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Has anyone found a treatment that helps with peripheral neuropathy?
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There are so many ways that PN can affect people it’s hard to find anything that works. Some people have miserable experiences and others have mild symptoms. And of course the scammers are making a living with their online cures that do nothing. All we can do is adjust our lives to live with PN and not let it destroy us. I work out at Planet Fitness and the leg press device is keeping my legs in shape. My basic issue with PN is balance, and I’m dealing with it. Stay strong everyone.
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I keep my bedroom cool and sleep with my feet uncovered. In the past I used Aspercream with Lidocaine and it helps for a couple of hours. I recently purchased a tower fan with 9 different speed, very quiet, and I have it directed to blow on my feet at a medium speed. It really helps. The bottom of the fan is blocked by the bed. Just another option. Like many of us we can deal with this better during the day because of distraction but everything magnifies at night. Doing my balancing exercises several times a day. Good thing I am retired, but that is not the way I pictured retirement . Good luck to all of us.
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I also have non diabetic PN and it seems to be getting a lot worse. Most the time my lower legs feel very tight and at night my knees have a burning sensation. My balance is off and I try to balance exercises. More often now I have burning in my upper legs and forearms. My Neurologist suggested Gabapentin or Cymbalta. Tried them before but to many side effects. Keep moving is the best for me. I am also dealing with Raynaud's and Erythromelalgia so I have to be extra careful with any medication.