Julie:

You said: "I take prenatel vitamines. That seems to give me the right amount of Iron."

Julie, are you pregnant???

Don't worry about taking too much B-12 (Unless you are pregnant, then I would check with the experts on these boards).
I take 5000 each morning and it really helped my Neuropathy.

You sound so down. While I do not have your pain, my Alan most definitely did up until a few years ago. He was on the fentanyl patch and vicodin. I never understood what he was going through until I went to the podiatrist and he used a vibrating tool on my feet. I had never had a buzz until he did the tool. Well, forget it... when I got home, my feet were burning, buzzing, tingling, the whole thing.... I just looked at Alan and he said "welcome to my world". He's had this for 18 years. I do not know how he has put up with this.

But he went to a chiropractic neurologist who did adjustments (it has nothing to do with his back by the way, but the chiropractic/neurologist treats the whole body). Suffice it to say, my husband became a different person after Dr. Theirl went to work on him. He went there at 267 and couldn't bend his legs (nothing to do with neuropathy, he was just a man who never exercised and his neuropathy ruled his life). Well, Dr. Theirl had him moving, exercising, joining a gym. And since he got his stent and did cardiac rehab, Alan is not on any pain meds whatsoever. I also massage his body every day. Helps the circulation, etc.

Alan is also on IVIG once a month now. He is also not a diabetic and never was.

He also just started the Methyl B-12 5000 once a day because he saw how I improved after being on this supplement.

Pain is a bummer and neuropathy pain is a triple bummer.

Maybe you can find a peripheral neuropathy specialist in your area? Or even better, a chiropractic/neurologist??? Saved my husband's sanity, believe this.

And congrats big time for losing 46 lbs.

I went to Cornell yesterday, I was weighed (they are not allowed to tell me what I weigh). I lost a grand total of 2 and half lbs in two months.

Now that is hysterical because I eat like a fitness guru.

But that's okay. I lost most of my weight.

I'll lose the rest. I'm stepping up my exercise routine. Not easy when you're almost 60 years old, but if I don't, I'll pay for it in the long run.

So here's hoping you'll feel better soon.

Oh, and one more thing. You are not sleeping because of the pain, right??

Is there any reason that you can't take something to help you sleep.

Alan takes a some alprazolam and he drifts off. He would never sleep if he didn't do this. Sometimes you need something. And we all have to sleep right?

See what your doctor says about this.

All the best

Melody