@Kati Thank you for your comment. I was scared enough that I took videos and emailed them to my doctor.
I've had so much weird crap like this dismissed by doctors in the past that it was emotionally difficult for me to send that email. I've been gaslighted (as I think MANY of us have) into believing that weird symptoms don't mean anything or they're not as bad as I think so when something weird is happening, I feel like I must just be crazy or overreacting.
I'm so grateful to have found PR and have the ability to share my experience with people here who are supportive, concerned, and not dismissive. Thank you everyone for your help and support.
Hi
@bspg i think I can say that most of us here has been traumatized by the health care we have received in the past. I am so very sorry it happened to you too.
Unfortunately oftentime it means that patients avoid seeing doctors at all cost until it is fairly late, and after much suffering. No one from a patient forum can tell you exactly what is happening in this particular situation, even if they are nurses or doctors. (i am a nurse). However your report of sudden onset pain in the hand and wrist and loss of deterity and motor function is raising my nurse's hair. It may be nothing at all, you know, but it may be something too. It could be a nerve compression, litterally a kink in the neck, or it could be more serious with different causes. No one here can diagnose you, and no one knows your medical history, and neither should we.
You are entitled to be taken seriouly and to receive the appropriate diagnostics and care for this issue. You are entitled to see your doctor promptly, and to get this problem addressed seriously. If you get dismissed and still experience this problem, then you have 2 choices, to return to the doctor with this persisting issue, or to get a second opinion. If your symptoms get worse, you always have the option to go to urgent care. I know it's not the best area to go to but you will get seen.
Documenting your symptoms can be helpful. Like noting when the pain comes, how it gets started, what makes it worse. What did you do before losing your motor function- if anything at all.
Sending hugs