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Do not take gabapentin, makes it worse
Neuropathy | Last Active: May 7 9:32pm | Replies (70)Comment receiving replies
My doctor is pushing Gabapentin a higher dosage, I'm on 600 mg three times a day and it's sort of helps but I still have that burning and tingling and stabbing pain and my big toes and all that is every day which is hard to walk on them and all of these so-called doctors can do is continue to push more medicine but not really trying to help me address my issues in terms of what's the best course of action for me as I'm experienced this constant pins and needles tingling and stabbing pain in my feet
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Have you tried taking over the counter Alpha Lipoic Acid and Acetyl L Carnitine supplements for your foot nerve pain? What about the lidocaine or capsaicin creams? I use them and also lidocaine pain patches (Salonpas brand) and it seems to help my feet some (I have idiopathic small fiber neuropathy and get burning, pins and needles, stabbing and numbness in my feet). My doctor only recently put me on 100 mg Gabapentin which I take before bed due to issues with dizziness/balance issues. Helps maybe a little but ai really don’t want to go on higher doses. My new neurologist told me yesterday that 100mg is like “taking a candy dose.”
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I’m with you.
I’m experiencing the same symptoms as you, and nothing works.
Gabapentin did nothing for me and the rest of the meds given for neuropathy didn’t work either.
I’m in pain every day, and I can’t stand to walk on my feet.
Any of the shoes and sneakers I’ve bought helped either.
They coast a lot and my feet still hurt when I have them on.
I was on 6oomg also 4 times a day with no relief.
Next week I’m going to a new neurologist in Arizona who specializes in CIDP.
I’m hoping he can help me.
Mayo Clinic turned me down for an appt.
They aren’t giving out any new Neuro appts at this time.
I was kind of hoping to get in there, and maybe they could help me.