Anyone wake up with numb nerves?

[a gentle voice]

Sometimes I wake up with VERY numb nerves. My limbs are slow to move and feel alive. It's not painful, it's even a bit relaxing, like there's no pain anymore and also no tingling and burning sensations from my nerves. But it's something I brought up with my doctor and they weren't sure what it could be. My nerves feel numb only on the days where I oversleep and have a very long night's rest after a tiring day. Does anyone else experience this?

 

[JamieMarc]

I do not. Quite the opposite. I wake up feeling very stiff and very sore, especially in the back and neck regions. I used to wake up with a numb arm, but ever since I bought my shoulder relief system and am no longer sleeping with pressure on my arm, that is gone away.

 

[a gentle voice]

I do not. Quite the opposite. I wake up feeling very stiff and very sore, especially in the back and neck regions. I used to wake up with a numb arm, but ever since I bought my shoulder relief system and am no longer sleeping with pressure on my arm, that is gone away.

I used to wake up super sore and stiff too, and still do sometimes but not as bad as before. I'm on Cymbalta though, so maybe that's having an effect?

 

[sunkacola]

I used to wake up super sore and stiff too, and still do sometimes but not as bad as before. I'm on Cymbalta though, so maybe that's having an effect?

Has the numb nerve feeling started since you started taking the cymbalta? I am just curious, because many people have reported side effects from that medication. Please understand, I am not suggesting that this is a side effect or that the medication is bad....in fact, if it is helping you that is great. I am only wanting to gather information, because this medication has had such a widely varying effect on people.

 

[JamieMarc]

I suppose it could be, especially if it started around the same time as you started on cymbalta. I used to take cymbalta, but it did not have that effect on me. I experienced extremely adverse side effects that were intolerable, so I stopped taking that drug (and all SSRI and SNRI).

Antidepressant class drugs, in my experience from what I have read, first hand accounts, have a very broad and varying effect among individuals. It's almost like it affects every one of us differently.

 

[Badger]

I've experienced numbness in my fingers after waking up, but otherwise like others here my body is quite stiff and sore. I must walk like an old stuntman in the mornings.

 

[SBee]

I get the stiffness in neck,shoulders and back, worse in the mornings, but eases slightly later in the day. But I do get a sensation that I can't get the right word for, not numbness or tingling.. I use the words " fizzy " and I get this in my arms and legs, not constantly, but generally when I am very tired - and that's when feel it in my upper back area too.

Is it part of the nerve thing?

 

[a gentle voice]

Has the numb nerve feeling started since you started taking the cymbalta? I am just curious, because many people have reported side effects from that medication. Please understand, I am not suggesting that this is a side effect or that the medication is bad....in fact, if it is helping you that is great. I am only wanting to gather information, because this medication has had such a widely varying effect on people.

No problem! I'm comforting answering any questions about my experience about Cymbalta. You're right, there's a range of opinions and varying experiences with it. I'm grateful to say Cymbalta significantly improved my quality of life. The only side effect I had in the first couple of months was disturbed sleep and some nausea right after taking it. But those went away with time. I'm now on my 8th month on Cymbalta and the waking-up-numb feeling started happening on my 5th month I think

 

[sunkacola]

I'm now on my 8th month on Cymbalta and the waking-up-numb feeling started happening on my 5th month I think

So this could be caused by the cymbalta. Not, of course, saying it is. But it ight be something to talk to your doctor about.

 

[a gentle voice]

So this could be caused by the cymbalta. Not, of course, saying it is. But it ight be something to talk to your doctor about.

I mentioned it to my doctor before but he had no explanation for it. Sadly, I've seen two neurologists and they still have some biases and stereotypes about fibromyalgia that makes me feel like my concerns are dismissed. "It's all in the mind" is usually their response for new symptoms I experience... Luckily, the morning numbness doesn't bother me, it feels a little relaxing but a heavy and drowsy kind of relaxation

 

[a gentle voice]

I get the stiffness in neck,shoulders and back, worse in the mornings, but eases slightly later in the day. But I do get a sensation that I can't get the right word for, not numbness or tingling.. I use the words " fizzy " and I get this in my arms and legs, not constantly, but generally when I am very tired - and that's when feel it in my upper back area too.

Is it part of the nerve thing?

"Fizzy" is the same word I use to describe what I think you mean. When I've had a particularly exhausting day and I lie in bed at night, I feel a dull "fizziness" in my limbs, especially the legs. It's not quite ticklish but it's almost there. Although, that's not what I feel in the mornings. The mornings are purely numb, like my limbs are super heavy and slow to move

 

[SBee]

Thank you @a gentle voice "fizzy" is the best word I can come up with! Fortunately I don't seem to have the numbness feeling
My mornings are 100% the stuff concrete feeling

 

[sunkacola]

"It's all in the mind" is usually their response for new symptoms I experience...

If this is the response you get, I can't help but wonder if you would be better off with a different doctor. I know it's not always easy to change doctors, but if I were told that I would try to get myself seen by someone who was more knowledgeable about fibromyalgia. Being told it is all in your mind does not sound very helpful.

 

[AgeinBArk]

Waking up feeling like your limbs are still in snooze mode can be pretty bizarre. It's cool you mentioned it to your doc, but it's a bummer when they don't have a solid answer.

 

[a gentle voice]

If this is the response you get, I can't help but wonder if you would be better off with a different doctor. I know it's not always easy to change doctors, but if I were told that I would try to get myself seen by someone who was more knowledgeable about fibromyalgia. Being told it is all in your mind does not sound very helpful.

I definitely agree. I don't live in the U.S. so there aren't many fibromyalgia specialists where I live. I just see neurologists. The downside is definitely bias and misunderstanding the disorder. But because of this I don't let the doctor's words really get to me. I came to the conclusion that at the end of the day, I'm the one living in my body so what I do for myself and how I understand my condition is more important <3 I only rely on neurologists for monthly Cymbalta prescriptions.