CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS AND COMPRESSION AND DIZZINESS AND PINS AND NEEDLES.HANDS AND FEET 24/7

[diww1]

How many of you BEFORE any surgery or drugs .. had severe giddiness / dizziness and pins and needles in hands and feet and burning palms and soles

24/7 almost without any let up.

[Hidden]

Hi there, you get those symptoms if s disc is pushing on the cord it might be when you bend your neck down that it pushes on cord just depends how high up it is .

[diww1 in reply to Hidden]

In honesty it's constant but worse if I put head down or lay on my back that is torture. It's 24/7 the giddiness is awful too

[Hidden in reply to diww1]

That could be that when laid on your back it is pushing out more can you not lay on your side as that helps me.

[diww1 in reply to Hidden]

I can only lay on right side the left side makes me giddy to so I only have the right side

I need to be patient and.wait until 17th to see what Neurologist says

I will.ask him about risks of laying on my back for 2 MRIs it seems and feels like.ot is also compressing blood supply too

[Hidden in reply to diww1]

Good luck on 17 December , same day as my pre op.

[diww1 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks you too

[nomoreheels]

As I mentioned in my reply on your previous post I had cervical spasm approx 10 years before diagnosis, this included, as you'd expect, dizziness too. My GP prescribed & referred me to Physio. What does your GP make of it? Has he not offered anything for it, either med wise or physio? It can be very debilitating having constant symptoms.

[diww1 in reply to nomoreheels]

I am waiting .. my GP days my symptoms suggest cord impingement but he wants me to see Neurologist this month and go from there .. I've got other illnesses that are distressing but this is by far the worst for fear and stress

[nomoreheels in reply to diww1]

You obviously don't need another problem adding to your others. I hope the Neurologist has a treatment plan for you.

[diww1 in reply to nomoreheels]

Thanks me too .. it's horrendous .. I can't ever have surgery so it's a real worry

[diww1 in reply to nomoreheels]

Have you had surgery to relieve your symptoms is yours cervical neck related I'll re-read your other post

[nomoreheels in reply to diww1]

Thankfully no. I was to have manipulation therapy which included my neck being realigned but I chickened out. I have cervical spondylosis, diagnosed at the same time as RD & OA, lumbar spondylosis also.

[diww1 in reply to nomoreheels]

What symptoms does yours give you ..have you got compression into spinal cord x

[nomoreheels in reply to diww1]

The CS? If so without pregabalin & amitriptyline I have neck stiffness, locking & horrendous headaches similar but not the same as migraines, not the ones I used to have pre menopause anyhow. Also, whilst I still have grinding it is less bothersome than without my meds but do I do still have shoulder problems which I have steroid injections for. No neuro symptoms which I had before starting meds, arm down to fingers.

[diww1 in reply to nomoreheels]

Did you have pins and needles and giddiness too before being on meds x

[nomoreheels in reply to diww1]

Yes.