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 get sick often, I am always tired and had no energy to move

I am not sure if all of these things are related or different, but I feel like I have so much going on with me lately. I get sick offen, and I used to harly ever get sick. I am always tired, no matter how much sleep I get. And even when I am not sleepy, I have NO energy at all. I physically can't...

by Brittany over a year ago

symptoms of dizziness after taking aspirin for preventing a stroke

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I was taking one aspirin every other day to prevent recurring tias . aspirin caused lightheadness . i cut back to 1- aspirin every 3-days symptoms much better now. My symptoms durring my tias were onset very quickly blood pressure dropping and total weakness,sweating and numbness,once i had total...

by buckmaster1335672 over a year ago

Pain in right side of head near temple and above ear

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hi, im 20 year old guy, and have been having these sharp/aching pains in the right side on my head near my temple/above my ear and near the top of my head(that general area) it comes on as a slight aching pain then every now and then turns into a sharp stabbing pain, its last for around 1-2 seconds...

by brandon lee335708 over a year ago

PTSD, borderline personality disorder, anxiety, depression, etc are all symptoms of what?

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PTSD, borderline personality disorder, anxiety, depression, pickers disease, minieres disease (high pitched ringing in ears, dizziness, hearing loss), sleep apnea, RLS, hypoglycemia, sciatic nerve pain, arthritic degenerative disc disease, weakness in both arms (sudden onset, not lasting long),...

by Angelface486 over a year ago

Stroke and head feeling that doesn't want to stop

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I had a stroke on March 23, 2005. It was a right frontal bleed. 3 years ago I started to have these 'auras' for lack of a better word. They last about 10 seconds. I can talk, walk, do my work right through them. They throw me slightly off balance but only slightly. I am getting more lately and...

by Cathy over a year ago

Sort of shiver down my spine, but it stays in my neck

Hi all, sorry if this is the wrong place to post, but I'm actually not sure of what it is, just hoping to get some help here! For about 3-4 years I've been getting this.. Sort of shiver down my spine, but it stays in my neck. It's almost the same sensation though. But also, I can't control my...

by Clementine101 over a year ago

burning tingeling feeling, I still have sever pains, burning eyes

Dr I have been for mri scans CT scans 3 hiv test cd4 test cbc test and all the results are normal no multiple sclerosis or HIV or std or diabetes or cancer but still I have this sever pains can't sleep burning eyes fast heart beat burning feeling in my skull and neck almost like wurms eating on your...

by sakkie over a year ago

Right temple into my cheek bone and occasionally my ear

I have a history of stress headaches due to PTSD and I've come to terms with them and have medication to help ease them. Just over a week ago I started getting stabbing headaches in my right temple and now it's going down my cheek bone and occasionally my ear. My meds for my stress headaches (at...

by AngM335079 over a year ago

She pulled my hair, now I have intense pain in my head

So today me and my girlfriend were play fight and she pulled the hair on the backside of my head, she didn't pull it very hard so as she let go I had this intense pain in my head and then after a couple of seconds it felt numb for about a minute. I would like to find out what this is and to note...

by pigeonjohn334641 over a year ago

My sister had meningitis when she was born, now she is diagnosed with congenital hydrocephalus

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My sister had meningitis when she was born and and became deaf as a result. When she was a teenager she had a seizure. She did graduate from school for the deaf and blind. Neurological testing showed that she has a mind of a 10 year old when she was 19. Now she is 51 and was hospitalized due to a...

by Congenital Hydrocephalus over a year ago