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Can a C5 C6 bulging disk cause a buzzing/vibratory sensation in my face and neck?
I am a 38 year old female who has spent too much time at doctor's offices this year. Years' prior to this I would go for an annual physical and a trip or 2 to the doctor for a sinus infection. I have seasonal allergies that I take zyrtec or xyzol for when needed. I don't really take any other meds except a daily vitamin when I remember. My labs have all come back okay so not my thyroid or potassium levels.
I went to the doctor in late July because I felt like I was vibrating or better yet had buzzing in my R cheek and a migraine. Nights prior to this I was waking up in the middle of the night with my fingers asleep (pinky and ring fingers on both hands). I would change postitions and go back to sleep. We flipped the mattress thinking it may be that. The next day I woke up and the buzzing is in my legs as well as my R cheek. I took a Cyclobenzaper at bedtime and it helped me get to sleep. I start to notice my legs twitcing, not the whole leg but isolated spots in my legs/certain muscles. This then goes to my eye as well. This continues and is noticeably worse at nighttime when I am trying to get to sleep. I notice it gets worse if I do not sleep well. The initial doctor who saw me for this back in July was a psyiatrist and said that if my symptoms did not go away to see a neurologist. In early September, I go to see a neurologist. I have no weakness with these strange sensations so that is a good thing. My blood pressure is high at the neurologists office so he thinks it is my heart and refers me to a cardiologist. The cardiologist does a 24 hour holter monitor and basically says my heart is fine. I go back to the neurologist who then orders and MRI of the brain and neck.
I do ashtanga yoga and had a neck injury from doing headstand in 2007. It was never xrayed though. I did receive PT with Mackenzie approach that was successful. Back then, I had headaches and terrible pain with turning my head to the right and upward.
Back to my most recent MRI's. My insurance would not approve an MRI with contrast so they were done without. Brain was unremarkable (phew, no MS) and neck states right paracentral disk protrusion at C5-C6 resulting in mild central and moderate right neural foraminal stenosis. So, that's it! I am thrilled to find out what the cause of my weird buzzing or "idling" sensation is from. I go back to PT for more Mackenzie treatment with neck roll backs. Only thing is that now I have developed tinnitus in my R ear that gets worse when I pull my chin back or when I push against my forehead. I do my exercises when I feel the idling sensation but don't really think it is working after 3 weeks. I have woken up the past 3 days now exhausted despite a full nights sleep. It feels like something is flaring up again. I called the neurologist today and he is starting me on gabapentin, which I filled and am researching online tonight. I am scared to take it but will to see if my symptoms go away. I just want this to all stop.
So, my question is...can someone have muscle twitching, tinnitus, and a vibratory/buzzing feeling all from a protruding disk at level C5 C6 or is something else going on that the doctors are missing?
I went to the doctor in late July because I felt like I was vibrating or better yet had buzzing in my R cheek and a migraine. Nights prior to this I was waking up in the middle of the night with my fingers asleep (pinky and ring fingers on both hands). I would change postitions and go back to sleep. We flipped the mattress thinking it may be that. The next day I woke up and the buzzing is in my legs as well as my R cheek. I took a Cyclobenzaper at bedtime and it helped me get to sleep. I start to notice my legs twitcing, not the whole leg but isolated spots in my legs/certain muscles. This then goes to my eye as well. This continues and is noticeably worse at nighttime when I am trying to get to sleep. I notice it gets worse if I do not sleep well. The initial doctor who saw me for this back in July was a psyiatrist and said that if my symptoms did not go away to see a neurologist. In early September, I go to see a neurologist. I have no weakness with these strange sensations so that is a good thing. My blood pressure is high at the neurologists office so he thinks it is my heart and refers me to a cardiologist. The cardiologist does a 24 hour holter monitor and basically says my heart is fine. I go back to the neurologist who then orders and MRI of the brain and neck.
I do ashtanga yoga and had a neck injury from doing headstand in 2007. It was never xrayed though. I did receive PT with Mackenzie approach that was successful. Back then, I had headaches and terrible pain with turning my head to the right and upward.
Back to my most recent MRI's. My insurance would not approve an MRI with contrast so they were done without. Brain was unremarkable (phew, no MS) and neck states right paracentral disk protrusion at C5-C6 resulting in mild central and moderate right neural foraminal stenosis. So, that's it! I am thrilled to find out what the cause of my weird buzzing or "idling" sensation is from. I go back to PT for more Mackenzie treatment with neck roll backs. Only thing is that now I have developed tinnitus in my R ear that gets worse when I pull my chin back or when I push against my forehead. I do my exercises when I feel the idling sensation but don't really think it is working after 3 weeks. I have woken up the past 3 days now exhausted despite a full nights sleep. It feels like something is flaring up again. I called the neurologist today and he is starting me on gabapentin, which I filled and am researching online tonight. I am scared to take it but will to see if my symptoms go away. I just want this to all stop.
So, my question is...can someone have muscle twitching, tinnitus, and a vibratory/buzzing feeling all from a protruding disk at level C5 C6 or is something else going on that the doctors are missing?
I have had all of these same symptoms since last year in March. I gave birth to my son in Feb of last year...and one month after I have been in complete agony! It started in my chest,I thought that I was dying,I have been to my primary doctor numerous times and he has pretty much refused to help me by saying "what do you want me to do..send you to a witch doctor?" which my fiance and I found very rude! I have been on my own ever since trying to find answers. I found a orthopedic doctor after going to a pulmonary doctor and getting my lungs and heart checked,all was fine. The orthopedic doctor done an MRI which showed a bulging disc C5,C6 and I have gotton 2 epidurals in my neck of steroids,the first shot helped and the second one did not,I am scheduled next week for a third one because this pain is so unbearable! I have been on many different medications NSAIDS mostly because the steroids have such bad reactions. I am now taking percocet & Robaxin which only relieve my pain for about 4 hours at a time.I am suffering with tiny bumps on my hands,they are starting to spread now & itch and I believe that its something related to my relentless pain in my shoulder blades and neck! They have come and gone for months now,I was reading above about yeast and I am thinking that may be a possibility because when I was reading about my hands yeast was brought up there also. I have also had lots of blood work,I requested to be checked for Lyme and I don't think that my doctor carried through on that. The only problems I had in my blood work was very high levels of inflammation. But all I want to know is...what is causing it? Please help anyone with any idea of what this could be,I have lost all quality of life,I have even quit going to church because the pain is so unbearable,I try not to leave home at all....unless I have to. I have been robbed of picking up my son and now he is 14 months old and I can hardly care for him while at home with him alone :( Please help!
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Look up Magnesium deficiency..it can cause so many symptoms..as well as vit B12 and other deficiencies..Never know, could be as sime as all that. Hope that's the case.
I was searching for help on how to find a sleep position for my neck that will allow me to wake up well rested and without a headache. I have two things going on… was in a car accident 28 years ago and have an issue with C5 or C6…chiropractor says X-rays show an injury to one of them (I can't remember which); it will not get its natural curve back. Second thing I have going on is I had Lyme and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. They are spirochete bacteria from most likely a dear tic bite that I am unaware when happened. Your symptoms and others sound like spirochete related. I say spirochete and not Lyme because there are soooo many co-infections with Lyme that I hope people will make sure to look for the host of other co-infections that the same tick may be carrying because they have different symptoms. My co-infection was RMSF (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever). They attack any injury that you may already have or develop while sick. I encourage you to get tested for spirochete bacteria. There's two options I'm aware of: western medicine and alternative. Upon much research, it seems to me that alternative medicine has the most success in curing Lyme etc. Western medicine needs to revamp the testing procedures for Lyme as they are not accurate once the spirochetes have moved into your tissues and out of the blood. More research on treating the bacteria is needed as well bc this bacteria is a super bug! Treatment is costly to your body and pocketbook and I don't think I have read any testimonials of those who have been cured from "chronic" Lyme like I do with alternative healing (they usually say they will never be healed and continue to deal with Lyme). I also have found not all Alternative healing is created equal either. After much prayer, God placed me with whom I think is the best out there. So, I just say all this to share my experience. You probably have a couple things going on here. Lastly, the research has found that many people are diagnosed with MS, Parkinson's, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, Fibromyalgia, dementia, alzheimer's etc and these are just secondary to the Lyme spirochete infection which caused the disease. Not all, but enough to test for Lyme and its confections. I encourage you to start researching Lyme and its confections and get tested now because, if you have it, the damage needs to be stopped. I am happy to help and offer my Dr. if you want to contact me, if you can through this site. Hope God leads you to wellness and healing. God bless!
I'm not sure if anyone checks this post anymore, but here's my story just in case:
I started having all the same problems on and off about ten years ago. I never told ANYONE, not even my husband. I thought everyone would think I was crazy and I wasn't even sure how to describe my symptoms. For some reason, I went through a long period when I only had the neck pain and no other symptoms, but then everything came back with a vengeance.
I finally decided to see a doctor. I've been diagnosed with Meniere's disease (an inner ear disorder) because I do have hearing loss in addition to the other problems and I had bulging discs c-5 & c-6. There's no real treatment for Meniere's, but my specialist put me on a high dose of prednisone for 6 weeks. It helped a lot, for a while. He also put me on a restricted sodium diet which I still follow. When I cheat, my symptoms all get worse.
I've also had surgery 4 years ago for my neck because I was losing the use of my left arm (I'm left handed.) I was a lot better after that for awhile too, even though I never regained total feeling in my left hand.
My symptoms have gotten bad again lately and my doc says he thinks I need neck surgery again. I'm not sure if I will or not because the pain is still very manageable.He also thinks there's a hormonal aspect to my problem (I just started menopause this year.) Very long story short, he says that the combination of Meniere's and nerve damage cause the symptoms and there's no cure, only treating the symptoms.
I've been prescribed diuretics and occasional alprazolam (to help with vertigo) and they both help, but again, not a cure. I do my best to do my part through diet, exercise and stretching. Sometimes I'm symptom free, sometimes I'm terrible, so I just stay in bed that day. The worst for me is the buzzing and twitching in my tongue, neck, throat and right side of my chest. It's worse than the pain to me because it's so distracting.
The most important thing for me is that I've been tested for all the scary diseases and causes and they've all been ruled out, so I know this isn't life threatening, it's just VERY annoying and inconvenient. I'll keep watching this blog to see if anyone finds a real answer. Just glad to know I'm not the only one and I'm NOT crazy!
I started having all the same problems on and off about ten years ago. I never told ANYONE, not even my husband. I thought everyone would think I was crazy and I wasn't even sure how to describe my symptoms. For some reason, I went through a long period when I only had the neck pain and no other symptoms, but then everything came back with a vengeance.
I finally decided to see a doctor. I've been diagnosed with Meniere's disease (an inner ear disorder) because I do have hearing loss in addition to the other problems and I had bulging discs c-5 & c-6. There's no real treatment for Meniere's, but my specialist put me on a high dose of prednisone for 6 weeks. It helped a lot, for a while. He also put me on a restricted sodium diet which I still follow. When I cheat, my symptoms all get worse.
I've also had surgery 4 years ago for my neck because I was losing the use of my left arm (I'm left handed.) I was a lot better after that for awhile too, even though I never regained total feeling in my left hand.
My symptoms have gotten bad again lately and my doc says he thinks I need neck surgery again. I'm not sure if I will or not because the pain is still very manageable.He also thinks there's a hormonal aspect to my problem (I just started menopause this year.) Very long story short, he says that the combination of Meniere's and nerve damage cause the symptoms and there's no cure, only treating the symptoms.
I've been prescribed diuretics and occasional alprazolam (to help with vertigo) and they both help, but again, not a cure. I do my best to do my part through diet, exercise and stretching. Sometimes I'm symptom free, sometimes I'm terrible, so I just stay in bed that day. The worst for me is the buzzing and twitching in my tongue, neck, throat and right side of my chest. It's worse than the pain to me because it's so distracting.
The most important thing for me is that I've been tested for all the scary diseases and causes and they've all been ruled out, so I know this isn't life threatening, it's just VERY annoying and inconvenient. I'll keep watching this blog to see if anyone finds a real answer. Just glad to know I'm not the only one and I'm NOT crazy!
Hello there
Every single word u said are happening with me and i am affraid from ms from about 2 weeks i hate night and i hate sleeping cause its scary somehow my 5 doctors 2 pf them said i need surgery in my c5 c6 and 2 said no but i am feeling worse day after day and some of my friends told me sure these symptoms are from the disk c5 c6 but my concentration was on ms because of whole body spasms
What is different from u in my case is that i lnew about my disk in c5 c6 before all these symptoms because of litle weaknes in my left arm after that my doctor made mri for me and it showed c5 c6 injury. I am so happy to know that someone is feeling like me but now i think its from the injury.
Every single word u said are happening with me and i am affraid from ms from about 2 weeks i hate night and i hate sleeping cause its scary somehow my 5 doctors 2 pf them said i need surgery in my c5 c6 and 2 said no but i am feeling worse day after day and some of my friends told me sure these symptoms are from the disk c5 c6 but my concentration was on ms because of whole body spasms
What is different from u in my case is that i lnew about my disk in c5 c6 before all these symptoms because of litle weaknes in my left arm after that my doctor made mri for me and it showed c5 c6 injury. I am so happy to know that someone is feeling like me but now i think its from the injury.
Just a note to tell you that you are not alone. I am an active 38 year old mother of three boys who did damage to my neck water skiing ... I was trying to find relief from symptoms by reading your posts
All my MRIs - even those with contrast - came back normal the only possible problem is very slight bulging of c5. But I have pain in my ears - pain in my left shoulder - a humming or buzzing internally - and vibrations in my arms and legs when I do supervised physical therapy but only in certain positions. My neurosurgeon has told me nine months of gentle therapy should see major improvements. My neurologist just wants to give me panic attack medication but I have refused because I know it is a physical ailment as pulling in my chin and correcting my posture can induce almost immediate relief
Just a point about girls night out - are you wearing heels? I have had a few formal functions and have felt horrific afterwards and realized my real heels are putting me out of balance. I avoid them now but hopefully in a year I will be able to wear them again
All my MRIs - even those with contrast - came back normal the only possible problem is very slight bulging of c5. But I have pain in my ears - pain in my left shoulder - a humming or buzzing internally - and vibrations in my arms and legs when I do supervised physical therapy but only in certain positions. My neurosurgeon has told me nine months of gentle therapy should see major improvements. My neurologist just wants to give me panic attack medication but I have refused because I know it is a physical ailment as pulling in my chin and correcting my posture can induce almost immediate relief
Just a point about girls night out - are you wearing heels? I have had a few formal functions and have felt horrific afterwards and realized my real heels are putting me out of balance. I avoid them now but hopefully in a year I will be able to wear them again
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