Hi - I am wondering if anyone else has a morton's neuroma that behaves like mine.

It started about 18 months ago when I was having an RA flare in my metatarsal joints of both feet. After the flare went down with steroids I was left with this ping/ twitch in my right foot - between toes 2&3. My podiatrist said this was an MN, nothing to do with my RA and very common in women my age (50), and said he would give me a steroid short if it worsened. So I thought not much of it - I've always had delicate, narrow feet and never worn heels.

But started feeling as if I had an electric current running through it - not painful most of the time unless I wear the wrong shoes - which I don't very often. Although after rigorous exercise it can be very painful for a while too.

Now every night this MN starts to twitch and when I get up in the night and the morning it is really powerful and very disconcerting to walk on - especially with just socks or bare feet. I thought it would only be an issue at the end of the day or after wearing tight shoes or being on feet a long time. But it seems that this non painful electric shock sensation affects me in the opposite way. The other foot has occasionally been excruciatingly painful and swollen in the same place but only if I've worn the wrong pair of shoes. I can understand this.

The thing is that this electric shock sensation/ ping/ twitch is affecting my gait now because, although it's mostly painless, it is very strange and uncomfortable and makes me walk oddly. I don't want it to impact on my ankles or knees, which already have problems with the SFN and ache a lot.

It would be good to learn if this tarries with anyone else's experience of MNs? And why it worsens in the night and mornings for me if anyone knows?