If I sleep on my left side, I wake up with IMMENSE pain in the spine and a bit in the muscles
I’ve gotten the ball rolling with doctors, but I have a feeling it’ll take a while.
For the last year and a half, I’ll have these episodes that last a few weeks minimum. It is mostly in the T2 area but radiates EVERYWHERE to my head and chest. It hurts to move my head at all, but my arms are fine to move. Today, the pain was so bad from keeping my head still while driving that I threw up from it.
I’ve noticed it’s worse if I sleep on my left side that night. I sleep with a great supportive pillow and a large body pillow for my legs and keeping my shoulders from folding inwards.
I’ve gotten prednisone so far, which has hardly touched it. The doctor I’ve seen so far believes it is in the spine and not muscles.
Has anyone else had something like this? What would cause this pain and what I can I do to alleviate it beyond just trying to not roll on that side during the night?