I am 65 years old. I am not sure how long any kind of peripheral neuropathy may have started on me as I have been on Gabapentin and Tegretol for seven years for Trigeminal Neuroglia. I think that it has masked what is now noticeable. Last fall I noticed my feet tingling with some stabs in my ankles. Over the last 10 months or so the progression has gone up my legs and down my arms. There has been a few scary moments lately of waking in the morning to find the tingling in the middle of my chest, down my arms into my hands and even my jaw in front. It had me worried about my heart but my pulse and pulse oxygen was fine and no pain. Just the annoying prickly tingle as everything had been asleep. I want to go to a neurologist and am trying to. My initial symptoms at the time was just in my feet and ankles and I was denied to get into the office. I am afraid that if I say how things have progressed that it will be viewed as me making things up just to get an appointment. Any thoughts on what I should do?