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Originally Posted by tnthomas
I pretty much have PN( idiopathic), started in the mid 90s with the weird 'wrinkle' feeling on the underside of the tips of my toes. Then, 6 years ago when making a dr. appointment to investigate what I thought was a foot bone spur, was when I noticed how extensive the numbness was, in both my feet.
Since then, I've suspected SFN, but have not pursued tx, as I don't believe the doctor's really care about these problems. When my [former] doc prescribed Gabapentin for the numbness in my feet, I knew that he:
1. wasn't paying attention to what I was saying, or
2. didn't really have a solution, but didn't want to admit it, so
3. was giving me Gabapentin as a placebo, so I would go away and
4. be thankful my condition wasn't worse, and not bother him with hard to diagnose conditions.
I hope you can find solutions, both for your SFN symptoms and the accompanying anxiety, which I too am plagued by, but for possibly different reasons.
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I agree, doctors are so eager to throw gabapentin at us! I've been offered it right off the bat by my primary, a podiatrist, rheumatologist, and 2 neurologists. Even though my complaint was pain that was extremely localized and sporadic. Thank goodness for this forum where I found out about topical products that were a much better solution!