Yes. I agree. Neurologists really are clueless on the subject. And, neurologists are in such demand, they don’t have the time to see people they know they cannot help. The concept of numbness and imbalance, as your main complaint, just doesn’t register. Gabapentin was prescribed by both my primary and neuro. I didn’t fill the prescriptions.
Oddly, I had the ‘walking on stones pain’ when walking in the house in slipper socks, about 6 months before noticing some numbness, then balance problems. Don’t have that pain at all now. And, balance is improved if I can hold onto something, like a shopping cart. Someone else, on this site, said that about a shopping cart. Second day with the Zero shoes, no socks. Only in the house. A support group is the way to go.