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In Constant Pain, Can Anyone Help? Posted: 03-06-06 21:17pm
I get a debilitating burning pain going
down my right side (especially my arm and
leg), my hand turns blue and swells, I get
the shakes, sometimes I get tingling in my
middle back and my right side feels weaker
than my left. I have had this problem for
the past 9 months now and I am only 24.
It started when I had an extremely bad
headache for two days. Then I went and
saw my physio because it felt like my
shoulder and neck was tightening. I have
had back problems for the past 5 years and
have worked very hard to correct my
posture and improve my back.
I went to my doctor and she put me on a
small dose of endep, which has helped in
keeping the pain down to a more manageable
level.
I have also been to a neurologist, had ct
scans of my brain, mri of my neck and
collar bone and nerve conduction studies
and an emg. The results were that I don't
have anything wrong with my brain,
thoracic outlet syndrome or significant
carpal tunnel syndrom and he doesn't think
it is nerve related.
Now I am seeing a pain specialist who had
put me on a small dose of epilum as a test
and has now trippled the dose to conduct
another test. I don't feel that the
epilum is having any effect except making
me more drowsey at night when combined
with the endep.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to
what is causing these symptoms????
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Re: In Constant Pain, Can Anyone Help? Posted: 12-16-06 04:42am
caz24
wrote:
i get a debilitating burning
pain going down my right side (especially
my arm and leg), my hand turns blue and
swells, I get the shakes, sometimes I get
tingling in my middle back and my right
side feels weaker than my left. I have
had this problem for the past 9 months now
and I am only 24.
It started when I had an extremely bad
headache for two days. Then I went and
saw my physio because it felt like my
shoulder and neck was tightening. I have
had back problems for the past 5 years and
have worked very hard to correct my
posture and improve my back.
I went to my doctor and she put me on a
small dose of endep, which has helped in
keeping the pain down to a more manageable
level.
I have also been to a neurologist, had ct
scans of my brain, mri of my neck and
collar bone and nerve conduction studies
and an emg. The results were that I
don't have anything wrong with my brain,
thoracic outlet syndrome or significant
carpal tunnel syndrom and he doesn't think
it is nerve related.
Now I am seeing a pain specialist who had
put me on a small dose of epilum as a test
and has now trippled the dose to conduct
another test. I don't feel that the
epilum is having any effect except making
me more drowsey at night when combined
with the endep.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to
what is causing these
symptoms????
hi, caz24. I wanted to encourage you to
post your question again on ehealthforum.
This time, try the " muscular and nerve
disorders” or “back pain” forums.
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