Pains in bicep.

[ukracer]

Sounds like neuralgia. If so my sympathies are with you as I get bouts of it too. In my case it goes on for a few days until the medication kicks in (carbamazepine).

During my first attack, before I had the correct drugs, I was taking all sorts of strong pain killers to try to dampen the pain - they didn't do much. I was definitely overdosing but I didn't care if I died, as long as the pain stopped. (suicide is common among sufferers).

Holy cow....well I hope its not that.
To be fair I managed to get a triage. ( not quite an appointment) the receptionist decided it was likely to be muscular. So they got a physio to phone me.

I feared the worst having had a physio appointment during covid. Remote diagnosis AND treatment was pants.

But this time a nice young lad suggested I need a hands on approach and two days later some paperwork came for me to book an appointment.

 

[GRW]

I get terrible pain in my ears as soon as I get home

Bob

Does your car also have an irritating screeching noise emanating from the passenger seat?

 

[premmington]

Sounds like neuralgia. If so my sympathies are with you as I get bouts of it too. In my case it goes on for a few days until the medication kicks in (carbamazepine).

During my first attack, before I had the correct drugs, I was taking all sorts of strong pain killers to try to dampen the pain - they didn't do much. I was definitely overdosing but I didn't care if I died, as long as the pain stopped. (suicide is common among sufferers).

Prey it is not Trigeminal neuralgia (TN)... "The Suicide Disease"

Aged late 40's - I thought I had severe toothache - went to dentist and got the all clear - then it just got worse and worse and worse. Then it migrated from the right side of my face to the left - then both sides. I had scan and blood vessel too close to cranial nerve.

I done years of anti epileptic drugs - carbamazepine - oxcarbazepine - gabapentin - phenytoin - baclofen - lamotrigine mixed with a cocktail of anti depressants - amitriptyline - nortriptyline - desipramine - maprotiline. How my liver survided it - I will never know?

Then the cluster headaches started with the mix of meds.

Then after about five years of pain - I woke up one morning and it had gone. Yeah it just stopped - went as fast as it came on.

I been pain free now for over four years....

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I can only explain it like the following.

Sometimes you can have pain and be scared you are gonna die - with severe TN bouts in both sides of your face - you are scared you are not gonna die...

 

[DAPPH]

not yet. But i only tried on Friday and all appointments were full.
I shall be ringing daily till i get a slot.

Stand up on you feet whilst making the call ( it changes your daily voice to one of command most times ) Simply say " I I need to see a doctor today I feel ill & my heart is playing up I'm getting regular pains in my arms & chest " .


Don't ask for an appointment or you'll likely be fobbed off to the the three week long queue .

If you do it that way it's highly likely you be seen & or told to go to a local hospital , there you tell them exactly what the surgery people have said . The triage people at the hospital will adjust your priority as needed .
I went from a blood sugar check to hospital in minutes with my wife driving. Though it would have been a taxi if she was out & about , At the hospitals reception desk area I was triaged & admitted to high care in seconds ,,my doctor had phoned ahead so , they were waiting for me

 

[DAPPH]

Prey it is not Trigeminal neuralgia (TN)... "The Suicide Disease"

Aged late 40's - I thought I had severe toothache - went to dentist and got the all clear - then it just got worse and worse and worse. Then it migrated from the right side of my face to the left - then both sides. I had scan and blood vessel too close to cranial nerve.

I done years of anti epileptic drugs - carbamazepine - oxcarbazepine - gabapentin - phenytoin - baclofen - lamotrigine mixed with a cocktail of anti depressants - amitriptyline - nortriptyline - desipramine - maprotiline. How my liver survided it - I will never know?

Then the cluster headaches started with the mix of meds.

Then after about five years of pain - I woke up one morning and it had gone. Yeah it just stopped - went as fast as it came on.

I been pain free now for over four years....

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I can only explain it like the following.

Sometimes you can have pain and be scared you are gonna die - with severe TN bouts in both sides of your face - you are scared you are not gonna die...

My lass has been diagnosed with that for seven months after she went to the dentists with what she thought was tooth ache , the dentist recognised the problem immediately so sent her to the doctors ,
She's has had two scans to locate the engorged weakened wall blood vessels ( high blood pressure ) pressing on nerves adjacent to her brain .

Like you say it can last week or years , she's now on blood thinners and some drug that reduced the nerve irritation signals to the brain , it affects her as she's often quite deflated ,instead of her usual bubbly self some days

 

[premmington]

My lass has been diagnosed with that for seven months after she went to the dentists with what she thought was tooth ache , the dentist recognised the problem immediately so sent her to the doctors ,
She's has had two scans to locate the engorged weakened wall blood vessels ( high blood pressure ) pressing on nerves adjacent to her brain .

Like you say it can last week or years , she's now on blood thinners and some drug that reduced the nerve irritation signals to the brain , it affects her as she's often quite deflated ,instead of her usual bubbly self some days

Bless...

I feel for her - problem with the meds is - they work at the start on low doses - then they don't and you gotta up the doses - then at max dosage for your kg body mass - you gotta swap onto something else that may or may not work for you. So any pain relief that you were getting stops.

In the end - your GP will just prescribe you anything you want if you research it - they just worried about dosages and keep giving you liver function tests.

You know when its getting bad they describe it as TN2 not TN1. Plus you pharmacist hands you a huge bag of all your prescriptions and says to you "enjoy the party for one Sir".

 

[prepman]

Sounds like neuralgia. If so my sympathies are with you as I get bouts of it too. In my case it goes on for a few days until the medication kicks in (carbamazepine).

During my first attack, before I had the correct drugs, I was taking all sorts of strong pain killers to try to dampen the pain - they didn't do much. I was definitely overdosing but I didn't care if I died, as long as the pain stopped. (suicide is common among sufferers).

Same here with polymyalgia.....the pain was worse when I lay down. >4yrs now and it's now very slight. More uncomfortable than excruciating. But lost muscle and calcium with the steroid treatment. I wonder if it was caused by long-flu. Something triggered it.