Thanks for all the responses. I really only have it in my right hand. If I don't wear my brace at night, the pain wakes me up. Other times, in fact most of the time, it doesn't really bother me at all, though I can feel it to some degree or another 100% of the time. I will give the brace a few more weeks and I have a week off of work coming up so I want to get through that to see if it eases up any. If not, I'll see a hand specialist.

Vitamin B-6 works wonders for me 100mg every morning and when really acting up I sleep with my wrist brace with the hard insert to keep wrist straight. Was hurting all the way up my arm and getting NO sleep, try B-6 for a month or so!

I never heard that B-6 could help but after googling it, I will give that a try. Looks like there is actually something to that.

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
tator

are you using a 66 degree or a 90 degree mouse?

90 degree. At work, I’m using a wired Evoluent left hand mouse. At home, I’m using a wireless right hand Anker. The Evoluent is a much better mouse, but I really needed wireless at home since the cat sits in my lap and would play with a moving cable.

going to check out that mouse

I have a bunch of items to order from Amazon tomorrow - if I like it I will add it to my list

thanks

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Originally posted by Micropterus:
I never heard that B-6 could help but after googling it, I will give that a try. Looks like there is actually something to that.

Trust me, I buy them from wally world about $5 for 250, 100mg pills. I take two every morning with a big glass of OJ

I had some problems about 10-15 years ago when I was doing a ton of PC time for work and then still mousing at night playing some online games. The company I worked for actually had an ergonomics team that evaluated my work space and gave me several useful suggestions. First, was making sure I was seated a proper height and my posture was good. They also had me switch hands by putting in a track ball on my left side. One day I'd used the track ball with my left hand and another I'd mouse with my right hand. I also switched up my pointing devices at home.

Most helpful was the stretching they recommended and the night-time wrist brace. They had me get up at least once an hour during work and physically stretch my arms and wrists for a few mins. This helped a lot!!! I would also wear a brace at night which helped reduce the stress from the day and stop my wrists from being bent or kinked at night.

My mother-in-law had surgery with mixed results. Fortunately I was able to mitigate any long-term or permanent issues with the above actions and no surgery. I'd strongly consider the stretching and continuing to use the brace nightly. And if you are mousing a ton, rotating which hand you use to mouse should also offer some relief if it doesn't bother you too much to use the other hand.

It's a long shot, so I just thought I'd post this up here.
I had what I thought was Carpal Tunnel about 15 years ago and went in for a full physical workup, found out I had really high blood sugar (A1c over 11) which was causing neuropathy pain in my wrists.
(A1c is now 4.6 and I'm off all diabetes meds)

If you can handle it, try wearing your wrist braces to sleep. Apparently we bend our wrists a certain way when we sleep and it makes it worse. I am awaken with numb hands several times each night if I do not wear braces. I’d love to get it repaired but also a bit nervous to let the VA do it unless it’s under the choice program.