@kevinmc You've heard from the voices of (painful) experience. It seems that every person is unique.

I began with pain in the balls of my feet, gradually covering both feet. By now, it feels like a rope is tied tightly around my ankles, and the whole ankle is involved. Numbness and tingling is how it all started, and is what I feel from my toes to my knees.

I met with a pain therapist, and the most helpful thing I came away with is to focus on the pain and notice the different pieces of it. I focus on the tingling, and how it pulses with my heart beat. Or I pay attention to the numbness. She had other good mindfulness exercises that have worked, as well, for my CIDP.

It's hard to relax a hurting body part, but it does relieve pain for me sometimes, if it's what is needed. Two other things - lidocaine 5% cream helps temporarily, and soaking in a bucket of cool tap water. Has anything helped you?

Jim