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Weird involuntary arm movement (sort of)

heretoinformheretoinform __BANNED USERS regular
edited December 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
So this morning I woke up by the sound of my phone ringing. The sound made me instantly awake (I wasn't groggy in the least) and I stumbled out of bed and into the living room to answer the phone. As I reached to pick the phone up, however, my arm felt like it was going through a thick jello or something. I tried and tried to "push" my arm through it but every inch I pushed forward my arm slid back like two inches or so. No matter how much I tried, I could not get my right arm to pick up that phone until maybe after seven seconds of pushing with all my strength.

Does anyone know what happened? Thanks.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Was it asleep? It sounded like you laid on it for long enough that it was almost completely numb.

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  • ImprovoloneImprovolone Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Arm fell asleep while you were asleep, and it was like that for a long, long time.

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  • DrFrylockDrFrylock Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    You were probably sleeping on it funny and got up too fast. Once I slept on my leg funny and somebody called me at 5:30AM. I jumped out of bed only to find that my right leg was not working and immediately collapsed right onto the floor knocking over a small table and such. I couldn't stand up for maybe 10 seconds.

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  • heretoinformheretoinform __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2007
    It didn't feel like it was asleep. It felt completely fine when I was swinging it and walking down the hallway, and I had no trouble turning the light on in my room when I walked out.

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  • DrFrylockDrFrylock Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Yes, that's completely normal. When I finally regained control of my leg I didn't have the tingly sensation that you usually get after your appendage is asleep.

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  • YodaTunaYodaTuna Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Not-a-doctor's second opinion: Localized partial seizure could cause that feeling as well. I used to have those with my arm.

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