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Neuropathy | Last Active: Nov 16 11:23am | Replies (116)
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@kjr108

Just this office. I'm sure I have it as the feeling in my hands and feet are definitely diminished, but I am planning to now go to a neurologist. But everything on these sites seems to indicate that even if you're diagnosed, they essentially have nothing to offer other than drugs for the pain. Is that true?

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Apr 16, 2023

I don't have any medical background or training but I agree that they normally just offer seizure medications like Gabapentin to help with the neuropathic pain. Before I was diagnosed, my PCP gave me an RX of Gabapentin which I took for a few days and stopped because it did nothing and then when I had a follow up appointment my PCP counseled with her doctor team and told me Gabapentin doesn't help unless you have pain which I don't. I shared my story in another discussion here - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/310341/.

The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy has a list of complementary and alternative treatments that you may want to take a look at here - https://www.foundationforpn.org/living-well/. Also there is another discussion that might be helpful:
--- Neuropathy: Numbness only, no pain: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/neuropathy-numbness-only-no-pain/

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