u/Formal_Farm_5831

Been dealing with this for 2 years since March. i didn't have a surgery. About a year ago, the situation was good enough that I could cook, work and use my hand fairly normally in everyday life. This January I started to experience completely new symptoms. It started with sharp stabbing pains in the tendon, which came on suddenly and were different from what I had experienced before, like this deep feeling of fatigue and heaviness that I feel now when I use the hand. Chat GPT tells me that when the inflammation goes away and the tissue is no longer in an acute state of injury, the body can sometimes go into what is called a desensitization or resetting phase. Then the threshold for stress becomes very low and the system responds with fatigue, heaviness and lack of energy instead of sharp inflammatory pain. The symptoms fluctuate, come after stress and recover again. The fatigue can come on quickly with little use, for example when eating or writing, and is sometimes accompanied by tension, pressure, stiffness or stabbing pains in the tendon or forearm. The fatigue can be intense with little stimulation and fluctuates from day to day, but it recovers with rest. The current sensitivity that started in January with spikes and progressed to fatigue and a feeling of heaviness, Chsat gpt telles me is more indicative of a temporary stress and reset phase where the body tries to protect itself while it rebuilds its tolerance. In recovery, symptoms often change in stages — first spikes or sudden reactions, then fatigue and fluctuations — and the fact that symptoms evolve and recover instead of getting stuck in a constant state of worsening is exactly what counts as a sign of recovery. But this has been going on for almost 5 months now. Has anyone experienced this in the recovery?