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Anyone here dealing with peripheral neuropathy?
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Welcome @jacksinpa, Thanks for sharing what helps you with your peripheral neuropathy. I also have been dealing with peripheral neuropathy for many years but fortunately I just have numbness and some tingling with no pain. I also take vitamins and supplements to hopefully help slow or stop the progression. I wear knee high compression socks but not for neuropathy. They are needed to control swelling from lymphedema in my legs. Not sure if you have seen the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy website but they have a lot of helpful information on living well with neuropathy - https://www.foundationforpn.org/living-well/.
Do you have to take any medications to help with your neuropathy?
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@johnbishop I founnd the following via a Google search: Gabapentin is a prescription medication commonly used to treat chronic peripheral neuropathy, particularly diabetic nerve pain and postherpetic neuralgia. It works by modulating calcium channels to reduce pain signals. While effective for some, many patients do not experience significant relief, and it may cause side effects like drowsiness and dizziness.
Coincidentally I have been taking this prescription drug for over 30 years for a psychiatric condition called bipolar & it apparently had no effect on my neuropathy. I think my doctor recomended the skin lotionCeraVie. The OTC cream CORTIZONE 10 seems to have worked for me but as you have to wait for hgours for the steroid to get into your skin it does not work right away. Other pain-killing creams with lidocaine may work right away but I have not tried them.
Whilethere seems to be a lot of interest in compression socks & stockings, my involvement with female nylons & garter belts goes back to the 1960s before the advent of panty hose. I have a collection of lingerie items but only recently started wearing nyloms & belts full time. Their positive effect on my neuropathy amazes me. While my ankles don't seem to be swollen, the nylons make a fairly tight fit. The size is large on Amazon. I have just bought some mnore inb sizes large & X-large to determine the best fit as I will be wearing them with my shiorts on a daily basis as the weather warms up. The garter belt clasps & the lacy hem of the nylons won't show inside my shorts. If anyone asks (I livve in a retirement community) wht I'n wearing ladies' nylons, now I can reply tthat they are for a medical condition.
Hope this helps you & others.
Jack in Bucks, PA