nerve pain symptoms - #14198
I am really struggling right now and need some help understanding these nerve pain symptoms. A while back, I started feeling this weird tingling in my left leg, like, it would come and go but got worst after I sat for a while. Then, one night, I woke up with this, like, sharp pain shooting from my lower back down to my foot! I thought it was just me sleeping wrong, but this has been going on for weeks now. The nerve pain symptoms seem to be spreading too; sometimes, my hands feel numb or weak. It’s weird, I didn’t even realize it was, like, a thing until I started googling and saw "nerve pain symptoms" everywhere. I've been to the doctor, and they mentioned something about sciatica but didn’t do much aside from telling me to take ibuprofen. It’s so frustrating, especially since I can’t tell if it's just sciatic nerve pain or if there’s something more serious happening with these nerve pain symptoms! Can anyone share what their nerve pain symptoms felt like? Like, how do you know when it’s too much, or when to see a specialist? Trying to figure out what to do next, just scared it’ll get worse!
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