What is amplified pain syndrome?

Pain is a sensory experience that is highly subjective to the individual. Amplified pain syndrome is characterized as an individual's response to a seemingly mild sensory experience and processes it as an intense pain signal.

How do members experience amplified pain syndrome?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with amplified pain syndrome*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for amplified pain syndrome*

Who has amplified pain syndrome on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 8
20s 23
30s 11
40s 18
50s 38
60s 63
70+ 59

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 17
Female 203

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What is amplified pain syndrome?

Pain is a sensory experience that is highly subjective to the individual. Amplified pain syndrome is characterized as an individual's response to a seemingly mild sensory experience and processes it as an intense pain signal.



Common symptoms reported by people with amplified pain syndrome

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for amplified pain syndrome

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Compare treatments taken by people with amplified pain syndrome

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have amplified pain syndrome through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with amplified pain syndrome? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has amplified pain syndrome on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 155 say amplified pain syndrome is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 8
20s 23
30s 11
40s 18
50s 38
60s 63
70+ 59
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 10
20-29 years 2
30-39 years 11
40-49 years 10
50-59 years 8
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 17
Female 203

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 49
Not Diagnosed 7

These charts show data from amplified pain syndrome patients who have completed their condition history
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