Sounds like Carpal tunnel syndrome? I have that and I have moments where my hands go numb. My husband has N and said he does not have anything like that happen to him. My dad has CTS and had surgery to correct it. Mine is not that bad now that I don't play cello as much. :)

I have weird tendonitis problems in my hands, had surgery on my right, and injured my left while the right one was healing. They are bothering me really bad now, we just got like 2 feet of snow and I did too much shoveling. I'd get it checked out. I made mine alot worse because I overdid while injured. If it is something like that they may recommend wearing a brace, resting, anti- inflammatories or something. But different hand and arm injuries require different restrictions. I had to keep my wrist and my thumb immobilized. But the first symptoms I noticed was numbness, aching, and later swelling in my forearm and dropping stuff.

I get lots of tendon problems in my arms and my hips and disc stuff in my back too, I think because of N our bodies are not rested so it is easier to injure ourselves and harder for us to heal. Also falls from C are to blame for the state of my back I think. Although all of this is purely my own speculation and in no way shape or form proven.

Good luck- I hope you feel better, you never realize how much you use your hands until it hurts to do anything with them. When mine were bad, eating, driving, dressing, everything was a nightmare.

Sounds like CTS. I have it , but it comes and goes. I sometimes wear a brace at night and that helps. Ibuprofen also for imflammation. I would go that route first. You can find them in any drugstore. I have a friend that had surgey and they damaged her nerves.

What meds are you on? Any old anti-depressents?

no meds for N. It's getting worse, now instead of weakness sometimes it's all the time. I cant even do the dishes by hand without having to take a break.

That may be more than CTS, you should see a doctor. Good Luck.

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You can also have spinal stenosis or a herniated disc in your cervical spine. It will make hands, arms, shoulders weak/numb/tingling and often moves down to your feet. Do you have neck pain or headaches that seem to start from the back of your head?

I go to a chiropractor so there's no slipped discs. I did almost 3 years ago. I had a headache that lasted 4 months straight at the back of my head. The docs couldnt find anything wrong. Later I boiled it down to stress after having it go away 3 weeks after getting laid off from an extremely stressful job. The problem is just in my hands. constant weakness, a burning numbness in my palms and pain.

hi sleepy star
i also have pain in my fingers. this has happened ever since my car accidents. my neck, middle and lower back was damaged. my neck is heaps better now and i used to only get numbness, pins and needles 2/7 but since the 2nd accident, i now also wake up with really sore fingers, its like how i would imagine arthritis could be. mine seems to get better as i get up and am no longer lying on my spine. sitting for long periods brings it back.
ive had N since my teens but newly dx and this is a newish thing, so i dont think mine is related to N. your dr should look into it eh?
cheers

herniated disk, rest

I have this problem as well, sometimes it is worse than others. My hands aren't numb, it just feels like I have a hard time gripping things or holding on sometimes. My sleep doctor acted like this was a common side affect for narcolepsy and not a big deal...but it sure is annoying.