carpel tunnel syndrome - pins and needles

[hayley]

does anyone else suffer with terrible pins and needles? i wake up during the nite with dead hands.. they're quite sore! i try shaking them to get the feeling back but it doesn't seem to work... in the morning they are so sore it hurts to hold my tooth brush! by the time i get to work i can just about hold a pen...

started about a week maybe 10 days ago but is getting worse each day! my hands especially the right one is a little sore all da.

x

 

[Dee1985]

im always waking with pins and needles in my hands and arms i just thought maybe it was the way im lying? does it mean any thing if u get pins and needles???

 

[ToriElla]

have you tried lying on your left side? that is supposed to get the circulation going better

 

[Keely]

poor you, that sounds well annoying, thankfully I have had not had this ...YET! so sorry can not help xxx

 

[hayley]

it has something to do wth being pregnant... another symptom! I was speaking to a few of the girls in work who have children... quite a few said they got pins and needles in their hands and still do (2yrs on) one girl got them in her legs which i think it worse...

x

 

[lucylou]

I had this! It started about 6 weeks before Charlie was born and I was worried so went to the doctor and they told me it was Carpol Tunnel Syndrome and there was nothing I could do, they did recommend keeping your hand raised as often as possible and rolling it to soothe it.

They told me it would go soon after I had my baby, Charlie is now 4 and a half months and it only went about 3 weeks ago. Sorry probably not what you want to hear, it's probably different for everyone though. x

 

[Anna Marie]

Haven't had it yet.. sounds bloody painful...

What have the doctors / midwife said about it.. anything you can take? I used to get leg cramps all the time due to lack of salt in my diet.. is there a supplement or a dietary change that can help??

Hope it gets easier for you all xx

 

[Amanda]

Every time I wake up in the night my hands are dead and I have horrid pins and needles as the blood rushes back in. They do go back to normal after about 5 mins, but I'm now getting worried about what's to come!

That does sound really painful Hayley. I would got to the docs and see if they can suggest anything, or like Anna Marie said, there may be a supplement you can take.