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Good evening @sjustus, greetings from the world of medical cannabis and neuropathy. Do you have a diagnosis from your clinician of any of the neuropathies? I have small fiber peripheral neuropathy sometimes seen as SFPN. I am not diabetic. However, it is good to have a diagnosis because different types of neuropathy respond to different treatments and then differently by dosages and other unique characteristics of every individual.
I have controlled the pain of SFPN for five years without opioids. I use gabapentin for the tingles and numbness in the evenings and tinctures of medical cannabis with different types and dosages for sleeping and living through another day. What are you using? Have you been referred to a pain clinic? How long have you had RLS? (Restless leg syndrome). My life partner has been dealing with RLS for quite some time. He also has moved from gabapentin to medical cannabis tinctures.
Please share a little more about your symptoms, your clinicians, and your treatments. Everyone just doesn't fit in the same basket.
May you be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.
Chris
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Hi, my wife has chemo induced peripheral neuropathy in her feet/ankles. She has tried some of the Hylands homeopathics but the sugar pills give her candida (i.e. yeast in gut flareups). She is allergic to almost all medications. What has given her relief most successfully is marijuana. She smokes it about 2 to 3 times per week when the pain is most dire (meaning more dire than the usual hell she normally endures). She has also been using kratom (a pain killer derived from a SE Asian leaf). That gives her relief from pain for hours. Unfortunately it also makes her both nauseated at times and usually very "out of it", sort of like almost catatonic. She has also tried (so far unsuccessfully) cannabis oil. So, bottom line, her best go to is, as some used to call it back in the 60's and 70's, Mary Jane. Best, Hank
Hi @sjustus, I add my welcome. You'll notice that I moved your question to this existing discussion related to your question called "Diabetic Neuropathy progressing?" where you can connect with others talking about numbness related to diabetic neuropathy whether type 1 or type 2. Click VIEW & REPLY to scroll through past posts.
Specifically you are asking about Hyland's Restful Legs. @hotfooted @machammytech @barbarn @garydoys and other have mentioned this product and may have some experience to share with you in addition to the experiences shared already by @helennicola @artscaping and @jesfactsmon. You may also be interested in these related discussions:
- Peripheral neuropathy, RLS and PLMD https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/peripheral-neuropathy-rls-and-plmd/
- Type 2 Diabetes: I have neuropathy in my feet and legs: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/neuropathy-in-my-feet-and-legs/
- Neuropathy due to long untreated diabetes: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/neuropathy-2/
sjustus, Hi, I have used 2 of their products, one for leg cramps and one for restless leg syndrome; I usually dissolve 2 under my tongue and the RLS one better but haven’t used either for a while. I don’t think they would help much with numbness and tingling. Others here have successfully used medical marijuana but it is not legal in my state. Helen