Oh my, I feel your pain in every word you write. I have gotten to the point at times when I have been bed ridden or must use a wheelchair. I too do not have diabetes. I do have fibromyalgia. But still no one k ows what has caused the peripheral neuropathy. I am not overweight at all. I have had covid twice but had the condition before the covid. The restless legs are unbearable. I scream myself to sleep at times. I too take Lyrica. I am an author and I can pick at the keyboard with one finger. I however unlike you have pain management. I take a little percocet but it helps temporarily. People in chronic pain, I feel, are being undertreated because of the drug crisis with the population on general. It's very unfair. No one is being helped now I believe unless you are dying. Well I do what I can. I am in pain 24/7. I understand why fibromyalgia sufferers choose to end their lives. That's not me. I have an exciting profession with a distinguished publishing house, so I will continue on despite the pain and pray that eventually the medical profession will "wake up" and treat this chronic pain . Take us seriously please doctors!!!!!