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Chronic Pain | Last Active: Jun 17 5:09pm | Replies (20)

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@crisp358

Thank you for telling your story. I want to see if my PCP will be comfortable treating the neuropathy first, and if that doesn't work I can ask for a referral to Neurology again.

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You're welcome. It's difficult; from what I remember, I was so stressed when I first started having symptoms.

Usually, a PCP is able to run any labs you might need to rule out the more common and more easily treatable reasons for neuropathy, so you might not need to see Neurology again unless you want a second opinion. (I need a second opinion because my symptoms progressed beyond the sensory neuropathy symptoms.) They can also prescribe the typical medications. The most common are: gabapentin or Lyrica, Cymbalta/Duloxetine, amitryptiline in low doses can sometimes help chronic pain and GI symptoms, or topicals like lidocaine patches and capsacin). There are also some very active discussion groups here with tips from others about what's helped their neuropathy.

Wishing you all the best and hope you feel better soon.