Honestly, I don't even know if I am posting this in the right place, but I figure I have nothing left to lose. Guys, I am distraught; I suffer from health anxiety, so it's not strange for me to go off the boil and become anxious over absolutely nothing, but I am desperately in need of some reassurance.
For a while now, I have been suffering from pain in my forearm. Sometimes, it throbs or gives off a kind of burning sensation. Now, I wouldn't necessarily say it was painful, but it's certainly unpleasant. For a while, I was bad, because I was prodding at the arm, rubbing my index finger down the length of it, trying to identify the spot the pain was coming from. So, admittedly, I might have angered the muscles a bit.
Over the weeks, though, things have gotten a bit worse. My left hand feels stiff when I open and close it. I occasionally get a bit of discomfort in my wrist. Again, not so much painful as unpleasant. The thing that worries me most, though, is that if I try to hold anything in my hand, like my phone or something, it feels like my hand and my fingers are kind of... twitching? Pulsating? It's the weirdest thing. I have had three different doctors diagnose this with three different things. Doctor one says I have tendinitus; doctor two says I have tennis elbow, and doctor three says he thinks it's simply muscle inflammation. The thing that unsettles me, though, aside from not knowing what it is, is... am I literally just gonna have to wait for it to get better by itself?
Is it carpal tunnel, by chance?
Does it feel better with meds? Does anything help it?
I was trying ibuprofen in gel form. I didn't notice a massive change, so I stopped using it. Maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance? Does what I described sound like carpal tunnel?
I hink I would ask for a vitamin D check plus full blood count. Are u taking any statins?
I'm not entirely sure what statins are, so I'm guessing no.
Could be cervical spondylosis or arthritis. Get an EMG test and MRI. If you don't have great posture, sit at a desk job, or even look down at your phone often, that can do it.
Watch your posture (in general, good YouTube videos). Either way, will take time (months) and physical therapy to improve.
Also try heating blanket on back of your neck and see if any difference.
Statins are prescribed to lower cholesterol BUT there is a lot of controversey over their safety.
It is a good idea to googl the dangers of statins or the statin myth etc. Hope that helps.
I'm not sure about carpal tunnel, it was just a guess. Something I would think of it that were happening to me. Look into it tho if you wanna know about it. It's nothing scary.
I think our anxiety can make any ailment worse. How bad is it when you're not focusing on it? Or is it so bad you can't focus on anything else?
Did you research to see if your symptoms match tendinitis and etc? If so, I'd go with your docs opinion. However, if you find it's getting progressively worse then I'd find another opinion with a doctor that works with muscles & etc.
Let us know what you find. Take care.