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Jmj, thank you for your detailed reply. Im not opposed to taking meds, but always concerned about side effects and coming off them if need be. I’ve been on imipramine for many years along with some cymbalta . I have SFN diagnoses but also have a bunch of herniated discs. I have been told the discs are not causing this pain and SFN I am being told is the cause. I’ve had 4 major pains over my body that’s lasted over a year each prior. While my feet and hands are cold the major pains are actually in my arms and legs with a lot of buzzing/ internal tremors. Started to get some external tremors now and one of the drs wants me off the cymbalta to see if that’s causing the external tremors even though other doc says I’ve been on it so long that isn’t the cause. Sorry for rambling on. Either way the pain some days is so severe I will need to try something. Thank you again .
Just to give you another view, I was not getting great relief from gabapenten and switched to lyrica and have had no side-effects (except maybe weight gain) and have gotten great relief. I attend a monthly PN support group near Boston and have to say that Lyrica is loved by 1/2 the people and hated by the other half. I would take the above warnings seriously, but if you are having painful numbing/burning glass feelings in your feet and legs, it really can help.