Is Numbness and Paralysis the Same Thing?

[funnylegs4]

I wonder if it's the same as the breath-holding I have. I'll find that my chest stays tensed up and it's as if I'm holding my breath, forgetting to breathe. Been going on for years and I'm so used to it I don't usually notice it, but every now and then it occurs to me that it probably shouldn't be like that.

I look paler than usual when that's been going on.

Maybe this and the MS hug are all part of spasticity?

I don't have a binding sensation or paleness but I'v been told I don't breathe deep enough partly because of spastic mouth muscles and a spastic psoas muscle shifting my body into an alignment that does not produce good breathing. I also do not breathe deep enough when my Moro Reflex goes off so I have been taught breathing exercises that are similar to acting exercises for breathing to correct it. I have been told breathing is flow and spasticity is the opposite of flow so that has something to do with it. I don't know anything about MS, so excuse me if I am wrong, but if you get pale you really should have that checked by a doctor!! Your brain and body may not be getting enough oxygen.

[agate]

I've been going pale like this for about 35 years. I try to remember to take several very deep breaths during the day. I think that helps considerably.

[SalpalSally]

I've been going pale like this for about 35 years. I try to remember to take several very deep breaths during the day. I think that helps considerably.

Me too!!!!

[Jen's Solitude]

I experienced the MS hug early on in my diagnosis in the 90's. It cleared up rather quickly and I never experienced it again until this latest attack. It didn't take me long to remember what the sensation was though, that feeling is so strange it is unforgettable when it returns.

[funnylegs4]

I've been going pale like this for about 35 years. I try to remember to take several very deep breaths during the day. I think that helps considerably.

Have you told a doctor about this?? I assume you have but just curious. Perhaps a breathing based therapy may assist you. No matter how long it has been happening it still may be causing damage.

[agate]

Have you told a doctor about this?? I assume you have but just curious. Perhaps a breathing based therapy may assist you. No matter how long it has been happening it still may be causing damage.

No, I haven't. I always just assumed it must be an MS thing or maybe a lasting effect of a rib injury I had years ago. Since it's not slowing me down so far as I can figure out, I didn't see any point in bringing it up.

You mention something like that to a doctor, and the next thing you know you're being sent for all kinds of tests.

[funnylegs4]

No, I haven't. I always just assumed it must be an MS thing or maybe a lasting effect of a rib injury I had years ago. Since it's not slowing me down so far as I can figure out, I didn't see any point in bringing it up.

You mention something like that to a doctor, and the next thing you know you're being sent for all kinds of tests.

I see. A teacher of mine was pale on and off before suffering a stroke so I might be a wee bit paranoid in my posting…sorry. One thing I have learned with the body is not to assume anything as it does not lie to you and may be alerting you to a bigger problem. Maybe getting testing would allow you to find a way to make the pale episodes go away. Personally, I would have it checked if it were me. However I do certainly understand the need to follow your own instincts. Do what you think is right.