Low Dose Naltrexone and Neuropathy

Hi @lioness! Thanks for your message. I do have Topricin (per your recommendation) and have used to use it on various body parts including my shoulders. It has provided minimal relief.

My shoulders cant handle bedtime because I'm a side sleeper. Every morning I wake in burning pain and aching through my shoulders. I can avoid it if I sleep in my recliner. The other thing are the days when from my shoulder down is pins, needles, and numbness with burning. Who on earth would have ever imagined a body can have multiple pain descriptions.

I am a side sleeper too. My physical therapist told me beside putting a pillow between my legs to have a pillow that I kind of hug. I think what this does is it supports the shoulder that is on top and by adjusting the pillow (a pretty firm pillow) you can sort of push your upper shoulder back relieving the strain on the upper back and shoulder muscles. Try it and see if it helps.

@patrick17 I have neuropathy through shoulders, arms and hands with the right (dominant side) being worse. My pain flares on it's own. For instance, I can wake up with my hands feeling as though someone stomped on them with workbooks. Or they can feel fine until I use them. For instance the fine motor skills of writing, typing or gripping. They burn, ache, pain, and may have shooting pains. I've never thought of compression gloves but I do understand the theory. Another for instance ...when my right side from shoulder down is burning and paining so awful, I lay on it to apply pressure. Same idea I suppose as the gloves. Do you mind sharing the symptoms and type of pain you experience in your hands? The best natural solution for me is to wrap my mine in either heat or ice depending on the type of pain. Thanks for any input you can offer.
Best,
Rachel

@patrick17 I have neuropathy through shoulders, arms and hands with the right (dominant side) being worse. My pain flares on it's own. For instance, I can wake up with my hands feeling as though someone stomped on them with workbooks. Or they can feel fine until I use them. For instance the fine motor skills of writing, typing or gripping. They burn, ache, pain, and may have shooting pains. I've never thought of compression gloves but I do understand the theory. Another for instance ...when my right side from shoulder down is burning and paining so awful, I lay on it to apply pressure. Same idea I suppose as the gloves. Do you mind sharing the symptoms and type of pain you experience in your hands? The best natural solution for me is to wrap my mine in either heat or ice depending on the type of pain. Thanks for any input you can offer.
Best,
Rachel

@rwinney Hi Rachel, I’m so sorry for all of your pain. The nerve pain I have is from Parsonage Turner syndrome. It started out as severe pain in my right shoulder. Little did I know at the time that it was more than just shoulder pain. After several weeks I noticed tingling and pain in my arm and eventually it spread to my hand affecting three fingers. After 3 1/2 years I still have pain from my elbow to my hand in my right arm. My left hand has pain, but it is not nearly as bad as my right hand. I have the same pain that you have - burning, tingling, and occasionally shooting pain. Mine is pretty constant, 7 out 10 normally. On bad days it’s an 8. Most any activity I do makes it worse, but I know that after a while it will return to my normal level of pain. I use ice also when the pain is real bad. None of the many creams I’ve tried have helped at all.

As I said compression gloves help a lot. I wear ones with open fingertips because it’s easier to do things with your hands. The brand I mostly use is Isotoner. They are easy to get on and off because they stretch. Ones that are difficult to take off only cause more pain. Another brand I tried recently is ZZCARE. They are very reasonably priced. I like the way they feel when they are on, but are a little more difficult to take off. I find myself wearing a ZZCARE glove on my right hand and an Isotoner glove on my left hand because it’s easier to take off when I need to. As you can tell I’m not fashion conscious!

Rachel, I hope this information will help you.
Patrick

@rwinney Hi Rachel, I’m so sorry for all of your pain. The nerve pain I have is from Parsonage Turner syndrome. It started out as severe pain in my right shoulder. Little did I know at the time that it was more than just shoulder pain. After several weeks I noticed tingling and pain in my arm and eventually it spread to my hand affecting three fingers. After 3 1/2 years I still have pain from my elbow to my hand in my right arm. My left hand has pain, but it is not nearly as bad as my right hand. I have the same pain that you have - burning, tingling, and occasionally shooting pain. Mine is pretty constant, 7 out 10 normally. On bad days it’s an 8. Most any activity I do makes it worse, but I know that after a while it will return to my normal level of pain. I use ice also when the pain is real bad. None of the many creams I’ve tried have helped at all.

As I said compression gloves help a lot. I wear ones with open fingertips because it’s easier to do things with your hands. The brand I mostly use is Isotoner. They are easy to get on and off because they stretch. Ones that are difficult to take off only cause more pain. Another brand I tried recently is ZZCARE. They are very reasonably priced. I like the way they feel when they are on, but are a little more difficult to take off. I find myself wearing a ZZCARE glove on my right hand and an Isotoner glove on my left hand because it’s easier to take off when I need to. As you can tell I’m not fashion conscious!

Rachel, I hope this information will help you.
Patrick

Any specific type of compression glove?

Hi patrick17, I am so sorry for the pain you describe here! Really sorry! I have never even heard of Parsonage Turner syndrome so I will look it up and learn about it. I wish for you healing, comfort, support and many, many blessings. Warmest regards, Sunnyflower