I've been living with multiple kinds of neuropathy since 2011. I am disabled on a fixed low income, so cost matters! What helps me most is eliminating sugar, gluten, dairy, brown rice, caffeine, and alcohol. It's hard at first, but it's so worth it. Whenever I 'cheat,' I suffer!!!

I seek do-it-yourself options. I grow a garden and make food from scratch (since I was 18, now I am 64), so this is a natural expansion of what I already do. I make a magnesium spray and foot soak using affordable but high-quality magnesium flakes from Amazon. I make herbal remedies that support and calm the central nervous system and help nerves recover (tinctures of milky oat, milk thistle, ashwagandha, ginkgo, gotu kola, hops, and California poppy). I grow some medicinal herbs, forage others, and buy some from a local herb store. I also make tinctures from functional mushrooms that support/manage some of the risk factors associated with my neuropathies.

I take many supplements, including NAC, 5-HTP, Co-Q10, R-ALA, magnesium glycinate, E alpha and gamma-tocopherol (forms of vitamin E), Omega-3s, ferritin, and amino acids. They are expensive, so I sacrifice other things to get them.

I also use whatever my insurance will pay for: Physical therapy, cranial sacral therapy, and chiropractic. And go to a clinic that offers accupuncture on a sliding scale.