Hi, @daisy22 ..... Does your doctor typically do blood tests when you go for your check up? Mine does, but he was not checking for Vitamin B6 levels until I asked him to add that when I learned that B6 Toxicity can cause PN symptoms. I've tried all the meds (Gabapentin, Lyrica, etc) with no success, but in reading here and in other places I found that R-Alpha Lipoic Acid and Benfotiamine supplements were helping some people with symptoms, and I began taking those daily. That may or may not be something you are interested in trying, but a prescription is not required... I order from Amazon. I was already taking Vitamin D-3 and Vitamin B-12.
John has given you some great links to information, and I feel sure you will get more input from the other people in this wonderful support group. I did have a lumbar laminectomy 2 years ago and afterwards the neuropathy symptoms began. When I was FINALLY able to get in to see a Neurologist, 7 months after my PCP referred me to one, he said he felt I was likely suffering from radiculopathy (compression on the nerves where they exit the spinal column) rather than Small Fiber Neuropathy. Symptoms can be very similar.... tingling, numbness, weakness in muscles in ankles and lower legs.... Best wishes! Mike