Severe Neck Pain

[Cerys]

ok So I woke up and I tried sitting up, but I had a large pain in the right side of my neck which prevented me from doing so. To lift my head I have to actually support it/pull it up with my hands. I have full movement of the rest of my body, which I suppose is good cos it can't be major.
I can not lift my head on my own, turn it/tilt it, etc without severe pain. If I try to do those actions I am actually ending up in tears because it hurts so much.
I can not feel any pain if I start prodding my neck in that area, which makes me assume it's not something normal. And it's not that normal pain like 'oh, must have slept funny, got a pain', it's like someones stabbing me .-.

I really don't know what to do. I've taken some pain killers but it's not helping. I don't know if I should go to the A&E. It's that bad.

Anyone else had this? and got any solutions to what I can do to help the pain?
Feel free to ask for more details

[Shar]

If it's that unbearable go to A&E otherwise just make an appointment to see your GP. Try to keep it supported for the time being.

[Sian]

sounds like you trapped a nerve, i know a few people this has happened to, if you lie down for the entire day it should untrap itself.

[Jordan]

Maybe you just slept funny. But if it's really bad get it checked out

[AlexJRiley]

Sounds like a trapped nerve, i've had it a few times just need to keep your head in a comfortable position and itll sort itself out

[iSherlock]

I suffer from that when I sleep the wrong way... bothers me all day long but all you need to do is rest your neck, is ok to move it some times roundly, but don't stress it too much.

If it doesn't go away, I do not have medical knowledge to help you, therefore you need to see a doctor.

[Lewis]

I've had an aching neck, never ending pain in it for about 5 years lol :/

I have to put it to the left and right and forward and back stretching it like every 20 mins for 5 yrs its awful


OH and yes I've had that before, it took 2 days to go away for me. I accidently like hit my neck nd thts how it happened lol. Sleep made it worse for me, cos i turn a lot

[chemidann95]

It happened to me sometimes. What I do is to keep my head in the comfortable position like what alexJriley said and you'll be alright soon. Maybe, you happen to sleep on the wrong position that night?