chronic pain from head to toe just on left side of body

I have had my heart checked, lungs,checked and i hace been going through this for long time now.

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I have semilar problem With you but diagnosis With disc problem in 4 and 6 in My cervical this not just happen one time , i'm been going thru first in 2014 Dec and had Surgery to fix the disc in 5 & 6 now in 2016 happen again feeling Pain in My neck til shoulder and sometimes numb left side the Pain from the head neck and shoulder thru to My left body and My Ct Scan show problem With different disc from 2014 now have 4 and 6 disc that pin in nurve that cost all the Pain I had so now wait again for another Surgery but I thing the problem relate from My job lifting pulling etc

I thought I'd post somewhat of an update on my condition. I started seeing another new doctor. Lyme's, Lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis were all dismissed. My doctor did increase my thyroid medication. I feel somewhat less symptomatic since the increase, but it has not gone away. My dentist says he believes I have tmj disorder as far as the pain in my jaw and ear and shoulder go. I have some days now though where it's hard to drive because of the pain in my leg. My regular doctor says it may be nerve damage related to my type 1 diabetes or the thyroid condition and referred me to a neurologist. I am waiting to see the neurologist as of this moment, but we'll see what happens there.

I've had the same issues since March. It's gotten so bad. The weakness comes and goes and it so stressful. I'm worried and scared it's something bad and the Dr's are no help or just don't care. And I'm so worried about it. I hope you find out what's going on. I was diagnosed 2 years ago with fibromyaglia and I have alot of back issues. But this is just so bad.

Laura,

Have alot of same symptoms, started from injury and scoliosis, chiropractor tells me there is a nerve that travels along from neck to hip, mine is also on left side, pulls my muscles so bad it pulls bones out of place, tons of medicine, but have not gotten the medical community to find the problem, have also been told fm and to take antidepressents. I too am at my witts end, they all act like your nuts! Mine actually broke my back it twisted me so bad, the muscles lock down that hard. Have had alot of MRI and to no avail. Yeah its chronic pain but its has got to be something causing it. I feel your pain. I wear a lift on the right shoe cause they found out I have a leg length diff. I had to have lumbar fusion and rods in my lower back,  better than when this started I thought I would go insane from the pain and nerve pain.

Hey Laura! Your symptoms sound just like mine and I was diagnosed w fibro but it could also be MS as I'm looking into that! I don't take medications because of all the terrible side effects so I rely on alternative meds! This is also my name on Twitter if you want to get in touch!

I know there are a lot of posts here, so if you'd only like to see the remedy I've come up with, then scroll down a bit and take a look at bald writings.

Well to start off, I've been suffering from the same exact symptoms, but for 9 years straight, and still going. It also took me 9 years to find this post!

Anyways, here are some things I went through

- Like the most of you people, it all began with a spine injury(lower back injury, and nothing severe).

- The pain switches between either my left or my right side of my body(head to toe).

- When I'm laying on my side on a bed or any flat surface, the pressured side(left or right) begins to suffer from the same symptoms that we are all suffering from.

- When I cross my legs while I'm sitting on a couch or a chair, the symptom begins(or worsens existing one) also.

- The symptom sneaks up on me every single time. It is very hard to determine the cause for the symptom unless you're tracking every single posture that you went through for the day, and analyze the data it within your head, and compare pain occurences/severeness/length in time with your past posture habits. So it took me 8 years to fully realize and believe that these were the two main cause for the symptoms to begin. The first 7 years were a living nightmare, because I did not know what was causing these symptoms, and what was making it worse. I was in a non-stop pain for 7 consecutive years. My mental state was on par with any of the old time war prisoner who got tortured for years of time. The only difference was, that no one bothered to acknowledge my invisible symptoms. Not even the doctors did. I've went through more than 80 doctors over several years. Only 1 doctor figured it out, and he named it "fibromyalgia"

Now take a note on this regarding pain sneaking up on you, because since there exist no medical cure for this, and the doctors won't ever tell you anything to help remedy the symptoms besides prescribing you with narcotic painkillers, you must figure it out on your own. I did the elimination method, and on my 8th year, I've finally figured it out.(well to the point where I can remedy myself to keep my sanity) 

Now for the things I do every day, for year round, and perhaps for the rest of my life to prevent myself from getting the symptom back.

- I need minimum of 8 hours of sleep every day, or even 12 hours, depending on my condition. If I didn't get enough sleep 1~2 days ago, then I must make up for the missing sleep time. This is why I stay away from caffeine.

***If I dont get enough sleep, no matter how much attention I give to my daily postures, or how much I try to relax my affected body from head to toe, the symptom stays.

- The moment I realize that the symptom have appeared, I pay full attention to my affected area of my body(left or right; from head to toe), and force them to relax. Even after years of giving myself the same treatment over and over again, it's still difficult for me to tell whether if my left or right body are in a contracted state or in a relaxed state. It is kind of obvious as the symptom brings the pain as well as the dullness along with it. 

- I'm a bodybuilder, and lifting heavy weights(over hundreds of pounds) 6 days a week did not have any negative effect on the occurences of the symptom. Having more lean muscle mass and having more control on my body, in terms of relaxing and contracting muscles allowed me to escape from the symptom more efficiently. 

- Contrary to popular belief with most people, mental stress didn't affect the symptom that much. So basically I dont ever stress myself with the idea that I must stay away from stress.

- I stay away from wearing tight clothes. that means absolutely no tight jeans, no jeans, no jeans, and no heavy clothes that may affect my posture. I always stick with reasonably flexible clothes that hardly pulls or pressures my skin or muscle regardless of my posture.

- Do I take any medicine for muscle relaxation or painkilling purposes? No I do not anymore.

- I sleep on the floor(with somewhat thin&soft padding on it), and not in a bed. (it is highly likely that this may not apply to you, because of differences in our bodyshapes.) Since I suffer from fibromyalgia, sleeping in bed just forces me to stay immobile in 1 spot in order to not fall from bed. This caused much strain in my body. I need to move around a lot comfortably while I'm sleeping, and thats why I chose the floor.

In short, do enough sleeping, adapt to new postures, and learn to relax your body even when your body is feeling already relaxed(fight off the wrong sensory signals) 

I have had pain on my left leg since 2007 following an auto accident.

Doctors don't seem to take the time to really investigate what's going on.

My natureopathic physician said that he couldn't say what causes it, but that Lauricidin could help with the pain. It eliminated it, but only with continued use.

It is a derivitive of the coconut.

Recently, the pain has gone from head to toe, along with fever, chills, and spinal pain.

Doc thinks it is separate issues.

I had an inoculation for shingles. Doc treated me for shingles with Vanciclovir for seven days. I felt great for three days, then symptoms of fever, chills returned.

I don't know what to think.

I am into essential oils, so today started taking my immunity capsule of three oils, in addition to the Lauricidin.

We shall see.

Doc is trying to schedule a MRI.

The same thing was happening to me, pain from top left to top bottom with slight tingling. What i found helped was slightly bending the spine to the left, and then shortly afterwards, a sharp recurrent pain started shooting down the left side of T2 (Can't tell if it's internal), so I think I've probably found the culprit in my case. If it's not T2, it's a nearby vertebra most likely (Possibly a cervical vertebra).

Hi I've had similar symptoms and by the grace of god I decided to get my teeth seen about n he prescribed me an antibiotic I had several times Amoxicillian it got a little better then I had another appointment n he gave me Penicillin something I never had in my adult life n its improving Tremendously I can turn my head n it doesn't hurt a bit my shoulder is great and again my head doesn't hurt n its only been 2 days this has went on for 4 years u might want to try because I had so many test run in the past n they couldn't find Anything!!!!

I've had this pain from left side head right down to my hand and it like pins and needles and be not had answer yet so I hope someone help me

Hi Laura. Just came across your post while trying to investigate what's going on with me. I'm have been having exact same symptoms as you specified here for some weeks now and then have had a few tests here there including ECG twice as the pain radiates to sharp pain in chest too. But from my recent research and past history I think it might be Vitamin D deficiency and I am waiting for my test result for Vit D level.

How did it go with you? Hope you are OK now?

I am curious, anyone with these symptoms also taking High Blood Pressure Medicine? Specifically Amlodipine or other Calcium Channel Blocker?

See my thread and others on AMLODIPINE side effects. For some reason most people complain about the left side of body. I'm very curious if others in this discussion are taking AMLODIPIONE for high blood pressure.

https://patient.info/forums/discuss/amlodipine-left-side-muscle-pain-and-numbness-546470