Some more strange symptoms

[bamagirl]

Hi guys, I just wondered if any of you out there every get episodes where your face, on one side or the other, tingles or goes numb? Also I often get chills, gooseflesh and sometimes my teeth will actually chatter after a tachy epidose. It scares my husband because I will be shaking so bad and my teeth will chatter and he will ask if I am cold and I will say "no, I just can't stop shaking and chattering".

These things are really weird. Today I felt like I was losing my hearing in my left ear. It has happened before & it gets better after a few days? Thanks for your replies. Knowing this is something that just happens sometimes with this disorder brings me comfort. Take care everyone

[Gena]

I've had the teeth chattering and whole body shaking after bad tachy/adrenaline rush episodes on several occasions (although hasn't happened for many months, knock on wood! ) I've also had a tingly/numb feeling on one side of my face for a few days, but it's always gone away. Unless it's a symptom that persists for a long time or causes me a lot of pain, I've learned not to worry about these weird and wacky symptoms!

you are not alone!

Gena

[Aprilmarie52]

I have had that, too. My husband actually has to hold me because I shake so bad. I am usually really hot when it happens. Go figure.

[Dizzy Dame]

Hi bamagirl,

I thought it was just me! I usually get the shakes when I'm hypo (I usually get tachy as well). My mother says that my hands actually get cold to the touch when this happens. I usually shake for a few minutes (sometimes so hard that I have a difficult time breathing). I've learned that lots of warm blankets usually bring me back around.

What you're going through sounds different though, since you don't feel cold. I'm not a doctor, but I'd be willing to bet it's a bp thing.

Anyway, you're not alone. I guess the shakes are just another wierd symptom of POTS (how come all of the symptoms seem to be wierd and random )

Take care,

Lauren

[faithinspires]

I have had this too at times...so no you are not alone! Take Care!

[mom4cem]

Same here. I get it during an episoded and after. Sometimes I get it and I know I am going to have an episode.

[StandUpSitDown]

I don't see all these symptoms as weird or random at all. If the autonomic nervous system is involved in it, there's a chance POTS will affect it.

The autonomic/endocrine systems in the body are what I personally consider to be the biggest design flaw we have. They are so easy to mess up, as we all know.

Edited September 23, 2005 by MightyMouse

[MightyMouse]

Yep, me too. Nina

[Poohbear]

Me too

And, for me, I tend to get hearing loss in only one ear and it seems to be migraine related which took me a long time to understand because I sometimes have migraines but don't have the head pain but with time and testing I've learned I get migraines of my occipital region.

[TypewriterGirl]

Has anyone found a good way of dealing with this? I know it's an old post, but I've been having issues with teeth chattering/shaking when standing or walking. Not cold, just shaky!

[tinkerbella]

i have the face going numb on one side thing that comes and goes. i had it today with a wopper of a migraine.

bellamia~

[erickamcc0523]

I don't know how to deal with them... but I get really shaky episodes, usually accompanied with numbness of my mouth and throat with shortness of breath. I usually get shaky before a big POTS crash, though it has happened before with smaller crashes. Just last week at church, I had to stand for awhile, but got really shaky so I sat down, yet I was really shaky even on the 45 minute drive home. It seems to come in waves, like I can't stop shaking for a few minutes, then it'll calm down for a few minutes, and then gets bad again.... etc. Sometimes I'll have a myoclonic jerk thrown in for good measure.