What is the most pain you have ever experienced?

[Geano]

Apart from labour

I would say a back injury I suffered as a child , that was painful.

[OuchBollocks]

The night after I had surgery to pin my broken leg was worse than when I broke and dislocated it, worse than labour and a 4th degree tear, worse than gallstones. I begged for more drugs and couldn't have them as I was 34w pregnant. I literally wanted to die.

[CMOTDibbler]

Acute compartment Syndrome - I was blacking out and screaming.
Followed by Complex Regional Pain Syndrome which I've had ever since - 7 years of high level pain 24/7/365

[Twofishfingers]

Appendicitis. It wasn't even that bad.

So you can imagine the shock when I went into labour...

[Annabelle4]

Toothache.

If I had a pliers in the house, I genuinely would have pulled it out myself. Painkillers didn't touch it.

At least with labour, there's a break in between the contractions and you get your baby at the end of it

[Annabelle4]

*I should have said that that was my experience of labour. I shouldn't speak for others.

[NotAPuffin]

Constipation so painful that I literally couldn't stand, and sinusitis so bad it felt like my teeth were vibrating with the pain.

[Sallystyle]

Dry Sockets.

[areyoubeingserviced]

Dental pain.
I don’t drink alcohol, but I downed copious amounts of whisky in order to cope.
Even the strongest pain killers didn’t touch the pain.

[FinnegansCake]

A slipped disc. The nerve pain was so horrendous and unrelenting it made me cry and sometimes even scream out loud even though I have quite a high pain threshold - I gave birth twice with absolutely zero pain relief and never even whimpered.

[afrikat]

Toss up between back pain (slipped disc, severe spasms) and post wisdom tooth removal.

[Bellamuerte]

UTIs are the worst pain anyone can ever have. Back pain is a close second - it cripples me at least once every couple of years.

[supersop60]

Labour is pretty bad.
Trigeminal neuralgia brought on by toothache was relentless - I couldn't speak and couldn't bear anyone to talk to me.

[whiskyowl]

It's an interesting question!

I would say the most pain I've experienced wasn't the worst pain I've experienced.

The acute, crisis pain of an injury/healing post-surgery was relatively short and therefore awful but manageable. It was far harder to deal with a less severe but far more chronic pain that dragged on and on and on for years on end, wrecking my job, my social life and putting a strain on my relationship until the NHS finally took some action and gave me the simple and cheap surgery that was needed to sort it out.

[HolyShet]

appendicitis

a million times worse than labour!

[whiskyowl]

Oh, and I think dry socket after wisdom teeth coming out takes some beating for acute pain... but still nothing, NOTHING on milder but chronic pain that you can't stop.

[123bananas]

Before I had kids I had horrendous periods where I would vomit for 12hours straight and be crying out in pain. Admitted to hospital more than once for it. Far worse than labour with dc1 and 2 and recovery from 3 c sections and a hysterectomy.

[donajimena]

Corneal abrasion was pretty horrendous

[raspberrysuicide]

Breaking and dislocating my elbow then having it pulled back into place with only gas and air.
I had 2 children with no pain relief and my Labour didn't hurt as much as that.

[KitKat1985]

I burst a disc in my back. Not only the was initial pain horrific, but I still suffer with chronic back pain and flare ups as a result.

[RatherBeRiding]

Dental pain. Labour not particularly painful I have to say but pain caused by dental abcess was a bitch!! Closely followed by chronic ear infection. Urghhhhhhh - bring back bad memories. I had the tooth out in the end and acupuncture cleared up the ear.

[HarrietKettleWasHere]

Severe kidney infection had me willing myself to pass out so I didn't feel it. If recoil when anyone came near me incase they touched my back.

Also, weirdly- having the coil put in. I was not prepared for that. But my cervix went into spasm and they had to clamp it. Then I went into cervical shock and vomited from the pain.

[Jaytee38]

Kidney stones and renal colic.. my kidneys hate me...

[NewYearNiki]

Nerve pain in my jaw and face after wisdom teeth removal. It was unbearable.