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I got the diagnosis of idiopathic neuropathy in both lower legs and feet after exhaustive tests and a thorough workup at Southwestern Medical School. That was 15 years ago and thankfully it has progressed only slowly. At night it increases severely when I lay flat. My feet eventually feel like burning ice. A light pair of socks helps if light bedcovers don’t suffice. It goes away about 20 minutes after the sock treatment. Then I MUST take the socks off or I wake up feeling unbearably hot. Welcome to old age!
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P.S. I wake up to burning ice legs every morning for about the last year. I call it God's alarm clock. Mostly goes away after about an hour. I once asked a doc if I could die from Neuropathy and he said No but the fall might. So I try to keep my sense of humor in tact, at least until I either put my socks on or take them off.
Everyone is different but maybe this will help. I sleep in the basement bedroom where it’s cool. I have all the pain located where yours are, I put a fan blowing on me and place a pillow between my knees and at my feet. I don’t move my feet until I go from one side to the other. I wake up and my feet feel OK. I also take MSContin 15mg at night. I am 70 and it’s horrible to have your well deserved retirement screwed up over this ailment that has little success in helping with pain. Good luck !
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Burning Ice? YES, YES, YES
That's perfect