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It is definitely helpful to hear from others with PN. Mine feels like pins and needles/tingling primarily in my arms and legs. I do have cervical spine stenosis but at 83 am reluctant to have surgery. And I’m not certain this is the cause anyway. I have tried lyrica and cymbalta… too many side effects! Not sure what step to take. Low dose mirtazapine? Any help or advice would be appreciated!
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Hello @bobbiefosh, Welcome to Connect. I don't blame you for being reluctant to have surgery. I'm 82 and feel about the same. I only have numbness and some tingling with my neuropathy so all medications are out since they only provide relief for the pain that goes along with neuropathy and even then don't help a lot of folks with neuropathy pain symptoms. I shared my neuropathy journey in another discussion here - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/310341/.
If you haven't seen the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy site, it has a list of treatments including complementary and alternative therapies that you might find helpful: https://www.foundationforpn.org/therapies/.
Since you mentioned you have cervical spine stenosis which could be causing some of your symptoms I thought I would mention another discussion that might be of interest.
-- Myofascial Release Therapy (MFR) for treating compression and pain:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/myofascial-release-therapy-mfr-for-treating-compression-and-pain/
Have you tried any complementary or alternative treatments to see if any might help?