders (Bell's palsy, cervical spondylosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, brain or spinal cord tumors, peripheral neuropathy, and Guillain-Barre syndrome) and degeneration (Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Huntington's chorea, and Alzheimer's disease).

Tapered of Clonazepam, battling with insomnia, I was a drug addict/ alcoholic for 6 years

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For anyone willing to read.  Please advise.   I was a drug addict/alcoholic from 14 years old to 20 years old when I had a traumatic brain injury in 2005.  From which I thought I had made a full recovery.  I was intensive inpatient physical and speech therapy for...

by User avatar Guest

Sudden onset pain after bending over never had before, i'm female, 58 years old

I had a sharp pain in my upper central back between my shoulder blades. The next morning I bent over to pick my sneakers up and had an escruiating pain in my low back right hip area. I didn't know whether to stand up or drop to my knees .i was in a lot of discomfort all day. Today it hurts to move...

by User avatar BHJ58

Diagnosed with Trigeminal neuralgia, but I think doctor got it wrong

I have been diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia but am panicking incase my doctor has got it wrong. I used to drink very heavy 12 years ago and stopped for a long time and started doing it sensibly. I stopped again 3 years ago to look after my mum. Was fine till a few months ago when I started...

by User avatar Jad

Titanium Brain Aneurysm Clips

I just signed up and am looking for information on Titanium Brain Aneurysm Clips. I had a large aneurysm clipped in 2012 and have lots of head pain in the area of my surgery and they cannot find out what is causing it. I am wondering if there is a chance I could be having some reaction to the...

by User avatar Kitty2shoes1971352564

post viral headache syndrome

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Hi, my daughter is diagnosed with post viral headache syndrome. I took her to hospital because she had pain in her forehead and eyeballs, which lasted for two months, since the onset of the virus. How to cope with this?

by User avatar Guest

Difficulty breathing, mid back pain, neck and head pain etc.

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So the last few days I've developed some odd symptoms but I'm unsure what it might be. My head feels heavy like a headache but not the same sensation, the back of head and down my neck feels strained, I have some minor congestion, a faint minor cough, I have some middle back pain, and when I breathe...

by User avatar Jrlevinson352508

Fingertip pain on waking up

I'm an active 26 year-old male in otherwise good health, and the last couple days I've been waking up to a new fingertip being extremely sensitive. It started with my left thumb, which is very sensitive to any pressure now, as though I had bruised it. There is no visible injury, but by itself I had...

by User avatar workwork82352498

reoccuring carpal tunnel

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I was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome about 9 months ago and I thought it won’t come back I’m not sure now but I think my carpal tunnel is reoccurring. In latest ten days I’ve started to feel exact the same symptoms this sharp pain through all my arms and my wrist is swelled and I feel...

by User avatar simke7458

Weird pain in head, throat, and chest.

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Okay so for pretty much my whole life I've had this very unexplainable pain that would randomly appear in either my head, chest, or throat, or sometimes all those places. However I never get a pain anywhere else without the head pain.  well recently they're becoming more frequent. The pain...

by User avatar Guest

Keari Malformation, is there any surgery to fix it and what was the recovery like?

Hi not sure if I spelled that right but this is what they say my son has. Never heard of this before. Anyone heard of it ? Plus he has other back problems .  Anyone had surgery to fix this and what was the recovery like?  We are thinking about having the surgery but may wait till he...

by User avatar Cindie