Mine was April 16 this year! My partner and I had been fighting upper respiratory viruses and I had been taking sudafed and cough gels with dextromethorphan in them in addition to my usual medications. I had just started Neurontin and was at 300mg a day. I had also had 1/2 a vicodin and three to four "medicated" cookies (I am on mmj) . . .

At 8pm I walked, barefoot, out the front door and down the sidewalk to the gate to get something. Suddenly I realized that the rough cement was not hurting my feet as I walked! Normally I would have avoided being bare-foot for the brief walk, as it would have been excruciating, and would have caused me to pick my way gingerly. So I stepped off the sidewalk to see if I could feel the grass. . . .and I could, at least more than normal!

I now wanted to test this "freedom from pain," as you say, through a series of simple tests. I did a "prick" test on my legs and feet and found some, but not all, of my feeling nearer to normal than it had been in a long time. I also decided to try a maneuver that I had been unable to tolerate for several years: getting down and then back up again from the floor. My feet usually feel as if the tendons will snap if I get them into the flexed position you use to squat, and I feel unsteady and that I can not trust them, so much so that I use a chair or other object to steady myself if I ever do need to get up from the floor. To my delight I was able to sit, indian-style, and get up from the floor with little effort and no support. I repeated this several times in disbelief! Our cat thought I was nuts, as she watched "mom" getting up and down from the floor over and over again!

I was pretty loopy, from the cold meds and the mmj, but I was able to function without hesitation and was pain free. Like you, dahlek, I enjoyed it while it lasted. I have been unable to reproduce this experience, which tells me the neurontin likely has very little to do with it. And I don't desire to live on antihistamines and decongestants . . . not really. But if this was the combination that might give me back my freedom of mobility and my comfort . . . I might see if such a concoction has ever been compounded for this use before!

I documented it all on my computer calendar so I would not forget the date or the details. . . .