Hi there
Some of you could possibly have neuralgia. This is caused by a knock to the head or nerve trauma. I get shooting pains in the back of my neck, down the left and right side of my body, pins and needles in my hands and numbness in my head. When it is really bad and I’m out and about ( in a shopping mall for example) I get very paranoid, dizzy, dry mouth and feel the need to be sick.
My doctor said that they can treat it with pills but it should hopefully disappear on its own. It’s been 4 years and I’m 30.
Below are a few tips that have helped me get through it. Hope this helps.
• Drink plenty of water
• Eat something sugary ( I find a biscuit helps)
• Get a hot water bottle and put it on the shooting pains ( really helps)
• Take paracetamol
• Run cold water on your wrists and keep the back of the neck cool
Unfortunately I find the big culprit for me is alcohol. I do find if I have a heavy session with my mates it triggers if off and its horrible. Any questions give me a shout
letter is spiral out of control is a hangover. I’ve had to quit red wine as it seems to a trigger :0(
I have been having the same pains the OP and elle27 been having. I think at this point I am not going to the doctor because it is not going yo do me any good. I have some back issues and perhaps it is related to this. I wil probably go and get my back re-checked since it has bern a long time. The problem started about 6 or 8 months ago. Before that I have been having some paresthesias in my legs as a result of a pinched nerve in my back for the last 20 years. But this is completely different. I might have pains occasionally in the tip of my finger. Another day, it is my arm, or my hip, or my shoulder. It is quite sharp and only lasts a few seconds. Sometimes it comes back a few times, sometimes it does not. I can say that for the e first time in my life I have been doing no exercise. I am going to really try to get off my bum. I always noticed that when I exercise, my back is better. I have noticed that very few people on this thread mentioned exercise. It would be good to know if most of us are leading sedentary ives.
I have had these recurring stabbing pains since I was about 12 years old. My grandmother said they were growing pains. I am now 85 and have never found anything that really relieved them except Ibuprophen which I can no longer take because of other health problems. They can go away for weeks at a time and suddenly pop up again and always when I have a fever. My three sons have them too. They are not anxiety or stress related, they just appear for apparently no reason. Not that it helps very much, but it is good to know I am not the only one. I recently had a severe cold with fever and I ended up in tears from the stabbing pains all over my body.
Tyvm I will try this! Dr.look at me like I'm nuts sometimes I can't even get out of bed,thanks again.
Yup! All of your comments are a mirror to my own. I'm 47 and had this for about 10 years. It's like there is a voodoo doll out there with my face on it. I'll get sudden, random, stabbing pains that will make me cry out. It will last maybe 5 seconds and usually repeat on and off in that same spot for a day. Then it will start up on a new spot. Sometimes I go weeks with nothing, sometimes its several spots at once. Middle of my thigh, back of my arm, my hip, ankle, toe, finger, wrist, middle of my hands and feet - which I call my Stigmata pains since it feels like nails being driven in. It feels like a nerve misfire - not joint pain at all, and stress is not an issue. They don't interfere with my life, but are quite annoying! I started keeping a journal of when and where and how long I get them. I looked this up just now too because my right wrist is "firing" like someone is stabbing an ice pick thru it. Oh... there goes my left thigh and right ankle too now. SO WIERD!
Hello
I 'seem, to be getting the same pains
They are wicked
Trouble getting wash & dressed etc
It is worse after I have sat down for say 30mins
I have pains all over just trying to turn over in bed
the doctor is given me a 2nd blood test
I will try and keep you informed