Carpal tunnel syndrome is driving me crazy! Has anyone else had this? Any ideas on how to relieve the pain?

My hands are in so much pain at night time I can hardly sleep, the only way to get any relief is to get up out of bed and walk around, but as soon as I go back to bed it comes back and gets worse again. It didn't start out this bad, but has been getting worse every day. During the day now I have pins and needles/numbness in my hand, wrist and fingers, and pain when I move my hands a certain way. Last night I woke up and couldn't move my fingers really at all. My Dr suggested paracetamol so I've been taking 2 panadols before bed, then another 2 when the pain wakes me up at around 4am. I know it sounds like I don't have much of a pain threshold, but I really want to get some good nights sleep before baby arrives (due date tomorrow, so could be any day now) but with no sleep I'm just tired all the time and I don't know how I'll get the energy to go through labour without proper rest. Sorry for the rant, but I'm desperate.. any ideas??