spread and first symptoms
 

For those of you have experienced spread what were your first symptoms. I become paranoid with every twinge needle pricks sensation. Thanks

For me it was like a rocket blast....one moment it was just near my injury areas then I felt stinging in the hand, the other arm, torso etc...it became worse at night...then when it was every where all the time....LDN takes only the sever burning away...and any new tinges are usually go away after a few days....hope this helps.

I know we all dread and fear spread but it is important to always consider other possibilities. It is too easy with this syndrome to attribute everything to it and that is a great disservice to ourselves. Neither we nor our doctors should ever throw everything into the CRPS basket without properly checking.

Rashes, arthritis, rheumatological problems, neuritis from repetitive motion or medications, infections, etc can all masquerade as CRPS and not be treated appropriately. We owe it to ourselves to keep a high level of suspicion about other problems (which we may be more susceptible to) before assuming a new symptom is spread. When in doubt, check it out!

Sending Healing Love, Littlepaw :hug:

The last week I have feeling like nerves have been misfiring like tiny electric shocks throughout my whole body. Still no confirmed csrp diagnosis bUT now I am really worried. I can't get into to my pain doc for 3 weeks...I was just thinking compressed nerve which majority docs have said..but scared now. And of course worrying about it seems make worse. I have reduced my gabapentin slowly based on doc order over course of 3 weeks. I have emg test schedule Thursday to see if surgical nerve damage reason for wheening gabapentin.