Ok, my first question. Has anyone else here had a numb face? Not Bells Palsy, with one side of the face numb, but bilateral numbness. No drooping, either. Mine actually started with my tongue, spread to roof of mouth, then all of face. Some days affects my ability to speak, swallow, really bad days hard to breath. Comes and goes, it does seem days that it's worse are also days I'm the most brain fogged- maybe not enough blood to the head? I can't seem to find reference to facial numbness anywhere.
Thanks!
T
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I don't relate to the numbness you are talking about but if it was in your lower legs they would say it's "Raynaud's Syndrome" or some other autoimmune disease name they have. I had difficulty swallowiing earlier on but it's increasingly better.
The brain fog is really gone, especially when I am well rested and the insomnia is easily controlled by melatonin. I have been under treatment for almost 3 years. I currently am on abx, no sugar (I cheat occassionally), no carbs and a ton of supplements. My Dr. is in PA and is awesome. I am off of my ADHD and Bipolar meds and my psychiatrist agrees I am fine w/o them.
I wanted to share with you how well I am because I believe you too can work towards that with a diagnoses. This bacteria takes about 18 months to turn the 1st serious corner of wellness. On the way to that 18 month mark you will have good and bad days but sometimes even the most stubborn of symptoms will eventually disappear.
So glad you got a diagnoses!! Congratulations :-)
Started 3 years ago after a bout with bells, then after bells subsided, my entire face began what I thought at the time was numb. After a while I began to realize that it wasn't numb, but the opposite, feels numb, but it was over sensation. Feels like a real tight sunburn.
Many meds later it hasn't gone away. Last March I started with crawling sensation in my left knee, which then spread to a sensation in my left foot and hand, in November it started to spread to my upper back, and now it has gone over to the right side. Latest symptom was the tip of my tongue. I saw a great specialist in ny 2 weeks ago, he specializes in pereheral neuropathy. I am awaiting diagnosis. I suspect CIDP (chronic guilliane barre)But we'll see.
also look up trigiminal neurologia on the net, kinda souns like that.
Hope yours doesn't spread like mine, but be aggressive in getting help.
I had Bell's Palsy (BP). Now that my face looks normal again (and people think I'm all better) I have numbness that comes and goes.
It is all on the side the BP was on. It mostly affects my eyelid, nose, back of nose, tip of tongue and upper lip. I can't always feel cold (like if I touch my cheek when my hands are cold). Sometimes when I'm out in the cold it feels like my eyeball is numb too and doesn't feel the cold weather.
It's cold here in Boston these days. If I don't wrap up really well, the most affected part of my face gets cold and my symptoms get much worse. I wear a hat with earflaps, sometimes with a headband underneath, a scarf and a neck gaiter pulled up over my jaw & chin.
My neurologist says that the cold slows down the nerve impulses. Since they were already very slow because of BP they get noticably slower now. He said the cold does not cause damage.
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It was this December when I noticed that something was wrong. I got a seizure like attack (just severe pain in muscles that made me go rigid for 30 minutes). During that time my right side of my face went numb and the vision blurred in my left eye and then came back in. Since then, my hands go numb from time to time. Just sitting here waiting for Western Blot to come back. Some days are good and then others are not. It really scared me when the numbness started. I didn't know what to make of it.
I have had my face go numb many times and head too. Teeth would buzz etc. I have also had my whole body go numb.
Glad you found the answer and good luck with treatment.
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Both side of my face (cheeks and mouth) go numb at times. I did this off and on for 3 months. Now the lyme seems to prefer the left side of my body to attack.
Woke up the other morning and felt like I had just had a tooth filled (no face drop though, just numb). I'm gonna be ticked (ha!) if I get a bill.
Sometimes I feel like there are little gremlins running around my body attacking with jack hammers.
good luck!
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