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).

I have been feeling a weird sensation in my eyes region at random times

For the past while (ever since I was a 13), I have been feeling a weird sensation in my eyes region at random times. I can't really explain it, but it feels like my eyes want to roll into the back of my head and I feel like I want to cry. If I let my eyes roll, it feels like I am stretching my eyes...

by Some Random over a year ago

Light headed all the time, doctor said it was vertigo

Answered by a doctor

Hi, I'm a 30 yr old women who's been feeling light headed all the time for the past year last January I went to the hospital because for no apparent reason I just started to feel this light headed feeling and the doctor said it was vertigo that it should go away in a few days but it's been a year...

by Cecy over a year ago

Shocks/zaps throughout my head and body as well

Hi all, I am very very interested in reading all that everybody has written because I have experienced this "zapping" feeling for about 5 years now too. It feels like an electrical impulse running inside my body and it is extremely uncomfortable and distracting (I feel it mostly in my head and my...

by Jill over a year ago

I was at the work, and I started sweating out of nowhere, after five seconds I was fine

I was at work. And all of a sudden. I started sweating out of no where, sweat pouring down my face. Five seconds before I was fine. And then it just felt as though my body was shutting down. This has never happened to me before. What is going on????

by momofbrynbre337423 over a year ago

I am bloating, I get headaches and migraines, doctor told me that I have high prolactin levels

Answered by a doctor

4th time writing this now. Age: 16 Height: 5'3" Weight: 135-139lbs Past history: puked blood at age five, bloated on and off since. No answers. Tried every diet and water intake as well. No change. Had an ovarian cyst that ruptured(was sent home) Now: I get bloated severly til i look 9months...

by magtho337293 over a year ago

Migraine problems, I have really bad headaches, it is getting worse

Answered by a doctor

Since about 6th grade I've gotten really bad headaches, well migraines I guess. They last for weeks, but sometimes I forget that I have one until it randomly intensifies. It's gotten worst lately. If I turn my head the pain moves in that direction. The pain is always in the front on either the...

by Pain over a year ago

my encephalitis insight, it is very serious

I got encephalitis when I was 5 from having a 105 fever after getting chicken pox.i went through years of EEG and scans.i was having grandma seizures and diagnosed with ADD.i too have frequent memory loss.i also have poor concentration.i am now 34 and can remember big gaps in time.this was very...

by chrissi over a year ago

I wouldn't say that I experience any physical responses, but I can hear various sounds

Hi all, I'm new! I was excited to recently discover the ASMR community to finally feel the validation of, "Yes, this is a real thing that you're experiencing!" So, I wouldn't say that I experience any physical responses outwardly, but my "sensitivity" is particular sounds, such as the various...

by KarAd336755 over a year ago

white spots on brain

Hi I have a 20 month old son who has two white spots on brain and 4 on Hart epilepsy doctors are saying it could be a vessel and other doctors say it could be Tuberous sclerosis what can it be he has been diagnosed with seizure disorder and focal seizure

by samkelv336894 over a year ago

Lightheaded when I lay down, laugh, get in the shower.

Answered by a doctor

I’m 24 and female. Lately, I have been getting lightheaded when I get out of bed in the morning, or lay down. Occasionally, if I am lying in bed reading or watching TV I will feel disoriented or lightheaded, near greying-out. I put my hand above my head, like putting my hair up in a bun, I feel...

by KirMcG336211 over a year ago