# Sleep Numbness

**URL:** <https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/sleep-numbness/6400>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [September 24, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/sleep-numbness/6400 "2016-09-24T20:08:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![darinfan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/darinfan/32/2736_2.png) [@darinfan](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/darinfan)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/sleep-numbness/6400/1 "2016-09-24T20:08:07Z")

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I have no idea if this is linked to PsA, so I’m throwing it out there to see if others have had the same issue. If I happen to fall asleep on my back, I get numbness down my arms (complete numbness) sometimes when I’m waking up. It’s that period between sleep and waking, but it’s like my arms are clamped down and I can’t move them. It’s quite weird and scary as I’m only half awake at the time. It doesn’t happen on my side. I’m guessing it’s a nerve of some kind in my neck, but is this a PsA thing? Everything seems to be linked to it somehow!

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**Author:** ![Stoney](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/stoney/32/5959_2.png) [@Stoney](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Stoney)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/sleep-numbness/6400/2 "2016-09-25T02:26:13Z")

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Could it be sleep paralysis? [http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/guide/sleep-paralysis#1](http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/guide/sleep-paralysis#1)

It listed sleeping on your back as a risk factor.

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**Author:** ![darinfan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/darinfan/32/2736_2.png) [@darinfan](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/darinfan)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/sleep-numbness/6400/3 "2016-09-25T02:41:43Z")

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Yeah, it probably is that simple, I guess. It also lists bipolar, which I have too. I just have got used to everything being psa related!

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**Author:** ![darinfan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/darinfan/32/2736_2.png) [@darinfan](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/darinfan)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/sleep-numbness/6400/4 "2016-12-05T01:38:21Z")

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Not been here for ages, for which I apologise. Anyway, just to say the numbness vanished - no explanation, though, sadly.

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**Author:** ![janeatiu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/janeatiu/32/3886_2.png) [@janeatiu](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/janeatiu)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/sleep-numbness/6400/5 "2016-12-05T23:19:36Z")

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glad it went away–even if you don’t know why you had it to begin with!