I am 83 years old and have had fibromyalgia and IBS for thirty years. About two months ago I started having allodynia. That is a condition where my skin burns every day of my life. The only thing that gives me relief is to take Zanax. It lasts for about three hours and then my skin starts burning again. It makes me nervous and jittery and makes my blood pressure go up too high even though I am on BP medicine 3 times a day. I am going to a neurologist and he has had an MRI done on my Cervical spine and I have spurs on 3 of my disks. Does anyone else have this problem and if you do what do you take for relief. He has mentioned Lyrica. I have tried 30mg of Amitriptyline for 8 weeks and it did not help one bit so I am weaning off it.
If I am touched waist or lower, I feel vibrations down my legs...extremely uncomfortable. I have Peripheral Neueropathy...mostly numbness no pain in my legs. This disease is so variable from person to person with of course little to no treatment that does anything. I take 400Mg Gaba at night and honestly not sure why. At night, cramping and foot /leg spasms are my biggest issue. I do take Mag glycinate nightly as well for this. I am most uncomfortable when it is cold.
I also have allodynia. It is the most challenging part of neuropathy for me.
Fabrics that should not hurt my skin feel like sandpaper which aggravates the burning neuropathy.
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I've been prescribed Lyrica, which I've been taking for my Allodynia. I can't say that it has helped. So, I would pass. Jim
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1 ReactionI would loves to hear more about this
I also have allodynia. Unclear reason
But it's pretty unbearable, especially if it gets too warm
If I am touched waist or lower, I feel vibrations down my legs...extremely uncomfortable. I have Peripheral Neueropathy...mostly numbness no pain in my legs. This disease is so variable from person to person with of course little to no treatment that does anything. I take 400Mg Gaba at night and honestly not sure why. At night, cramping and foot /leg spasms are my biggest issue. I do take Mag glycinate nightly as well for this. I am most uncomfortable when it is cold.
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1 ReactionI also have allodynia. It is the most challenging part of neuropathy for me.
Fabrics that should not hurt my skin feel like sandpaper which aggravates the burning neuropathy.
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