It is sort of like when your leg falls asleep and right
before it starts to wake up, you feel this numbing sensation. That is sort of
what is going on with my head. It doesn’t hurt, but it doesn’t feel good either,
but it is very present…very very present. It is not a good or pleasant feeling…at
all.
Usually when it happens it starts in the back of my head,
then expand to include my ears, and then parts of my face. It will last for a
while (a day or two usually) then it goes away again until it misses me so much
that it comes back.
According the MS Society:
Numbness of the face, body or
extremities (arms and legs) is one of the most common symptoms of MS. Often
it’s the first symptom experienced by those eventually diagnosed with MS. The
numbness may be mild or so severe that it interferes with the ability to use
the affected body part. For example, a person with very numb feet may have
difficulty walking. Numb hands may prevent writing, dressing, or holding
objects safely.People with MS who have severe facial numbness should be very careful when eating or chewing, as they may unwittingly bite the inside of their mouth or tongue. People with numbness over other parts of the body should be careful around fires, hot water and other sources of heat, as they may suffer a burn without realizing it.
There are no medications to relieve numbness.
Great information, but it doesn’t talk specifically about being a numb skull…I mean having a numb skull. So I read other people’s stuff online and found this guy Matt who has MS and has experienced something very similar. Here is a piece form his site:
Woke up this morning an my head was numb... The back left of my
neck, the back left of my head and my left ear. As the night is coming to an
end it is slowly spreading down towards my cheek... I can feel that I am
touching my skin but it is a very faint sensation as if a dentitst decided to
shoot me up with novicane all over my neck, head, and the left side of my face.
Also been experiencing a little more pain than usual today most in my right
hand's fingertips. One finger in particular has a sever almost itching
sensation that comes and goes but mostly just the "I just smashed my
finger with a hammer" sensation. My left sciatic nerve is bothering me a
bit as well. That's all that's new, vision and everything else is no different
than usual.
(http://www.mattsms.com/2012/01/woke-up-this-morning-my-head-was-numb.html)It is crazy how differently Multiple Sclerosis affects different people, yet there is such a commonality of similarity that is undeniable.
WARNING: Do not
attempt to make your own head go numb. MS is a serious and sometimes laughable
matter. Do not try this at home kids; I am an untrained professional who cannot
control his own body.
Seriously though…a
numb head really really sucks…I hate it!!!!!
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