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Cerebellar Stroke - experience/treatment/recovery
Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases | Last Active: May 5 11:27pm | Replies (515)Comment receiving replies
Pain after Stroke
ALL meds have been tried and failed.
Neurologist informs me that there is no medicine or treatment for post stroke pain and that I cannot call it neuropathy.
It's "brain-Pain" sending constant "electrocution-like" waves of pain - eye lid, face, ear, shoulder, arm, hand and fingers - down into leg.
Doc calls it: Re-expression of original stroke.
All those areas feel like when your arm or leg fells asleep and then awakes with that 2-5 second numbness and pain.
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Hello @pmorgigno, and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Your pain sounds concerning, and I understand that you are frustrated.
First, you will notice I have moved your post into an existing discussion on stroke, which you can find here:
- Cerebellar Stroke - experience/treatment/recovery: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/cerebellar-stroke-experiencetreatmentrecovery/
What you share sounds similar to Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, which can occur after a stroke. Here is some information about it in case you might find it helpful:
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/crps-complex-regional-pain-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20371151
Have you heard of this before? Do the symptoms sound familiar?