What is the WORST pain you've ever had?

[AbsentmindedWoman]

Personally, toothache (constant background throb with searing white hot stabs that made me feel like I was being electrocuted in my skull every few seconds) gets the award for absolute worst ever. Two frozen shoulders, and adenomyosis that used to regularly have me puking and fainting and almost hallucinating on the bathroom floor are strong contenders - but miles behind. There is just something about vicious toothache that makes it the worst.

Contemplating this as just back from the dentist, where at least for now, things were ok this time

What about you?

Gall stones.

Migraines. Will sometimes be blind and have pain all over my face and teeth (and tge usual left eye) during a bad episode.

Trigeminal neuralgia.

Childbirth with appendicitis a very close 2nd

When I broke 2 ribs.

Gallstones and then pancreatitis

@Elys3

Trigeminal neuralgia is just awful

It's pretty grim Isn't it.

I remember when I was diagnosed, the doctor saying to me, "it's also called the suicide disease". I guess he missed the lecture on bedside manners.

Ruptured calf muscle worst, then toothache, then endometriosis, then child brth.

Gallstones. Was so pleased to have my gallbladder removed. Was so much more painful than childbirth.

@sugarapplelane

Trigeminal neuralgia pain - awful

Absolutely this

@AnyFucker

Spinal headache after an epidural

God I had this and genuinely thought I was having a stroke. I've never felt pain like it. So sudden too. It took five attempts to get the spinal in and it's apparently caused by an air bubble getting in

Gallstones and ovarian cyst.

Not at the same time.

@Winniewonka if your muscles have gone into spasm with it then diazepam. I was frozen in agony, it meant I could actually move about and gentle movement will help.
I know I sound like a drug pusher but diazepam was almost miraculous in how much it helped me.

Reading more of these after making my contribution upthread last night and I'm wincing and desperately hoping I am never afflicted with any of them. Some are horrific.

I agree with pp taking issue with the term 'natural' birth. It makes the need for intervention sound unnatural and somehow lesser or a weakness on the part of the woman.

Childbirth.
Dental pain.
Period pain.
Stubbed toe.

In that order.

Childbirth induction drip contractions before epidural.
Appendicitis also awful.

@StantonDrew

I've been through a lot of physical pain but what I have found most painful (literally feeling the pain in my body) was the unexpected death of my son . I will never forget that type of physical pain (not to mention the mental anguish). It felt like my heart was being ripped from my body.

Just sending gentle understanding care. From one bereaved parent to another.

Back pain after failed operation

Kidney stones

Apparently though I wasn't in visibly enough pain for them to warrant investigating it properly so they told me I'd pulled a muscle in my back and sent me home after giving me an anti emetic

Kidney infection, id take childbirth any day over that!!

Tie between labour gone wrong with a back to back baby and shingles of the eye.

@monkeysox I know this pain all too well. I was induced a few months ago and the epidural failed. They kept increasing the pitocin even though I was screaming at them that something wasn’t right and I could feel it all. Grim.

Hitting my ankle with those lethal metal scooters as a kid. I remember that pain every time I see one and cringe.

Childbirth was a bit rotten but I chose to do it 3 times, I wouldn't choose to have kidney stones again though. I wanted to be shot dead with it 🤷🏻‍♀️

Childbirth and migraine

You know those outdoor exercise equipment
There was a rowing machine one. I stupidly had a go. It propelled me forward, fast, onto the cold hard metal structure of the machine and I bashed my shins. I had my 4 year old with me and I had to act normal but I wanted to vomit. I couldn’t move and my DD was going mummmyyyeee 😭