Re: top 10 positive results (for me)

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> 2. I can sleep without waking up to having an arm all numb and tingly.

> Is this an effect of being overweight? I thought it was just me waking up

> with tingly, numb arms.

>

> -jen

>

Jen,

For me, the numbness was caused by the excess weight. The extra weight in my

arms and upper body caused the blood to be restricted in certain positions.

The numbness would get so bad that I would wake up with horrible pain in my

arms and they would be blue. It was awful. I would have to sleep with a

pillow propping my arms in certain positions. Even with that I would still

wake a lot at night with problems. It has gotten so much better and I can

actually sleep all night.

Kathy M.

[Guest guest]

Hi Jen-

I had to read your message a couple of times to

realize that I didn't post it! I used to be Jen

too, and I was going to post the same question

about the tingling arms!

This has actually gotten steadily worse for me over

the past year...where I now take either a tylenol pm,

a prescribed motrin or whatever other drugs i can get

my hands on. Geez, between the bathroom trips and the

tingly problem, drugs are the only way I can get a

decent nights sleep.

Someone mentioned the cause may be a pinched nerve,

but the blood flow thing seems to make more sense in

my case.

Jenn Gil

> 2. I can sleep without waking up to having an arm

all numb and

tingly.

> Is this an effect of being overweight? I thought it

was just me

waking up

> with tingly, numb arms.

>

> -jen

>

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