Peripheral neuropathy has started in both of my hands now and it’s very difficult to sleep at night and now also very difficult to get through the day. It started slowly and built with a vengeance but I can’t seem to find anyone who is able to treat this kind of pain. They say that if it’s nerve pain there’s really nothing they can do. Pain management has started me on xtampza-ER And I’m not quite sure what it does, seems to help some thing but not the direct nerve pain. My biggest problem is describing how strong the pain is And I cannot believe that no one has been doing research on helping people that have to live with this. If anyone else is living in this intense situation with pain in their hands I’d love to hear more from you about how you cope with it. The only coping mechanism I found is freezing bottles of water wrapping them in towels and holding them in my hands until they get too cold to hold any longer. It doesn’t get rid of the pain but it seems to cool it down a little bit. It feels like hot liquid cayenne pepper running through my veins. How could this be possible? Is anyone else going through this?I have had peripheral neuropathy developing in my feet and ankles and over the years that has passed and settled down from extreme pain to kind of a numbness. There is also constant tingling in my hands as if they have gone to sleep but gone well past that “asleep” feeling.