Nervous System Disorders and Diseases

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).

Feeling lost after brain surgery. I had to get a cavernous malformation removed

I had brain surgery a little over a year ago. I had to get a cavernous malformation removed from deep in my right temporal lobe. I'm doing better but I still don't feel like myself even after a year of recover. I have a lot of family support but I feel lost and alone. I'm depressed and can't figure...

by JESS361279 over a year ago

I get intense sharp nerve pains in my whole body. Chest, arms, back, legs, even in my ears or face

I have been having a strange assortment of symptoms for around a month now. Started out as minor pain my left side rib area. I work out a fair amount and thought it was a pulled muscle. I noticed a cord like structure underneath my rib that was visible when I stretched and I can feel a small lump...

by Copperpot over a year ago

Cannot fall asleep nor get more than 7 hours of sleep

I am a 15 year old female ,I’ve been having a lot of issues falling asleep this past year , I used to smoke pot once in awhile last year and then gave it up this past year and i’ve noticed i can’t fall alseep nor get more than 7 hours of sleep , it causes a lot of stress and anger , last night...

by Guest over a year ago

Cracking sensation in skull which is very uncomfortable, it all started after a long flight

Hi, so I've been having this problem for over a month now and was hoping some of you could give me a piece of advice. It started about a week after I had gotten off a long flight (dont know if it has anything to do with it). After getting home I've been having blocked ears, had a bit of a cold...

by Guest over a year ago

Comments and reviews on article "Huntington's Disease: Progressive Neurodegenerative Genetic Disorde

Users comments and reviews on article Huntington's Disease: Progressive Neurodegenerative Genetic Disorder by Robert Rister

by Guest over a year ago

Hangover after a couple of drinks, I'm a slim body female

I'm not too sure how to explain this but for the past year now my hangovers have progressively got worse. I'm 20 years old, 8st, slim build female. So I'm quite young to get a hangover like my parents I would've thought. When I used to get them, they would go half way through the day, I'd feel awful...

by B101 over a year ago

Occasional morning paralysis which is lasting for several hours

occasionaly I find at bedtime I get all yawny and stretchy and in the morning I find I cannot get out of bed ,my partner brings me water from the fridge in a cup with a straw but during the day I slowly recover and by late afternoon or early evening I have recovered enough that I...

by Guest over a year ago

Headaches everyday accompanied with a left eye pain

I'm 15 years old and i've started to get these weird headaches a couple days before school started and at first i thought it was just stress. I had to get ready to go back to school, i also spent 6 hours of my day practicing field hockey for my school and it was very stressful. but now that school...

by Guest over a year ago

Sharp Headaches at the front of my head and they are coming almost every day

i am 15 years old and female and have been getting really strong headaches at the front of my head. They began a couple of months ago and come quite daily. This morning I woke up with a sharp, intense headache mainly located in my right ear and towards the back of my head on the right side. I was in...

by Eloise over a year ago

Minor daily headaches and pins and needles in both hands, that is lasting for years

I have had minor daily headaches almost daily for the last almost three years now. I started seeing a neurologist. I also had pins and needles in both hands. He kept sending me for spinal taps, xrays, etc-but never told me to try physical therapy. He kept trying to give me meds for the...

by Angry Jeweler over a year ago