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Fox_Syndrome
Fox_Syndrome

I know I have CPS from gaming and I'm trying to treat it, but just one random question:

Does EVERYONE with CPS have worse symptoms at night then in the day? I pretty much only ever have numbness, or tingling, or pain in my fingers during the day after/during gaming.

 

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  • glenn06752
    glenn06752 Fox_Syndrome

    Posted

    Can't speak for everyone, but I know my symptoms, pre and post op, are always more profound at night.
  • sheila41382
    sheila41382 Fox_Syndrome

    Posted

    I always found mine to be mostly when I used computer mouse...I had my surgery 6 weeks ao and have had nothing but probems ever since...I have now what is called complex regional pain syndrome, had to have a nerve block done and still waiting on pyhsio...
    • Fox_Syndrome
      Fox_Syndrome sheila41382

      Posted

      Oh wow, that really sucks. Thanks for answering my question though, so not everyone has the worst symptoms at night rolleyes
    • glenn06752
      glenn06752 sheila41382

      Posted

      Sheila - Kind of funny you mentioned that. The computer mouse was the route of all evil and what actually started my CTS. My surgeon says, "once you have the surgery, you'll never have CTS back again..."  That's very difficult to believe. Computer use for a decade on a surveillance video system started mine and I still can feel the mouse aggravating it...
    • sheila41382
      sheila41382 glenn06752

      Posted

      I still find using the mouse on computer is aggravating, so I don't know if it is because I am having some issues with the surgery or not....hopefully it will get better in time....
  • mark26805
    mark26805 Fox_Syndrome

    Posted

    Yes, mine was def. worse at night. During the day it was only "pins and needles" and usually whilst cycling, but also had it from using a paint brush for hours at an end! But at night I think I must have slept with my hands under the pillow and I would wake up with MUCH MORE PAIN. My whole hand and wrist would be numb AND painful!!!!

    Didn't know if I should hold my hand high or low but the pain would subside and slowly go away.

    I had the operation in November 2014 and I can now cycle without pins and needles in that hand....but I have slight loss of touch sensation in the ends of my fingers. Dr said it could take a year to come back! Or never!

  • Guest
    Guest Fox_Syndrome

    Posted

    Hello Fox! Yes, I would say the symptoms were worst at night. Had my surgery done a year ago soon and some symptoms disappeared, but some still remain and new one's have come to. You could forget about the golden One year rule though that says you coud only have CTS for a year after that a surgery won't do. This week I met someone who have had the CTS problem for five years and it gradually went away after surgery, so it can take quite a time. I guess your tendons become swollen because of the gaming, but the surgery is just a way to hopefully get rid of the symptoms. The most important part is to know how you should act or if there is some treatment to let the tendons become normal again? Have they said anything about that?
    • mark26805
      mark26805 Guest

      Posted

      Just like to say, that after having my right hand done, I am in no rush to get my left hand done! It doesn't cure everything, I no longer get "pins and needles" riding my bike (just 5 mile fun rides, nothing too strenuous), but my hand doesn't feel like mine some days. I have exchanged occasional pins and needles for a hand that is sometimes numb and always less sensative. My left still gets pins and needles, but that is all, my right (after op.) has a range of weird side effects to the surgery. Only have it done if you are in lots of pain. I am willing to exercise my left hand and wrist lots more instead of surgery.
  • dorothy_49
    dorothy_49 Fox_Syndrome

    Posted

    Yes the night is the worst as your hand is at rest..ive found wearing a brace at night helps..im waiting now for the op..the pain I can only describe is like between numbness burning and pins and needles mixed with cramp like pains

    Dorothy

  • carl2017
    carl2017 Fox_Syndrome

    Posted

    I get a lot of symptoms during the day. My hands will go numb driving frequently and I have trouble picking little items up and can't write more than a few sentences without my hand seizing up. Nighttime, both hands will go numb.
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