If you had shingles, tell me your experience with it?

Honestly, I can't answer your questions with certainty but I did have shingles. I was in college and the nurse, if you can call her that said i had a rash from detergent.. which i knew was wrong. It was very painful and i could barely sleep aside from obviously being itchy. When i finally was able to get to a real doctor they knew in a second that was what it was and they gave me vicoden for the pain. unfortunatly by the time i got to a real doctor it was on its way out.. but i would say definitly go to a DR.. it will look like splotchy bumps and it will hurt like hell- it will spread so try not to itch just like chicken pocks- I wish you better luck than i had with it.