Never had that or met anybody who has. You should go to a doctor bro

You uh... you might wanna see a doctor about that.

If you're having severe back pain (or any unusual or severe symptom) you're better off going to a doctor as soon as possible. First, severe pain is never something that you should just live with, and it may be able to be treated. Second, it's possible that whatever is causing your severe pain could lead to worse problems or be a symptom of something serious. (I don't mean to scare you, but it's important to rule things like that out sooner rather than later.)

This is not normal, you need to talk to a medical professional mate.

You should treatyoself by getting that diagnosed.

Everyone else is saying go see a doctor. I’m going to assume you already are seeing a doctor, because if you’re in that kind of pain most people would see a doctor. I’m going to ask what sort of treatment is the doctor suggested?

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No most people dont experience this you must have some serious medical condition. Consider becoming a pot ingester to help manage the pain

Over the past 30+ years, I average an episode every 18 months. I'm currently in my 9th week of recovery from my latest episode and mostly past the crippling pain and now into that constant mild/medium pain and range of motion limitation that seems to never get better and lingers for months.

Of my nearly 2-dozen lifetime episodes, a solid 2/3 of them washed me over with such sudden and intense pain that I entered an hours long state of shock accompanied by cognitive disability and short term memory haziness. I don't think I've ever actually blacked out, but I expect everyone responds differently.

I am not a doctor and am not qualified to diagnose your specific issue, but if you are suffering from herneated lower disc (my problem), then a mass of inner disc material is breaching your outer disc and putting direct pressure on a major nerve bundle...triggering the most intense pain imaginable.

My standard recovery is to immediately get a perscription for a round of Prednisone (powerful steroid) to quickly reduce inflamation and immediately get on a perscription for muscle relaxers.

Long term, when you are not injured or recovering, you can work on core strength and posture which is supposed to make episodes less frequent.

There's also surgery option: three main types available. The most modern and least invasive is the micro-discectomy. My doctor (and all my previous doctors) always try to talk me out of the surgery for numerous reasons.

I did.. Until I found a good neurosurgeon and had a L5-S1 360° fusion.

Prior to that I had back episodes regularly, some so painful I would completely pass out. The last straw for me was when I was coming down the stairs in my house, took a step down and woke up at the bottom of the stairs. I'm extremely lucky I didn't break my neck. Some orthopedic surgeons are good but a good neuro is a life saver.

I've had back spasms for decades. I've gotten them pretty much under control, though it's still present every day. Doctors can give you muscle relaxers but they don't work for me. Physical therapy might help but it's sort of geared towards old people so I don't like it myself. But do use it to learn what not to do.

To imagine what it's like if you don't have muscle spams, make a fist and flex the muscles in your arm over and over until it's tiring. Now imagine you can't stop for 24 hours until you are on the floor in pain and then you still can't stop.

First, use a TENS unit. They are cheap. This is the main way to signal to the muscles to stop. Otherwise, the muscle will go forever. So TENS resets that. Sort of the way a defibrillator might be used to reset a heart back into a proper rhythm.

Next, exercise and build up back muscles. I exercise a lot. I like to find something that is fun and exciting so I continue past tiredness, not something that I'll get bored with. The best was probably boxing because it involves a lot of twisting at your core, but most anything will do. Bikram yoga was the only thing that made it worse because the forward stretching was causing nerve compression. For me, building up back muscles allowed me to hold a better posture and that helps too.

I also use foam roller. That works sometimes before it gets bad. A soft bed and a soft couch seem to make it worse, but the opposite won't make it go away. I try not to sit still too long. Lastly, shoveling show is the worst thing. If you have to do it, do it in teaspoons at a time. In general, don't be macho about carrying things. Carrying one bag of groceries at a time is good for you anyway.

Hopefully some of that is relevant to you or someone else.

No I do not.

Yes, this isn't an unusual type of pain with someone with a back or spine injury. Like others said, see a doctor asap as they may be able to help. You might need physical therapy along with medication, and it's better to start sooner rather than later when it could be less treatable.

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Not quite pass out, no. But it can get bad enough that it amounts to the same because the mind has nothing left to process other things. All it can do is deal with the pain. Sounds get muffled, you lose perception of the rest of body. It's just that pain filling your mind, and that's all you are.

But think about it. The back is closest to the CNS, the central nervous system. It supports and protects the spine. So your mind pays extra attention to pain from there.

When it's muscle spasms, there's also the fact that it immobilizes you, so on a primitive level, if you don't resolve that injury signal, you could die in a survival level of existence. So your brain it harder to ignore than something like a cramp in your arm.

You just have to find what works for you. Me? If I don't have access to the little combo of muscle relaxer, breakthrough pain med, and NSAID, it comes down to meditative practice. You practice every day, controlling your breathing, doing progressive muscle relaxation, and figuring out ways to isolate and wall off the pain for brief periods so that you can function to some degree.

But I've got nerve pain added to the mix, so what works for me might not work for you.

My own back spasms were similar; but I've had them enough times that I've learned ways to manage the pain enough to finish a thought other than "ouch"

I've been able to reduce the frequency of occurrence by experimenting w my sleeping and exercise habits and learned that pregnancy pillows are worth their weight in gold for me; maybe they'll help you?

I haven't, but I have pulled by shoulder lifting a mattress at a weird angle to put on a fitted sheet that caused me to hear ringing in my ears and made me feel like I was almost going to. That was maybe two weeks ago, but it stopped after I laid down for a bit.