Because I'm stuck off my feet most of the day, and don't have much else to do besides try and find a way to cope with my situation, I recently began looking more and more into nociceptive pain. This is just me thinking out loud and seeing if anyone can chime in with help.

I used the search function and didn't find a whole lot of information on nonciceptive pain. I've always wondered why not very many people mentioned achy pain when referring to PN. Don't get me wrong, I get the burning, freezing, stabbing, stinging pain that everyone else refers to. I also get this deep ache in my heels, arches, and ankles. I know, I'm so lucky to get a taste of all the possible types of pain associated with PN!

I think I get a little relief from burning and stabbing with Nortiprtyline and Gabapentin, but it has never helped my achy pain. Come to find out the achy pain is more of a nociceptive pain. The deep ache usually only affects me when I'm on my feet and is mechanical in nature, but boy does it hurt. Truth be told it bothers me more than most of the other pain. It is literally the main reason why I have to stay off my feet. Sounds like it is probably my nerves reacting to the damaged nerves and telling me to sit down. It is non traumatic in nature, as I haven't had any injuries that can explain it.

It makes me think I'm going to have to try and explain my situation to my neurologist in an attempt to better find a medication to help me function. I already know the resistance to getting opiates and I understand. I can imagine how well asking for them would go over. Anybody with similar symptoms find relief from any medication in particular? NSAIDS do nothing unfortunately, but it sounds like people have had luck with Tramadol.

I'm still holding out hope for healing to get me to a livable pain level. I guess in the mean time I just sit here with my feet up dreaming of a medication which would allow me to be on my feet more than 10 minutes at a time. It's really a depressing situation to be in, but I'm sure I don't have to explain that to most of you here.