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Originally Posted by Cat_In_The_Hat_
I have been really tired lately and have been doing not much more than taking my meds and falling back asleep for the past week or so.
- my legs from the knee down to the toes and my right arm from the elbow to the fingers felt numb and not a part of my body.
- My legs could hardly hold me, knees felt like jelly, lower part of legs (from knees to toes) just felt like they were not there, and I sat down right away again. WTF? is that all about?
- feeling of weakness and tingling and I have no words to describe the feeling or lack of in my legs.
- Is this the beginning of the end of my legs? Needless to say I had a majour pitty party on sat and sun.
- Toes and balls of feet feel as if there is cotton inside of them, loose socks are too tight.
- Right arm is also still weak and does not feel like it is part of my body ( I guess that is the best way to describe the feelings in those parts of the body).
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All of what you've described are "Sensory Symptoms" (see following link, under that sub-title), and often occurs as a result of spinal lesions.
The feeling like "is not part of my body" is called "Proprioceptive Dysfunction; Loss of awareness of location of body parts":
http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/mssymptoms.html
Since this is a new (or worsening of old) symptom, and has lasted longer then 24 hrs, it is an attack.
What should you do? That is really up to you and whether you would normally try steroids for a flare-up such as this. I just ride it out, and it normally takes from 4 - 12 weeks clear up. Sometimes it gets much worse (including more parts of the body, stronger sensations, etc.), and sometimes it just stays where it is for several weeks.
If it gets worse or you get scared about something, don't be shy to ask. I know this experience all too well.
Cherie
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