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Neuropathy: Does your pain increase when the weather changes?
I have neuropathy in both of my feet. This is probably a strange question, but has anyone else noticed that their pain increase when the weather changes? I live in Florida and we are having storms coming in and I really think just as the storm is about to hit, my feet ramp up.
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Because of numb feet and poor balance, I must often take OTC Meclizine—it has the side effect of causing drowsiness.
I definitely understand how the cold affects limbs, nerves, muscles, etc. I find I try to find warmth and then once I have it try to keep it. If I can prevent the sudden temperature drops by regulating body temperature then life seems okay. It's when I can't control body temperature where deep pain is noticed and life seems to unravel which trickles into my mental state. I try to sleep more to brush the pain away but that doesn't always work either because being in a relaxed state now causes more pain. I think the winter presents challenges when it comes to staying warm. In the summer I'm good until about 85 degrees, anything more and it has the same effect as being cold.
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2 ReactionsI’ve noticed this, as well.
Lidocaine ointment is very helpful for neuropathy pain in my feet.
I discovered MOOD nite cbd gummies. I take only 1/4 gummy so price is reasonable. Allow 12 hrs to wear off. Prior to this i took 1/2 of 3mg Flexeril muscle relaxant. Worked for about a yr.
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2 ReactionsI use an electric blanket with 20 heat settings and up to 10hr auto shutoffs. I also have 5 ft heat and/or massager mat. I use it several times to relax nerves and muscles. Especially with storms, standing too long and general stiffness and aches. I have neuropathy from upper waist down to toes. Healed burning and back spasms. Dont suffer...hope this helps.
With my husband's PN from IgM-MGUS, my observation is humidity plays as much a factor as actual outside & inside temperatures ( We lived in Colorado 31 yrs; his PN started ~8 yrs agobut he ignored it at 1st dealing with other health issues, medical disability retirement etc. Once he mentioned it to his PCP that doc jumped on it, got all the blood work & imaging and got him into a heme-onc doc, but no one addressed the PN. Our travels to SE USA to bass fish put us in more humid climates year round and it is my observation his PN is more bothersome even as his MGUS is not progressing. He "needs" the indoor T to be between 76 and 80 (!!!) But ignores the indoor humidity (I struggle). Outside in heat and humidity he fatigued fast, can't do his normal activities of years gone by. His feet are either burning (to his perception) or freezing blocks of ice. Not to the touch, 90% of the time. So.im convinced it's the broken messaging from the nerves to the brain.
In MGUS it seems from my literature searches it's a paraproteinemia phenomenon--excess IgM antibodies are proteins---and the proteins attach to the myelin sheaths of the nerves, so the signals are all messed up, in short. R-Ala and magnesium might help
Yes in cold climates, cold rain.
Iv pn I get burning a lot at night I pull on ice socks works fine it's better having cold feet than burning then they thaw out it helps me get a max of 6 hours sleep out of 8 hours plus in bed am 78and finish otherwise james ireland
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