I find Gabapentin helpful.
I was taking 400 mg three times a day but during a recent hospitalization they reduced it to 300 mg three times a day but the neuropathy is worse.
I’m going to ask my doctor to increase me back up to 400 mg three times a day.
That helps the neuropathy somewhat.
My feet are always painful, numb and pins and needles.
I also had an infection in one foot recently, probably cellulitis, which required two courses of antibiotics to solve. It seems to be ok now so I’m just dealing with the neuropathy.
Hopefully the increase in Gabapentin will help, but I don’t expect my feet to ever return to anything that resembles normal.

82 now and have been dealing with neuropathy numbness and tingling that started in my toes in my 40s and now in my legs. Fortunate to not have any pain symptoms with my neuropathy but I do with carpal tunnel in the hands and degenerative arthritis in the spine and other joints. I just work on staying mobile and taking it one day at a time. 🙃

@nekcarolyn
Do you have leg weakness?
Jake

Hi, nekcarolyn (@nekcarolyn)

I'm 80, not yet an 80-er, just a straight 80. I, too, have no pain. It seems to me, also, I've only minimal numbness (my neurologist and I love to quarrel about this 🙂 ). My biggest problem is poor balance. Honestly, though, my balance was poor when I was a straight 70, and no great shakes, either, when I was a straight 60. Although I didn't get my PN diagnosis until only three years ago, it's pretty apparent that PN had been sneaking up on me for a couple of decades. But has it gotten worse? Honestly: yes, but only incrementally. From the many posts I've read, for some PN'ers symptoms worsening rapidly, For others, though, they worsen but only slowly––if at all. I hope you find, as the years tick by, that you're in this latter category: slow, or no worsening at all.

Cheers!
Ray (@ray666)