Some background info: I'm 28/f, I have been diagnosed with dysautonomia and recently discovered I most likely suffer from Sjorgen's. A lot of my health issues were set off after a chain of events 2 years ago when I had a terrible reaction from Bactrim antibiotics.
I felt neuropathic pain across my entire body for almost three days, which was an absolute terrifying living hell. Since then, it seems like every time I sustain a moderate injury, I have unbearable nerve pain.

Now:
On Sunday, a plank of wood from our kitchen counter fell onto my big toe on my left foot. A huge bruise immediately spread under the nail. I went to urgent care yesterday because the pain was simply NOT subsiding-- x-rays show the toe isn't even broken. It is sprained most likely, but I can't even leave my bed anymore because as soon as the foot is lowered, it is the most excruciating pain I have ever felt.

It definitely *feels* like nerve pain-- the top of my foot feels like it is simultaneously burning and freezing (and somehow wet), and I feel like I am stretching my toes back as far as they will go at all times. I literally have to look down and check my foot to make sure I'm not straining every single muscle down there, because it so convincingly feels like I am. It's scary and unbearable.

Does anyone know of something that can help this type of nerve pain after a sustained injury? Treating with a combo of Advil and Tylenol did nothing, and neither did the Meloxicam the nurse prescribed me.

Last night I hysterically cried myself to sleep out of exhaustion, frustration, and pain. My toe doesn't even *look* that bad, and it's not broken, and it *should* be healing, but that invisible pain is just getting worse. I have a friend who just broke their ankle and their pain seems a lot different than mine.

Thank you in advance.

Sorry you are going thru this, glad it's not broken and will just take time for the healing. As for the nerve pain, there is so much info here on what others do. Time is our best healer and we can't push that. Again sorry.

And true on certain classes of abx drugs like Cipro, Levaquin etc can cause so much joint and muscle damage.