Hi. I am so glad to find this board. Reading all these post that other people are experiencing the same thing I am, I don't feels so crazy or like a hypochondriac. I have areas of my body that have this pain everyone talks about and as much as I hate self-diagnosing via the internet, doctors have left me no choice. How do you tell a doctor how painful this is and there is nothing there to see?? So my first bout was on my ankle about 15 years ago and it was excruciating to have my jeans rub on it. It lasted about 2-3 days so I just blew it off. It was a while before my next bout but some last up to a week. At first I thought it was the onset of shingles but nothing ever showed up on the skin. Talking to my sister and my Dad, they have both experienced this as well and never knew what it was (btw, my dad hasn't been to the doc since 1984) so my guess is that it may be hereditary. I never brought it up to a doc until Feb 2020 because that time I had it on a large portion of my thigh and it lasted a MONTH!!. I eventually tried a lidocaine patch but it would only help for about 30 minutes. Also, had it on my torso and shooting pains at the crown of my head (that was the worst!!). Of course by the time I went to my dermatologist a couple months later, the symptoms were gone. I went ahead and mentioned something about it to have it on record. I told her the only thing I saw online that described what I was experiencing was Allodynia so she did some research and told me that she could offer the compound Ketamine and lidocaine (I think I saw someone else post this as well) but that it was like $70 a tube and not covered by insurance but that if I need it, she will call it in to a drugstore. The only problem I see there is that I could only have this happen maybe twice a year and the meds would most likely expire...ugh! Anyway, I am dealing with it once again this week. It started with sensitive "sun-burned" type sensation on the right side of my forehead and on the side of my head in front of my ear...stabbing pain. Of course, I don't want ointment in my hair so I have been using Aleve and ice packs to help. The last two mornings I have woken up pain free but as I am doing my hair or cleaning my ears after my shower, I noticed it triggers a flare up (probably b/c this time it is near my ear...then back to the Aleve. I am on day 4 hoping this ends in the next day or so. Thanks for all the info folks 🙂