Welcome to the board. You certainly have been thru the mill. I know we have at least one member who has been thru chemo, and has PN. I likely have a hereditary PN, no matter....pain is pain. Shingles or post herpetic pain is about as bad as it gets.

I have tried Lyrica and Neurontin, and prefer Lyrica, but am in a snit with my insurance company, who wont pay for Lyrica. Neurontin makes my primary vehicle a broom, if you know what I mean. So I am not taking either right now.


I would certainly give Lyrica a try, it might work for you. I felt pretty dopey for a while on it, my first trial I quit. But ended up with a horrible bout of itching several months later and Lyrica relieved it, so we tried to get me a script when I ran out of free samples and that is when I ran into insurance issues.