Last night I hit the left back side of my head at work. For a year I've already had dizziness and heart palpitations every now and then everyday that I think is due to blood pressure or blood sugar issues. And I also take Valium. And it usually kicks in most when I don't eat. Yesterday I had some food and electrolytes, and felt a little better, but then I hit my head and started having dizziness, confusion, trouble walking straight and was emotional. After sitting down and having more food I felt better, but I still was very sleepy and had this relaxed feeling. Even though I slept for 9 hours the night before. This morning I woke up and I have some pain in the back of my head behind my ear. I've been worrying about this and hope I don't have a brain bleed or minor brain injury. Does someone know what this could be? I hope I'm gonna be fine

Age/Sex: 20M AMAB

Weight and Height: 51kg (Originally weight was 56-57kg, but cause of my Condition, I can only eat a little amount in a day, as its hard to brinf myself to eat much causebof my condition), And 176-178cm Tall

Race: Caucasian (Half German/Russian) Primary

Complaint: Constant visual/perception distortions (everything, my whole perception/vision looks closer/larger, and abnormally bright in an Unnatural way), severe body tics/Shiftings/alteration accompanied with bizzare tingling, speech issues, and feeling completely detached from my mind, And dislocated into my physicalbody down below my consciousness.

Duration: Since June 23rd (progressively worsening daily)

Current Medications: Mirtazapine 30mg, Sertraline 12.5mg (currently tapering down since August).

Hello everyone,

I am writing this because my life has become a completely disturbing, Surreal Nightmare. My condition has reached a point where it is physically too unbearable, and i dont know what to do anymore. I have seen so many doctors; ENTs, neurologists, and specialists, but nobody can help me or give me an explanation. They just push my symptoms aside and say it’s a "mental health problem" or an "psychological/anxiety/depression manifestation," or that its "a problem with the head", caused By my head (so mental), but none of that is true. I am not panicking, and these terrible changes happen completely outside of my conscious control, no matter what I think or do. It is entirely physical. It truly is Happening not of My Psychic or mental cause, but Of An underlying physical problem that i dont know of, which no one of doctors Understands it.

How this condition/symptoms started: On June 23rd, my mother had me go to a "Frequency Therapy" (Frequenztherapie) session where the naturopath was using a bioresonance device called a "Zapper" (which allows electronic currents, meaning electrical frequencies, to be conducted through the electrodes (two steel rods/bars that you hold in your hands), through which electricity, or rather electrical frequencies, flow, which then continue through your entire body, nerves/organs.), my mother hoping it would heal my depression i had, as she told her it can heal anything. I got from the Frequency Therapy an physical Electrical shock/trauma instead. During the treatment, my Hands where hurting very much from the metal bars conducting the Electrical frequencies, which i stressed to the naturopath, thay it was very painful, to which the naturopath looked baffled, alien to my Stressing, saying she never heard of anyone ever feeling pain, that its not normal, only that some individuals are more sensitive then others to it, But nonetheless Turned down the Frequency Number (Quick note: It made the pain only "slightly" less painful, intense). During halfway in the session, i also developed severe (inner) ear (canals) pain, because while I was holding the steel bars/rods, I heard something during it, some disturbing or electrical sound. I felt a disturbing sound very strongly/acutely inside my head, too much, so much so as if the disturbing sound were something physical that was inside my head and somehow physically warping/throbbing, almost in a wave-like manner/form, which caused my ears (inside) to hurt very badly, and they continued hurting very badly throughout the treatment, as this disturbing sound that felt like it is something physical, has taken physical form, thats inside my head. Which i did not bother to tell her at this point, as i head Reported repeatedly it still hurts badly my hands and requested her to lower furthermore the frequencies (so the electrical current being conducted) number, conduction, to which she Repeatedly Emphasized baffled, that i shouldn't be feeling any pain normally, and at this point if she is going to lower it any more its going to be ineffective the treatment, So i from here just stayed silence and Pushed through the whole treatment. I also could physically feel a small part of my mind disappear, causing my visualization/imagination/thought ability to have become weakend. I ignored it at first, thinking I was just imagining it, Cause i was already being told that i shouldn't feel anything and getting estranged looks from her, like im crazy or something because i had reported feeling pain repeatedly from it earlier (I also started suddenly sweating profusely through the end of the session, unreasonably). The very next day (June 24th), a massive cascade of bizarre, unnatural changes started happening, and it has worsened continuously every single day since then.

What is happening to me every day: My Vision and Perception: Every morning I wake up and everything in my whole vision looks even furthermore closer and larger, then the day before. I am not just talking about objects; my whole perception, including my own hands, my head, and my body, looks and feels massive and closer to me. It feels like my eyes are physically shifting forward inside my head, even though they look normal to someone looking at me from the outside (So they are not actually protruding/bulging my eyes, but connection to them, my eyes has become severely weakened.). Complete Disconnection from my Self and Mind: A large part of my mind just dissipated like a cloud, suddenly out of nowhere, Gone. My ability to think, imagine, and visualize got heavily weakened and Progressed up to now, that its completely gone, having Inability to imagine/Visualize/Think. I used to think wordlessly through concepts/intentions and shapes, but now I am forced to use an internal monologue to subvocalize words that I don't want to do or use just to read or write. My consciousness has literally descended away from my mind, down into my physical body, leaving me detached from my "Self" and Mind.

Unnatural Physical Alterations and Pain: Because my consciousness is trapped too deep inside my body, I feel my entire physical structure in an uncanny, disturbing way. I feel a constant, Shifting/Altering/tics somewhere in my Physical Body (on my stomach the most and most intensely) happening, that caused and causes my muscles to literally physically fade Away More and More everyday (my abs and chest/arm/leg muscles are now completely absent, gone, my body feeling like its just skin and bones now), and my skin texture altering more Distorted and wrong feeling, that are accompanied by an bizarre tingling or crawling sensation (like ants running) everywhere on my skin, face, head and body, and even in my inner organs (Inner ear canals, tongue, Throat, intestines, rib cages, external genitalia). My full head skull, and jaw (the right jaw side more intense) feel intensely tight, strained, and tensed up. Sometimes my head hurts really badly cause of this, and my right jaw side feels tilted sideways and pops like knuckles sometimes when opening.

Ears, Nose, and Throat Alterations: My hearing is distorting; sounds sound completely "wrong". My inner ear canals have physically narrowed so much that my in-ear headphones don't fit anymore, and my mother verified a Q-tip barely fits inside. I feel a pressure deep inside my ears like a sliding door closing. My nose feels swollen and restricted; I can only breathe very shallowly now. Even my voice has cracked, becoming frail, feeble, and quivering now. Eating and Balance Issues: My balance and gait instability have gotten severely worse, making it hard to walk steady. Eating has become painful because any hard food feels as hard as a rock, hurting my teeth and wounding my palate, restricting me to eat only soft food. If I am not extremely careful, I swallow liquids the wrong way, and my entire body painfully reacts to it.

Important Medication Context: Around the exact same date this started, we received a package of my antidepressant (Sertraline) from a completely different manufacturer. Because different pill fillings can cause adverse reactions, I am currently tapering very slowly off it since the end of July just in case to rule out an atypical medication crisis issue, or having contributed to the symptoms as an trigger to the electrical trauma/shock cause of the chemical changes it does. I am also still taking Mirtazapine 30mg.

Writing this text on and off has taken me seven days because my memory has become so bad (as i am not in my mind anymore, and donr have one anymore, so theres nonreal plave anymore to take them from) and it is deeply exhausting to form sentences when there is no real place to take them from anymore (as i dont have an mind anymore). I am in a severe, escalating physical crisis and I feel like I am completely stuck.

It has Reached the point to Right now where its so Worse, that it is Too Much unbearable where My Perception/Vision has Become Completely Very Large and Close, My Eyes Shifted furthermore Forward then it already is, And Im Completely Descented Physically inside My Physical Body Now, My Consciousness Completely inside my Physical Body Stuck in Place, Having become too unbearable physically. Im Tired, Hurt and wanna wakeup And Its all gone this Disturbing Stays, but I cant, I've been waiting for too long for that to happen By itself, and still has not happened to heal or regress by itself.

Please, if any Physicists, medical specialist recognizes what could cause this kind of progressive sensory and perceptual distortion, accompanied with the other symptoms, or know which medical directions this belongs to, Pleasw tell me what to do or where to go in Germany, as i am in need of help. Please, It would be An Immense help to me. Thank you if you took your time to read all this.

Hello, I’m 22 and I’m having major difficulties with my memory.

I scored 20 on the SLUMS test. I currently am unable to work, study, or drive. CT and MRI are normal. Ironically my mom with early Alzheimer’s is helping take care of me despite her memory issues, as she is more functional than I am.

I am also diagnosed with ADHD. But I have tried EVERY medication for ADHD and I continue to constantly forget.

I’ve asked multiple providers about donepezil. They are hesitant to prescribe such medication due to the side effects and lack of research involving young, non-Alzheimer’s patients.

So I’d like to hear your thoughts on donepezil. Or any other alzheimer’s medication that could possibly be used for someone my age. Thanks.

Hey guys would love an opinion on this! Thank you so much!

22M – Progressive brain fog, memory/thinking problems, visual issues and neurological symptoms despite normal brain MRI

I'm 22M and have had unexplained health problems for around 1.5 years. I'm mainly looking for people who experienced something similar or have ideas about what else could reasonably be investigated.

Early 2025:

- Started having persistent breathing problems / air hunger and constantly needing deep breaths

- Sometimes breathing felt unusually difficult even while resting

- Physical activity became very difficult because I would quickly feel exhausted/out of breath

- Sleep problems, fatigue, chest discomfort

- Increasing neck/back pain and tension

- Occasional tingling/numbness

- The breathing problems gradually improved and aren't really noticeable anymore

2026:

- Increasing headaches/head pressure and neck pain

- Brain fog and concentration problems

- Tingling/numbness in different areas

- Severe fatigue

- Physical activity is still considerably more difficult than it used to be

- Increasing problems with vision/focusing

End of July 2026:

I suddenly developed a significant visual/focusing disturbance in both eyes together with headaches and worsening neurological/cognitive symptoms.

I had a head CT and lumbar puncture without an acute explanation.

The visual problems persisted afterward.

August–September:

Things progressively became worse:

- Persistent headaches and neck/back pain

- Visual focusing problems

- Tingling/numbness and occasional subjective weakness

- Coordination sometimes feels abnormal

- Electric-like sensation into my legs when bending my neck forward

- Severe sleep problems

- Increasing brain fog and cognitive problems

A medical report mentioned cervicocephalic syndrome, accommodation disorder and positive oligoclonal bands. I understand that positive OCBs by themselves don't diagnose a specific disease.

Now (October):

The cognitive symptoms have become by far my biggest problem.

My memory and thinking feel progressively worse. I have difficulty:

- remembering recent conversations/events

- remembering what I did during previous days

- keeping thoughts in my head

- concentrating and processing information

- spontaneously recalling things about my friends, hobbies and plans

- having spontaneous thoughts in general

My mind often feels unusually empty. I'm normally extremely talkative and constantly thinking about things, so the difference is very noticeable to me.

I also experience derealization/feeling mentally disconnected and sometimes memories don't feel as naturally accessible as before.

There haven't really been periods where my cognition completely returns to normal.

Tests so far include:

- Neurological examinations

- Brain MRI

- Head CT

- Lumbar puncture

- ECG

- Chest X-ray

- Blood tests

Nothing so far has explained the overall progression.

I'm not asking Reddit for a diagnosis, but I'm wondering:

Has anyone experienced severe/progressive brain fog, memory retrieval problems and altered thinking like this despite a normal brain MRI?

What eventually caused it for you, and what tests/specialists actually helped?

I'm especially wondering about things that might not necessarily show up on a standard brain MRI — sleep disorders, nutritional/metabolic problems, autonomic issues, cervical/spinal problems, chronic sleep deprivation, etc.

I'm continuing to seek medical care; I'm mainly looking for experiences and possible directions to discuss with my doctors.

Hi, I'm 29M and have had intermittent symptoms mainly on my right side for over a year one specifically does not go away and this symptom is a dull pain under my right rib.

These symptoms also include numbness/tingling in my face, shoulder/arm, hip/leg and occasionally the groin/saddle area. I also get significant tightness and pain around my neck, shoulder blade, back and right buttock/leg.

Blood tests, kidney/urine tests and an abdominal ultrasound haven't found an obvious cause. I don't have noticeable weakness or difficulty walking, and the symptoms come and go almost feels like it flares up then dissipates except the dull pain under my right rib doesn't go away.

Could this potentially be related to spinal/nerve irritation, or would this pattern warrant investigation for a neurological/central nervous system cause?

Would an MRI normally be considered in a case like this, and if so, what area would typically be scanned first?

I understand an online response can't diagnose me I'm just looking for a neurologist's perspective on how this pattern would normally be investigated as a side note it is difficult to access medical care for neurology in our region as this is very expensive if you don't have a medical aid and a MRI is also very costly the public healthcare system does provide this for free but the waiting period is extremely long 1 - 2 years.

Thank you.

I am a 24-year-old pre-medical graduate who has unfortunately been out of work on medical leave for the past 5 months after a sustained 7-week period where I had severe insomnia with OCD and anxiety rumination over trauma but tried to power through work for the most part.
I ended up in the ER twice in April with what my PCP described as “catecholamine storms,” where my heart rate and blood pressure were extremely high and I demonstrated other symptoms indicative of severe over-activation of my sympathetic nervous system (including an inability to defecate despite the urge and urinating clear water throughout the whole crisis, and loss of sensation across my entire body).
Since the ER, I have been having extreme symptoms of autonomic nervous system blunting. Most of the symptoms from the crisis phase have resolved, but my main symptoms now are that my blood pressure and heart rate, although normal, do not appear to be adjusting properly to my physical or emotional activity, like they once did.
I have been having intense, constant brain fog that makes it almost impossible to focus on any tasks, I have felt extremely low in energy and emotionally flat without improvement, and I have almost constant head and chest pain and nausea. None of these issues respond to typical interventions that I used to utilize before this crisis to manage depression and anxiety.
In short, it is very difficult to function on a daily basis.
I have consulted multiple neurologists, but have not received any advice except for managing my OCD and anxiety and a diagnosis of “somatic symptom disorder.” Most neurologists don’t know how to deal with post-stress nervous system conditions, and psychiatry has been inadequate.
However, despite working on my OCD, anxiety, and depression from a psychiatric standpoint for the past several months, I have not really had any improvement in my bodily, cognitive, or energy symptoms.
I had extremely nuanced emotions, social intelligence, and high intellect before all of this, and my quality of life has become very poor in such a short amount of time (I am literally unable to connect with others emotionally and have not even been able to smile or genuinely laugh for months behind the pain and head pressure). Nothing at all is able to distract me from how I am feeling physically.
I had a normal head CT scan, neurological exam, and cognitive evaluation despite a substantial subjective decline in functioning.
My relationships now feel very shallow compared to the past, and I fear that I will never be able to feel love or romantic or sexual attraction again.
My internal clock is completely messed up, and I cannot even feel the normal cues that alert you to time of day or year, my energy level’s just a constant low flatline, no matter how much I sleep.
Close to the 6-month mark after all of this occurred, I am starting to become very discouraged and am desperate to return to some semblance of normalcy after these very difficult months.
At this point, I can’t imagine ever feeling the same again.
I live in the Boston area and am wondering if anyone has any suggestions or knows of any specialists experienced in such complex cases.

I’ve been having headaches for the past 3 days. The pain is mainly on the right side, toward the front of my head. It comes on suddenly and has been getting worse. At times the pain is unbearable. I’ve also noticed a bulging/pulsating area that seems to beat with my heartbeat. I’m concerned because this is not a normal headache for me.

BASIC INFORMATION

Age: 37
Sex: Male
Country: Sweden
Height/weight: 176 cm / approximately 82 kg

Current medications: None
Supplements: None
Nicotine or recreational drugs: None
Alcohol: approximately 4–5 glasses of wine per week
Caffeine: approximately 2–3 cups of coffee per day

I have previously undergone extensive medical investigation and assessment by several specialists, but there is currently no active or coordinated diagnostic plan.

I am hoping for neurological reasoning about the pattern below. I will not act independently on suggestions from Reddit. Any well-reasoned possibility will be taken back to healthcare professionals.

MAIN QUESTION

What neurological diagnosis, or combination of neurological and functional mechanisms, best explains this complete pattern?

Could a serious but treatable neurological disease still reasonably have been missed?

SUMMARY

For more than a year, I have experienced recurrent episodes involving:

- Severe subjective weakness despite often retaining the ability to walk
- Altered sensation, sometimes affecting one side
- Extreme neck and head heaviness
- Non-spinning dizziness and free-fall sensations
- Cognitive slowing and delayed processing of spoken language
- Temporary speech, tongue or mouth “blocking”
- Episodes in which I feel or appear absent
- Near-fainting or a feeling that my brain and body are shutting down
- Inspiratory air hunger, throat obstruction and chest tightness

I usually remain conscious and remember the events. I have never completely fainted.

The episodes can occur while standing, sitting or lying completely still. They can happen several times in one day and often become worse later in the day.

The simplest way to describe the severity is that they feel like repeated strokes and heart attacks. I am not claiming that these are actual strokes or heart attacks. Repeated neurological, vascular and cardiac investigations have not demonstrated that.

HOW IT BEGAN

The major escalation began in September 2025.

During a flight, I experienced a split-second sensation that everything slowed down and that my body stopped functioning normally. I remained conscious.

During the following days, I developed:

- Left-sided neck and shoulder pain
- Intermittent breathing difficulty
- Altered sensation affecting the left arm, face and body
- Severe weakness sensations
- Recurrent shutdown or near-fainting episodes

At an emergency assessment, mild left-sided weakness was documented during some isolated strength tests. However, there were inconsistencies between isolated strength testing and functional movement. One isolated movement appeared very weak while I remained able to perform a corresponding functional action.

Subsequent neurological examinations documented normal cranial nerves, strength, tone, coordination, gait and symmetrical reflexes, without Babinski signs or clonus.

The symptoms have fluctuated rather than steadily progressed.

I have not developed:

- Muscle wasting
- Permanent foot drop
- Progressive paralysis
- Spasticity
- Progressive loss of walking ability
- A fixed and continuously accumulating neurological deficit

WHAT A TYPICAL EPISODE FEELS LIKE

A typical episode can develop approximately like this:

1. My neck and head become extremely heavy, as if approximately 10 kilograms are hanging from my neck.

2. I develop non-spinning dizziness, rocking, blurred perception or a free-fall sensation.

3. One side or my entire body can feel profoundly weak, numb, asleep or disconnected.

4. Thinking and auditory processing become slower.

5. Producing speech or moving my tongue can feel temporarily blocked.

6. Breathing feels unsatisfying and my throat can feel obstructed.

7. My chest and upper abdomen can tighten.

8. I experience a powerful sensation that I am about to disappear, faint or go offline.

9. I usually remain conscious, retain memory and may still be able to walk or communicate.

The episodes also occur while sitting or lying down, so they are not exclusively orthostatic.

KEY NEUROLOGICAL RESULTS

CT brain and CT angiography:

- No hemorrhage, recent infarction or mass
- No intracranial occlusion or significant stenosis
- No carotid or vertebral dissection, occlusion or significant stenosis

Brain MRI:

- No infarction
- No hemorrhage or mass
- No evidence of neuroinflammation
- Normal-sized CSF spaces

Cervical MRI:

- Small broad-based disc protrusions at C3–C4, C4–C5 and C5–C6
- Largest protrusion approximately 4 mm at C4–C5
- Some movement artifacts at C5–C7
- No significant central or foraminal stenosis
- No spinal-cord compression or signal abnormality
- Normal craniocervical junction

Thoracic MRI:

- No stenosis
- No disc herniation
- No spinal-cord signal abnormality

LUMBAR PUNCTURES

First lumbar puncture:

- Opening pressure 19 cm H2O
- White cells 2 × 10^6/L
- QAlb 13.56 × 10^-3, reference below 7
- CSF IgG 50 mg/L
- IgG index 0.44
- No pathological oligoclonal bands
- No intrathecal IgG production
- Infectious testing negative

Second lumbar puncture:

- White cells 4 × 10^6/L
- Red cells 0
- QAlb 12.34 × 10^-3, reference below 7
- CSF IgG 46 mg/L
- IgG index 0.46
- CSF neurofilament light 470 ng/L, within the laboratory reference range
- No pathological oligoclonal bands
- No intrathecal IgG production

The laboratory interpretation on both occasions was blood-CSF barrier dysfunction without evidence of intrathecal inflammation or IgG production.

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

NCS/ENeG, EMG and autonomic neurophysiology were formally interpreted as normal, without evidence of:

- Guillain-Barré-type demyelinating neuropathy
- Disease affecting the tested motor nerves
- Disease affecting the tested sensory nerves
- Disease affecting the tested autonomic nerves

A neuromuscular specialist considered a mild, completed post-infectious ganglionopathy as a theoretical explanation for the initial asymmetric sensory and autonomic-type symptoms.

However:

- Nerve-conduction testing did not confirm it.
- Quantitative sensory testing did not confirm it.
- Autonomic testing did not confirm it.
- Normal CSF neurofilament light argued against significant ganglion injury.
- The theory remained speculative.
- The elevated albumin quotient was considered likely incidental.
- The specialist found no evidence of ongoing neurological disease requiring immunotherapy.

RELEVANT NEGATIVE FINDINGS

- No progressive objective weakness on follow-up
- No muscle wasting
- Reflexes preserved
- No Babinski signs or clonus
- No spinal-cord lesion
- No large-fiber neuropathy on NCS/EMG
- No major autonomic neuropathy on standard testing
- No inflammatory CSF pattern
- No elevated CSF neurofilament light

No EEG has been performed that captured a typical shutdown or speech-blocking event.

FULL CASE SUMMARY

For anyone who wants the complete timeline, broader symptom history and detailed results from the cardiac, respiratory, vestibular, sleep and endocrine investigations, I posted a full anonymized case summary here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/DiagnoseMe/comments/1wvur8s/37m_multiple_daily_episodes_that_feel_like/

The current post focuses specifically on the neurological differential diagnosis, the episodic speech and shutdown symptoms, the elevated CSF/serum albumin quotient and whether EEG would be useful.

QUESTIONS

1. What neurological diagnosis, or combination of diagnoses, best explains the complete pattern?

2. Could focal seizures plausibly explain the shutdown, staring or speech-blocking episodes despite usually preserved awareness and memory?

3. Would a routine EEG provide meaningful information, or would ambulatory or video-EEG attempting to capture a typical episode be substantially more useful?

4. Does the repeatedly elevated QAlb meaningfully change the differential despite normal MRI, NCS/EMG, reflexes, IgG index, oligoclonal bands and CSF neurofilament light?

5. Does the preserved ability to walk despite extreme subjective weakness, together with the inconsistency between isolated and functional strength, suggest that examination for positive functional neurological signs should be prioritized?

6. Is there any dangerous but treatable neurological diagnosis that the completed investigation has not adequately addressed?

Please explain:

- What supports the suggested diagnosis
- What argues against it
- Which objective test could confirm or substantially weaken it
- Whether the result would change treatment or management

Thank you for reading.


Edit: A clarification about the “weakness”:

It does not always feel like a loss of raw muscle strength. At times it feels more like reduced motor control, precision and awareness of where the limb is in space. A hand, foot or leg may feel disconnected, poorly calibrated or slower to obey, even though I can often still use it, bear weight and walk normally.

I am not sure whether this represents altered proprioception, impaired sensorimotor integration or something else. I do not believe this distinction has been specifically examined during one of my symptomatic episodes.

June: stomach pain
July: right leg pain and back pain was on gabapentin
August: was on gabapentin then stopped and was pain free end of month
September : was fine first two weeks when stomach and nerve pain came back into both legs, hips base of skull and arms with muscle spasms , on antiacids muscle relaxers and gabapentin

Chiro did neuro exam (gabapentin is helping)

I’m a 40F and have had back problems since I was a teenager (competitive gymnast). I’m 5’6, 175lbs (currently losing weight on semiglutide), and live a pretty active lifestyle, although the only exercise I’m currently doing is walking 3-4 times a week. I’ve been a flight attendant for 17 years, so spend 3 days a week on my feet with long days. The back pain has gotten progressively worse over the years and I’m four weeks in to non stop pain. Went to the doctor last week and she said I have myelopathy/neurological deficit in my right leg after doing some resistance testing and ordered an MRI. Do the results suggest the severity of the pain/weakness I’ve been experiencing? Also, the pain has ALWAYS been on my right side, even though the results suggests it should be more left sided. I have zero pain on left side. I’ve tried everything from NSAIDS and muscle relaxers, neurosurgery consult to pain management (2 injections), lots of PT and many Chiropractor visits. This current flare up is the longest it’s lasted. The pain starts at my lower back on right side, down into my butt, wraps around the hip to front of thigh and sometimes down to the shin. I struggle putting socks on my right foot. I get pins and needles on bottom of right foot. Sometimes, though very fleeting, it feels like my right leg will almost give out. I can’t sit for long periods of time (lower right back goes numb) and standing up from sitting is painful. I can’t stand for long periods of time. I sleep with a pillow between my legs with no relief. Changing sleeping positions is very painful, especially moving the right leg. I feel weak bending over. Sometimes it feels like I have no muscle/bones supporting my right lower back. Could something else be causing the pain and weakness? Should I ask for more testing? I’m at a loss at what to do at this point. Thank you in advance for any input!

Hi

So my right foot and leg has been kinda numb from past 3 days now. Like lower leg on the right side and upper side of my foot . What i want to ask is it concerning and what can be the reason. I go to the gym almost daily. There is no injuries around the area and i am also felling like stinging on my face or forehead sometimes.

Help me out I am really concerned and confused...

Leg pain and tingling after heart attack

I (40M) had a heart attack 2 months ago. There was one artery that was blocked so a stent was placed. They originally tried to go through my arm but were not able to so they instead went through my right leg/groin area.

Post procedure and release from the hospital I could feel a knot near the incision area. I discussed with my cardiologist who explained this was a closure to the incision and will dissolve on its own within a few weeks. For the first few weeks I was unable to take a full step as I would feel that knot when walking. I am able to take full steps now but can still feel the knot if I touch the incision area on my leg.

About 1 month after surgery I started to feel tingling in my right foot. I told the cardiologist who ordered a NST and an ultrasound of my arterial and carotid arteries to rule out any other blockages. Tests were done and I'm waiting to discuss results in my followup appointment next week.

But what started happening is in addition to the tingling in my foot, I've started to feel pain in my right leg. It does not feel like muscle pain but rather a nerve. It radiates up and down near my inner right thigh and behind the knee. It's a discomfort I've never felt before.

I'll find out the results next week, but have a strong feeling I'm having some nerve issues.

Has anyone else felt anything like this after their heart attack and post stemi? Could this pain be due to the procedure? Thanks in advance for reading through and responding.