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Slept on arm wrong, woke up with arm asleep, worried about blood clots..

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JoeAnxiety
JoeAnxiety

I was tired last night and ended up sleeping on the couch. When I woke up this morning I could barely move one arm. After rolling over and shaking it a bit it felt like all the blood started rushing into. However I've read that its actually the nerves starting to function again you feel. I'm worried I could get a blood clot and that feeling is kind of scary. It rarely happends but can you get a blood clot from sleeping on your arm wrong, or am I just compressing the nerves?

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  • lisalisa67
    lisalisa67 JoeAnxiety

    Posted

    You do have health anxiety. You will be fine. Give it some time and try not to focus in it. You do not have a blood clot.
  • iris46
    iris46 JoeAnxiety

    Posted

    I do that a few times each night, and if I fall asleep in an armchair I wake up with a broken neck!
    • tess33005
      tess33005 iris46

      Posted

      Oh, Iris! I've done that, too.

      Except it isn't a broken neck - just pain from an unsupported head, as you know - but it hurts, bonny lass, it hurts.

      love Tess

  • tess33005
    tess33005 JoeAnxiety

    Posted

    \I think you just slept on it, Joe.

    If you were going to have a blood clot you'd have had it by now.

    Howevere, in all my thirty years as a nurse I never once saw anyone with a blood clot in their arm.

    Yes, try to keep calm - you were just compressing the nerves.

    love from Tess xx

    • iris46
      iris46 tess33005

      Posted

      I had multi bilateral PEs last year.....it wasn't nice at all

    • tess33005
      tess33005 iris46

      Posted

      I can well imagine, Iris. You've really been through the mill, haven't you.

      Lots of love from Tess

    • wintress48745
      wintress48745 tess33005

      Posted

      i woke up this morning and my arm was hurting really bad i could barley move it. My arm has been sore all day still feels like it is cramping and i am kinda scared im only 20 and im not on any medication i just dont want a blood clot

  • kimberly59704
    kimberly59704 JoeAnxiety

    Posted

    Oh you do havce anxiety, We all wake up with our limbs asleep. You don't have a blood clot, but sounds like you need to be on an antidepressant.

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