Good evening @earlamond and I welcome you to Connect. If you are looking for someone who has been there........that someone is me. For a year or so I woke up every morning about 5:30 as the sharp pains went up my legs. I had just been diagnosed with small fiber peripheral neuropathy and knew almost nothing about tackling these pain areas as they developed and sort of blew me out of the water.

My neurologist and I sat down and talked about these types of pain series. They come and go as the neuropathy takes on a different area of the body and a different sensation within the body. He recommended Nortriptilene and gabapentin to try to get me through the night. At about the same time, I was learning about medical cannabis and I told him I wanted to incorporate it into my list of treatments. Just to make it easier, I was also introduced to MFR, Myofascial Release Therapy, and began weekly sessions to tackle fascia that had layered up and was restricted.

I don't remember all of the AHA moments. However, the middle of the leg pains went away and I have never had them again. It seems like that is typical for the progression of neuropathy, especially in the beginning. It has been several years now and my condition has moved on to create other challenges. Right now I have pain in my hands for which I use a topical.

How long have you been keeping company with neuropathy? What have you tried that has been at least somewhat successful? I know and have accepted that there is no cure for neuropathy and that it is progressive. I don't expect anything to work completely....I just want to get the pain to be tolerable and manageable, leaving me with a decent quality of life.

Please let me know when your diagnosis was given to you. What tests did you have? What has a chance to help you at this point?

May you be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.
Chris

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