Wow, that is surprising to me that medical marijuana is not effective for you. I thought (obviously mistakenly) that most people got at least some pain relief from it. Perhaps because your type of pain is so sharp and sudden the marijuana does not affect it. I'd keep it in mind for later though if your pain ever becomes less sharp and sudden and more of consistent burning. It might be effective for that. But I hope for your sake that it just subsides altogether and goes away completely. So you did have nerve conduction tests done and you say "they seemed okay"? So they did not indicate neuropathy? Maybe you have some other issue besides neuropathy. That might be a hopeful sign as having neuropathy seems to be a one way street for most people, it being a progressive disease in most cases. Do you any idea what may have triggered this condition? The causes of neuropathy vary, diabetes, chemotherapy, an accident, a surgical procedure, even a b12 deficiency, and many people have nothing in their history to explain it and are labeled idiopathic. Do you have any other conditions that might be related somehow? It's just that the way it manifests, sudden pain that last a few minutes a few times a day and then is gone, and it lasts a few months and goes away only to come back later, does not sound like the descriptions I am familiar with for most people's cases of neuropathy. My hope for you is that it is something else and that it will go away completely at some point. In any case, hope you find some answers Darren, and hopefully they are welcome ones. My best to you, Hank