Okay, this must be my "symptom season" as I call them, because they seem to come in "seasons" or "waves", i'll be okay for a while, and then, another "season" of symptoms starts ..........


This really scared me .... this morning, when i was waking up, I felt an itch on my thigh ... I was pretty much awake, but I kept drifting back and forth into sleep and awake patterns, dreaming wildly! ... I was at a point though, that I was pretty much awake, but MAYBE slightly groggy still....A LITTLE BIT only .... so, I feel this itch (notice, I was awake enough to know that, as usual .... and go to itch my leg) .... I put my arm down under the covers, and went to scratch the itch on my right thigh..... but my hand was "searching" for my leg over the right of my leg! I don't know how to describe this..... in other words, i was disoriented apparently, i was "off", my "homing beacon" that would usually function normally and guide your hand to where the itch is ...... didn't work! So, for a brief moment, I was sort of trying to find my leg under the covers !!!! NOw, this only took probably a second or two.....but then i suddenly realized, and became panicky! I quickly readjusted myself, and scratched the itch on my leg .... but, that scared the daylights out of me! THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME IN MY ENTIRE LIFE! You know, when you go to the dr.'s and he asks you to close your eyes, and touch your nose? or walk a straight line? yeah, well.....that defines your spacial orientation. Okay, well, THIS was totally OFF!

I DO feel "off" today anyway, I feel like my head is stuffed with cotton balls, my balance is slightly off, and I feel a TINY bit "dizzy"...not vertigo, not spinning, but VERY lightheaded and OFF! VERY DETACHED! Was I feeling that way BEFORE this "moment"? YES! I had gotten up to go to the bathroom very early, and boy, I was not good! I got my period yesterday, and it's only been 2 weeks since the last one, so, this is also my FIRST TIME EVER in my life, for having a period twice in one month! here we go! Let the fun begin! So, i'm HOPING that's what this was from! My husb. and I talked this out, bec. obviously, I was (and still am) a nervous wreck about this! Now I've got myself thinking i must have a brain tumor!!!!!!! He immediately pointed out the obvious, that my period is here again, and it's prob. whacky hormones! Even as I've been typing this, i've noticed that there have been a few times when i've hit the wrong keys, and while that may not sound to funny to some, it's unusual for me. I'm not saying i'm a perfect typist, heck no! .... but i know what's normal for ME .... and TODAY, i'm sort of weird, "off", and I keep hitting the wrong keys, then i go back and redo it....and AGAIN, i hit the wrong keys! This is not only making me aggravated, but IT'S SCARING ME A LOT! I've had the thing with the typing before, no biggie.........BUT THIS THING WITH MISSING MY LEG UNDER THE COVERS has got me panicky!
Like i said, I immediatley realized, and sat up in bed, and so I must have been pretty awake. Yes, I had some whacky dreams, and was sort of in and out of sleep, but i know i was pretty much awake at that point .... just sort of groggy.
My ears have been plugged up for weeks now, not BADLY, i mean, i can hear normally, but i can tell they aren't "normal", they feel "pressurized" ... so, maybe that could have contributed to this as well ........

I don't know ....... I am just so "off"! I feel woozy, lightheaded, "drunk", DETACHED ... you name it, and i just hope this all has to do with my EARLY period!

If anyone has had this happen to them, PLEASE , post and let me know..... thanks ladies!!!!

MyDarling:

I have been experiencing everything you discussed in your post. I have not had the feeling of "missing" a body part but have had times that I felt like my arms or legs are just not there. I mean I cant feel them attached to my body. I am not sure it is the same thing but I do know it scared me silly because I was in bed and like you said, awake but a little groggy and I thought I cant feel my legs but of course they were still there.


I honestly feel that this is hormone related. My periods are so weird and having two or three a month is just outrageous. Being that it is hormone related makes it an anxiety issue which in turn is a hormone issue and so on into a vicious circle.

I hope that you are feeling better and will keep you in my prayers.
Hugs to you,
Jeaninne

Oh Mydarling! Hugs, that has go to be a terrible feeling! No, nothing like that has happened. But here's an early morning one... Sometimes, drifting in and out like that, early in the morning I'm dreaming only it feels like I'm awake, then I'll realize I'm dreaming so I pinch myself in my dream and can't feel it! But I can't wake up! I try to scream - no luck and I can feel myself panick, Then in my dream, I'll throw myself to the floor and wow! wake right up. My hear racing! Then, I feel groggy and creeped out most of the day.

hi ladies,,,thank you for replying to my post .... yeah, i was pretty shaken up by that! This stuff if wild, and can really unsettle you ..... things that have NEVER happened to us, are now happening, and that alone (I don't care WHAT age you are!) will throw you for a loop! Yes, the dream thing ...... oh boy ... nowadays I'm loaded with them .... and they are NEVER good dreams! what the heck happened here? ..lol .. always bad or depressing dreams, and i used to have fairly "normal" dreams, even good dreams....but not anymore. I've had dreams within dreams .... those are scary, because you can't wake up! Once, about a year ago, i had FOUR dreams within a dream idea.... so, in other words, i was FOUR dreams deep! So, each time I thought i woke up, I DIDN'T! That went on for four times! Until finally, I really did wake up! That was terrible....when i finally woke up, I wasn't sure I was even really awake, because each time in my dreams when i'd wake up, THAT FELT REAL TOO..... so, I walked around the house that day, really weird! It took me hours to actually feel THERE.

Then, the missing limb thing....... gosh, this is to much! This didn't really feel like i was missing a limb though, maybe it sounded that way .......... no, this was more like, when i went to scratch my leg, my hand didn't go to my leg,...it went to the right of my leg, and i sort of frantically began looking for my leg, because i had in some way, become disoriented so that my automatic navigation system wasn't working right, and my hand didnt' go right to my leg, as if my brain thought my leg was farther off to the right ! Oh, boy, this was freaky! Sure, i noticed it right away, and that's what scared me, that freaked me out ... i certainly had NO PROBLEM waking up THEN!!!! lol .... I did spend the rest of the day in a sort of dream state, groggy, weird, lightheaded, DETACHED ..... you know the story. But, then again, i started my period again, and it's only been 2 weeks since my last one...so, I hope this is all hormonal.

thank you ladies for replying...............

Dear Friend
I know how shaken up you must have felt.It can be downright terrifying sometimes as if you have landed on another planet.Do you take anything-even herbal to relax you.It might be worth looking into.
Yes I agree with you the Hormones are tricky little Devils and responsible for a lot of our suffering,but no harm having Thyroid and Hormone levels re-checked out.
There are some great Doctors of Alternative Medicine with knowledge of certain Herbs that may help.Also Acupuncture seems to have helped a lot of ladies
I feel with you but please do not suffer in silence
The trick is to nick symptoms in the bud so that your quality of life is not compromised.

Hope you will feel better soon
Warm Wishes
Elizabeth
P.S. Iwas a Teacher of English-with a kind of natural inborn talent to spell-that has gone out the window!
So do not worry unduly you are not alone

Sweet, sounds a bit like derealisation to me........it can be quite potent when one is on the line on consciousness.......this also related to ears funnily enough......do you get tinnitus through the night? Some times it wakes me up! I have vestibulopathy so a tip.......use your eyes as your ears. When this happens you must use your eyes to direct your hand to the spot that itches(hard when you are on the border of consciousness!). the imbalance in the ears with peri alone can cause the messages to the brain to become scrambled.........I am not sure about the neuropathology and the pathways are different due to central nervous system, but ever since my doc told me to use my eyes to balance, direct and navigate, it has been better.

Just a thought, sweets.....

Derealisation-links to brain to do with eyes