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Neuropathy | Last Active: Jan 6 7:58am | Replies (23)

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Lo

I feel your pain. I got neuropathy and am on gabapentin and Cymbalta. Just started Monday. The pain is unbearable. I hope starts to work soon. Praying for you. Hot and cold make everything worse any suggestions would be appreciated.

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Praying for you. At the start of my journey, it was the extreme heat and cold that my extremities kept switching back and forth between that made me most miserable, and it had nothing to do with the temperature outside, it was all neuropathy doing this too me. At the nursing home for rehab (I was 52) my favorite night nurse would come lift me to the bathroom, and always playfully laugh at me that I’d be stark naked but sometimes wearing a pair of gloves. Who ever knew how much pain cold feeling feet and hands causes, and how hopeless you feel when you’re burning up (though for me, not sweating) and cold water can’t put it out! Gabapentin eventually kicked in for me to greatly control the severeness, but it took a good 2 months of gradually increasing to the best dosage to help. I still have extremes; low and high temps bother me, so I stay dressed as needed, keeping a jacket and gloves with me, even in summer, for places with ridiculous air conditioning. I take lukewarm showers… I let the dish water cool down from soaking dishes before I put my hands in to wash them. But Gabapentin has been a huge help. I know it doesn’t work for everyone, but if you decide to give it more time, I hope and pray you find relief! Hugs

Have you tried L Theanine?