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John, I have numbness and pins and needles in my hands and feet. I was Lyrica but I took myself off of it and the neurologist simply increased the Aventyl I an on from 30mg to 50 mg. This bothers my stomach so I take it in 2 doses. I would like to go off of this altogether but my neurologist tells me the pain will come back. My question for you is did you go off all your pain meds or just some? I would not like to experience the pain I first had when my diagnosis was made. It was crippling and Gabapentin and pregabalin did nothing for me. The Aventyl is the only thing that helped me through the pain but will it come back if I go off of it now?
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@tessie63, I only took gabapentin for a few weeks prior to being diagnosed with small fiber peripheral neuropathy. My PCP had prescribed it based on a suspected neuropathy diagnosis but after a short conversation with my care team at Mayo I was told there are no medications that help with numbness from neuropathy so I stopped taking the gabapentin. That's when I found Connect and started reading what others with neuropathy have shared. My only neuropathy symptoms are the numbness and some tingling in my feet and legs. I did share my neuropathy journey in another discussion here - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/310341/.
Have you looking into any complementary or alternative treatments like the ones listed on the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy? - https://www.foundationforpn.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Complementary-and-Alternative-Treatments-Revised-2020-final.-1.pdf