burning, tingling in my shoulder and right side

[jkv44]

Hey All~

I am having shooting, burning pain in my right shoulder with pain radiating down to my wrist and pain in neck,

Does this sound like lyme? My doctor said it was a pinched nerve.

With lyme, you never know. Just seeking some help as I'm going crazy wondering what this is.

JKV

[patsy10]

I've had that symptom but it could me any number of things.

[JackieCalifornia]

Re shoulder:  I never had the painful/tingly nerve symptom in my neck/back/shoulder blade until recently, but I was also taking some supplements that may have contributed to it.  Hard to say what exactly is Lyme related and what is not, but ....  

                ===>   Don't start thinking that you are a hypochondriac!  <===  

This is a real illness with many variable symptoms, and I would gently urge you to examine anything and everything you feel and think it through carefully before discarding the occurrence as hypochondria.  Anxiety is a real symptom of Lyme, since the bugs affect the brain and endocrine system, and it's a matter of recognizing the anxiety and categorizing it as a symptom -- I find once I do that, the 'extra' anxiety of being simply scared and upset tends to go away, and I can see more clearly what is actually part of the Lyme and not me just worrying (tho I allow myself to do that too sometimes).

Glad your Herx was not so bad this past time.  Taking improvement where we can find it!  Hang tough.  :)

[jkv44]

Hey Jackie,
thanks for the insight. I need to relax and not  be such a hypochondriac.

I sometimes feel when things are under control, something else pops up and makes me nuts and wonder.....now what.

Although on a brighter note...my herx yesterday wasn't as bad as last month and only lasted a half day. Today I feel so much better except for the shoulder issue. I went to the gym last week and that's where I probably injured it.

Janice

[JackieCalifornia]

I have not had much of that, but lately there is one place leading down the back of my neck to my shoulder blade, and it feels exactly as you say -- shooting and burning pain.  

Others here have reported similar sensations.