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).

Buzzing noises in my head, I'm on antidepressants

This year I turnedant 60 years old and for the past 4 years I've had very bad and constant buzzing in my head and every night I play music through my headphones to try and drain the buzzing out but it's still there when I want to go to sleep around midnight maybe Later!! I'm on anti...

by Guest over a year ago

Multiple viral Meningitis Episodes. Why does my back and neck cause so much pain?

Answered by a doctor

Hi my name's Bill. I have had Viral meningitis 8 times..It started at 18 thru 27..Now 35..My question is why does my back and neck cause so much pain ..that morphine doesn't even touch it. Doctors in Pa have no idea ..was comatose 1st time for 6 months ..not drug induced .and was 6'1". Now 5'10"

by Bill over a year ago

Numbness in left thumb and right index finger

My left thumb started feeling numb about 6wks ago. About a week after that my right index finger started feeling numb also. I can use both normally and have feeling in them; they both just feel numb. Sometimes is much more significant than others. I can't think of any change...

by Robert over a year ago

diagnosed with Occipital Neuralgia, having lower left back and head pain

I have been diagnosed with Occipital Nero problems. This pain is just a little lower then the middle of my ear. It gets so bad I can't even lay on that side of my head. I am one 1000mg Dapkote plus lycria plus cymblta plus about 5 others. I need help I have been in bed for...

by Sheila43 over a year ago

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

Answered by a doctor

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 Guest over a year ago

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 BHJ58 over a year ago

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 Jad over a year ago

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 Kitty2shoes1971352564 over a year ago

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

Answered by a doctor

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 Jrlevinson352508 over a year ago

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 workwork82352498 over a year ago