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stormy73
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For the past several nights, I've been waking up with my arms numb. Now, I do sleep with my arms wrapped around my pillows, and have been doing so for years, but until recently, my arms have never gotten numb.
Any idea as to why this is happening now? Is it just because I'm getting old?
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| May 19, 2007 @ 1:14 AM |
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grumblebear
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I've got nerve damage in my back... one of the things I learned was the numbness in my arms or legs was caused by the damaged nerves reacting depending on how I slept.... this getting old stuff sux....
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| May 19, 2007 @ 1:22 AM |
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kattsmeow
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It happens to my right arm all the time. I think it is called work though. Using them all the time. 
Could be carpel tunnel.
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| May 19, 2007 @ 2:34 AM |
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blueyes101
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Thats it Katts. 
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| May 19, 2007 @ 8:25 AM |
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ToucherinSparks
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How much strokin are you doing before you hit the sack? Lighten up on it, or at least switch hands.
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| May 19, 2007 @ 8:33 AM |
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Loreli
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I have nerve damage also. My doc said to change my sleeping position to help it. The best way to sleep, says she, is on your side, knees slightly bent, both hands in front of you (as in prayer), and don't sleep on really fluffy pillows.
I still sleep with my arms around a pillow, but it is in front of me, not overhead. I was also told when you are sleeping, your body rearranges to hopefully correct a pain elsewhere.  I wake up with mine overhead sometimes-she figures my sciatic nerve is being pinched...
Could be age...could be something you did to yourself and don't realize it.
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| May 19, 2007 @ 8:53 AM |
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ToucherinSparks
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Forget the pillows Lorili, you should be sleeping with your arms around me.
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| May 19, 2007 @ 8:59 AM |
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Goodness_Gracie
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Numbness or tingling feeling in arms could be as Loreli says, pressure on your nerves. In some cases it is common.
Don't sleep with fluffy pillows, the nerves being pressed could come from the neck to shoulders or your back. Maybe time to get a good mattress or change positions on how you sleep. Sometimes changing your bedroom around, move your bed in a different spot might help to sleep a different way. Food for thought?
Did you fall sometime on your shoulder or hurt your arm or arms? If it persists I would talk to your doctor about it! 
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| May 19, 2007 @ 9:09 AM |
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Loreli
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Forget the pillows Lorili, you should be sleeping with your arms around me. A warm body is ALWAYS nicer than a pillow!
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| May 19, 2007 @ 1:44 PM |
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lazareth
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my lest arm used to stay numb, went to the doctor, they said it was carpel tunnel, but it wasnt, went to a chairopractor here in Monticello, and she just did a little adjustment and now feels great
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| May 19, 2007 @ 3:51 PM |
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your_princess
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ah the good old doc vs chiropractor. I will go to a chiro any day before I will a doc. The doc gives you a muscle relax. and sends you on your way. Everytime in hs i sprained my ankle...always went to the chiropractor to pop it back into place...granted it hurt like a bitch but i was back playing the next day, instead of being out for a week or more. I feel that a chiropractor knows more about the way the bones move, especially in the back, neck ect...vs a general medicine doc. Every so often I have to go in a get my hips popped back into place...not something my regular doc can do. I also know if my hands or anything else is falling asleep its time to be cracked.
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| May 19, 2007 @ 4:23 PM |
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julia143
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If your arms are numb....it is either due to the lack of oxygen reaching your limb....or a pinched nerve...or carpel...
Most likely you are pinching the nerves in your arm and putting pressure on the arteries and veins that supply your limb with blood -fresh oxygen-
As you age your veins and arteries narrow, and oxygen is not as easily distributed. So even the slightest pressure will cause a tingling sensation....
but what do I know....I'm just a puppy doctor....hehe
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| May 19, 2007 @ 4:52 PM |
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sealacamp
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I have had this numb arm thing for years. I have heard from some that it was a blood flow restriction but that does not make any sense because if it was a lack of oxygen in the cells for an extended period of time then there would be some sort of permanent tissue damage. So what Julia mentioned is the most probable cause, pinched nerve.
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| May 19, 2007 @ 6:31 PM |
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katydid438
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since you mention that the numbness is both arms not just your hands, it could be related to compression of nerves in your neck. If that's the case I wouldn't recommend a chiropractor. Manipulation of the neck can cause small tears and there have been cases of death due to tearing of crucial neck arteries. Check with a MD first. There are plenty of safe treatments available.
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| May 19, 2007 @ 7:17 PM |
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SpiritOrnery
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Get the neck adjusted. I used to wake up with both arms totally dead meat. Scared the SHT outta me. I mean, you can't even pick up the phone to dial, much less dial. I would panic. I went to the chiro and it stopped. Now, I get a little numbness, I release the muscles in my neck myself, since I am now a massage therapist and know how to do it. Also do a little trigger point therapy to back of shoulders and along the spine. You can use a tennis ball and lay on it.
Don't forget to drink lots of water and take minerals. Watch the nicoteine, caffiene and alcohol intake. It dehydrates the muscles and causes more muscle spasms.
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| May 23, 2007 @ 1:12 AM |
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grumblebear
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chiropractic adjustments can be a good thing, but in my own case, because of the arthritus, and degenerative spine disease, the adjustments do more damage than good...
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| May 23, 2007 @ 1:56 AM |
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twotall911
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go bungie jumping it will help
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