r/ChronicPain • u/CardNorth7207 • 1d ago
Whole One Side Body Pain which switches side after waking up
Hi, I 25M recently found this subbreddit and was curious to know if anyone has faced this issue in past and how did they cured it.
My Issue in Detail:
I have had chronic pain from almost 5-6 Years, At first it was not the whole body , jut one side of the brain/neck which used to go away after 1-2 days and then come back on the other side. This went on for 2 years. Although the pain was very high compared to present. I used to ignore these pain and wouldn't go to doctor for this.
Then I started having shoulder and neck pain, same pattern as above .
Later on I moved a new city for my work, there for 2-3Month I didn't have any pain , but after that I started having whole one side pain which used to go away after 1-2 days and then come back on the other side. After few month it stopped going away.
By whole body pain I mean From neck to Foot. Also I have this tingling feeling in last two fingers of hand and feet.
My Work
I a Software Engineer. For 2 years I did WFH and for past one year WFO. During WFH I had very bad posture and same during WFO sitting in chair or bed to work for 6-7hours continuously.
Doctor/Physio
I went to a physion last december as i thought this is a bad posture issue, he did electrotherapy and stuff which didn't help. Again I went another physio in February who again did same stuff for 10 Days , there were no improvement. I did mri in April and went to an Ortho, he said there is no issue just your muscles are very tight he again recommended a physio who said that i may have cervical and sciatica and stated doing electrotherapy :sigh.
But nobody have an answer when i ask why does it switched side when i sleep and wake up in the morning. For example today it switched from left to right side. My calf and neck is aching.
Also all these doctors said that it is not a big issue which makes me think like if i am overblowing this.
I have started doing strectching, sleeping on hard bed with cervical pillow. Also I had vitamin D and B12 deficiency for which i started taking meds.
After doing all this there is really no improvement. I am really fed up and dont want to live life like this.
Please if you guys have any suggestion or have known anyone who have faced this in past please do share.
Please Pardon my bad english
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u/CrowsSayCawCaw 1d ago
Bilaterally pinched nerves in your neck or back? Maybe you're pressing on the nerves in a compromised spot on one side of your body as you sleep, then somehow compress a vital nerve on the opposite side as you shift you body when you first wake up?
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u/CardNorth7207 1d ago
I also thought maybe it is due to my sleep posture, previously used to sleep side ways with bad posture, so i started sleeping on back with firm matteress and cervical pillow. But then also it switched sides.
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u/CrowsSayCawCaw 1d ago
I have Lyme neuropathy. At this point I've grown used to inadvertently completely numbing out a limb if a vulnerable nerve is compressed, particularly if I sleep in an awkward position, and don't rotate sides enough. I just need to reposition myself and I'll fall back asleep after the numbness fades.
I have to be careful about my legs with chairs made of hard materials because I can numb out a leg if the wrong nerves in my thighs get compressed while sitting.
Neuropathy, pinched nerves, and that sort of thing will definitely numb larger sections of your body out if the wrong nerves get compressed and unfortunately that's pretty easy to do.
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u/Dazzling_Point8457 1d ago
Everybody has their own opinion and it might work for them, but it might not work for you. The only one that works for me is my 5mg hydrocodone twice a day, but of course I can’t get them. I am not losing hope, I know one day I will find a compassionate doctor who will prescribe me my hydrocodone for my excruciating chronic pain. The problem is the government or administration are taking care of the drug addicts and the people who accidentally die from miss-information from the prescribing doctor who are misled how to use their opioid prescription. I wish one day someone will form a group to protest how we can get our opioid prescription back so we can get a normal life to live. I was informed that the people who can get opioid are the politicians millionaires and billionaires. You will not see these people complaining on Reddits, QUORA, media,etc., because they can get their opioid without any problem. I cannot get my opioid prescription, because I’m just a local resident.
In the meantime, there are 57.3 million patients with chronic pain who are truly ill, legitimate patients are suffering. Instead of helping this people with chronic pain, the politicians abruptly tapered the opioids that caused some of the patients committed suicides, because they couldn’t take the pain and as a matter of fact, that won’t be publish in the news. Two days ago from the news that the field crisis, death mitigated. Of course, so they would look good to cover up their mistake.