This isn't an all night solution, but it's a miraculous boon to me with Raynaud's Syndrome (cold feet and hands from circulatory spasms)
Couldn't speak more highly of paraffin baths - just make sure to get one big enough for your feet too (one at at a time).
You repeatedly dip your feet and hands into the quite warm (but NOT) scalding melted paraffin bath,. until a kind of glove forms which you allow to harden enough to be able to remove. As you do the dipping your frigid appendage soaks up the warmth, reaching the heart of its circulation.
It really seems to work on the circulation like a dream so you stay warm indefinitely (though, not of course, if you place them in a glacial pocket at the foot of your bed!) For that, I recommend the blue Sunbeam heating pad (electric) whose only flaw is it does need to be switched on after a few hours
(but it heats again in a flash). It is not square so you wrap it around whatever you choose. I have two for feet and neck - much more effective than an electric blanket (which are uniformly lousy these days - am sick of returning them to Amazon! )
This small heating pad one runs about $45 on Amazon! "You never know" for sure what you're getting from Amazon, but I've gotten two that work, SIL also two.
PS With Raynaud's your skin turns blue with cold/stress (once mine turned almost black!). Oh, and yes it can be messy to heat up your feet. You have to place the cannister on something absorbant like a paper towel or newspaper, to catch drips. You'll learn what works and be willing to put up the with long cord.
Twins! My feet are cold almost all the time.....except for when they are burning, which is weird when I put them in cold water and they still just burn away there. I just did all the same tests you have coming up (Brain MRI, nerve conduction, punch biopsy) and have the SFN diagnosis with possible Sjogrens. I see that I am falling behind you in fun activities, though. I need to learn table tennis and bridge! 😀
Hang in there. And, don't do what I did--have ALL those tests, one after the other, in the same week. I freaked, my insurance freaked, it wasn't a wise choice. :0
Thanks for making me snicker. Before I knew that I had neuropathy, I thought that I was experiencing cold feet when, actually, they were just going numb. I was wearing my sheepskin slippers in July but, when I put my feet on my wife’s leg, she said that my feet weren’t cold. Four and a half years later, our ceramic tile shower floor no longer feels cold. 😢
The new rechargeable cold weather gloves and socks for outdoor sports are amazing. It’s a now mature technology and can be bought on Amazon reasonably.
I have pain and icy feeling feet at night. I couldn’t take Lyrica anymore so changed back to gabapentin that I used years ago. I took the first pill coincidentally after my feet began the nightly pain and coldness and within 30 minutes I could feel my feet beginning to feel normal again. Surely it was the gabapentin b/c it was an entirely new experience.
I too am taking Gabapentin, 400 a.m. and 800 at bedtime....and I too have icy feet almost all of the time, day or night. I use an electric heating pad that I found on Amazon along with socks. Eventually my feet warm up and I can push the heading pad aside.
I too am taking Gabapentin, 400 a.m. and 800 at bedtime....and I too have icy feet almost all of the time, day or night. I use an electric heating pad that I found on Amazon along with socks. Eventually my feet warm up and I can push the heading pad aside.
My feet used to be cold all the time . I had PRP treatments on my feet . I have also had laser treatments . Never quit ! Never give up ! Keep moving forward . Some days it will be tougher than others . You can do it !!
I have pain and icy feeling feet at night. I couldn’t take Lyrica anymore so changed back to gabapentin that I used years ago. I took the first pill coincidentally after my feet began the nightly pain and coldness and within 30 minutes I could feel my feet beginning to feel normal again. Surely it was the gabapentin b/c it was an entirely new experience.
I take gummies that are 5 mgs of THC at night . Sometimes during the day If I have been very active . You can order them at Swansons Health online . There is also a CBD salve that is 4000 mgs of CBD . It helps with the pain . I order it at Mary Janes Medicinals . Good luck . You can do it .
My feet used to be cold all the time . I had PRP treatments on my feet . I have also had laser treatments . Never quit ! Never give up ! Keep moving forward . Some days it will be tougher than others . You can do it !!
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This isn't an all night solution, but it's a miraculous boon to me with Raynaud's Syndrome (cold feet and hands from circulatory spasms)
Couldn't speak more highly of paraffin baths - just make sure to get one big enough for your feet too (one at at a time).
You repeatedly dip your feet and hands into the quite warm (but NOT) scalding melted paraffin bath,. until a kind of glove forms which you allow to harden enough to be able to remove. As you do the dipping your frigid appendage soaks up the warmth, reaching the heart of its circulation.
It really seems to work on the circulation like a dream so you stay warm indefinitely (though, not of course, if you place them in a glacial pocket at the foot of your bed!) For that, I recommend the blue Sunbeam heating pad (electric) whose only flaw is it does need to be switched on after a few hours
(but it heats again in a flash). It is not square so you wrap it around whatever you choose. I have two for feet and neck - much more effective than an electric blanket (which are uniformly lousy these days - am sick of returning them to Amazon! )
This small heating pad one runs about $45 on Amazon! "You never know" for sure what you're getting from Amazon, but I've gotten two that work, SIL also two.
PS With Raynaud's your skin turns blue with cold/stress (once mine turned almost black!). Oh, and yes it can be messy to heat up your feet. You have to place the cannister on something absorbant like a paper towel or newspaper, to catch drips. You'll learn what works and be willing to put up the with long cord.
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1 ReactionThanks for making me snicker. Before I knew that I had neuropathy, I thought that I was experiencing cold feet when, actually, they were just going numb. I was wearing my sheepskin slippers in July but, when I put my feet on my wife’s leg, she said that my feet weren’t cold. Four and a half years later, our ceramic tile shower floor no longer feels cold. 😢
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1 ReactionThe new rechargeable cold weather gloves and socks for outdoor sports are amazing. It’s a now mature technology and can be bought on Amazon reasonably.
I have pain and icy feeling feet at night. I couldn’t take Lyrica anymore so changed back to gabapentin that I used years ago. I took the first pill coincidentally after my feet began the nightly pain and coldness and within 30 minutes I could feel my feet beginning to feel normal again. Surely it was the gabapentin b/c it was an entirely new experience.
I too am taking Gabapentin, 400 a.m. and 800 at bedtime....and I too have icy feet almost all of the time, day or night. I use an electric heating pad that I found on Amazon along with socks. Eventually my feet warm up and I can push the heading pad aside.
My feet used to be cold all the time . I had PRP treatments on my feet . I have also had laser treatments . Never quit ! Never give up ! Keep moving forward . Some days it will be tougher than others . You can do it !!
I take gummies that are 5 mgs of THC at night . Sometimes during the day If I have been very active . You can order them at Swansons Health online . There is also a CBD salve that is 4000 mgs of CBD . It helps with the pain . I order it at Mary Janes Medicinals . Good luck . You can do it .
What is PRP?
Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP)
More info here - Evaluation of Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration: A Critical Review of Literature: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8923347/