Hi Lisa, last year before I got my diagnosis for small fiber PN and I just had numb feet with no pain my doctor prescribed gabapentin and I took it for about a month with no results - didn't help with the numbness at all. I met with the doctor again and she had a consult with another doctor who I again explained my symptoms - numbness, no pain. He said well gabapentin won't work for that...it only addresses pain, not numbness. So I just stopped taking it. I have read discussions between other members in one of the closed groups I belong to that were taking gabapentin and it was difficult to get off of it. By tapering slowly they were able to get off of the gabapentin. Gabapentin was made to treat seizures and not PN. IMHO it just tricks the brain into not feeling the pain and it can require a higher and higher dosage the longer you are on it to keep the pain at bay.

You are right about the opiods. I really feel for those folks that suffer from chronic pain and really need something to get back their quality of life.

Hope you have a pain free day! John