@A MyChronicPainTeam Member
Hi,
I finally do remember how I felt during the nerve conduction test. It was painful. But sometimes we must go thru some pain temporarily, in order to feel better afterwards for awhile. So I would still reccommend you go for it.

Also try to take pain medicine before you go at least 45 minutes to an hour before. The pain medicine should lessen the pain and make it more bearable. See if your primary doctor will give you some pain medicine to use for the test. If you already have pain medicine, look up the dosage in the internet, and see if it is safe to double the dosage for this testing. Many times a mmedicin comes in different dosages, and your dosage is not at the maximum amount permitted.

Also if you have a antinflamatory medicine you can take that at the same time. Or you can take motrin. But please speak to a doctor or nurse before taking both medicines at the same time. If you take both at the same time, take the antinflamatory with food in your stomach. That is if they permit you to eat before the test. Good luck.

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I've had several for feet damage. Painful? Took 30 min for one ft.
Then don't do anything according to bad results, just add it to the list of ailments.

Yes I have had that test several times. The test involves sticking needles attached to a machine in different areas of your body. My whole left side failed that test miserably. That is why I fall all the time. I have one of those buttons that I wear to get help if I fall and can't get up.

I had it done to arms and legs. Sorry to say but it hurt real bad. But when they done, it was ok. No pain.

I've had both legs done. They called it an EMG (electromusculogram?) and it involved sticking a needle in different places in my legs. The needles were wired to a machine equipped with a computer, and the technician would send an electrical shock to the needles to shock the muscles. The shocks were quick and it did not hurt badly, but for just an instant, there was pain. The results collected by the computer were interpreted and I got my result: my pain was not a problem with my muscles. It was good that I had that ruled out. Then I moved on to a Doppler test to see if it was a blood flow problem, but that was ruled out as well. But after 45 years of chronic pain, I got out of it. A miracle. I had tried everything I could, with no results. My story is on my page if anyone is interested.