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Originally Posted by zorrro13
Hi everyone Im new here and looking for advice. Around 2 month ago the soles of my feet went numb followed by pins n needles and now they both burn. The tingling has also spread to my hands. I did an Electrical test (not sure of name) on my feet at a hospital in Bkk where the neuro didn't tell me much except "not as bad as he thought" and gave me 300gm of lyrica and 25 g of Nortipolyn to take every day.I All of my blood work came back as normal and my liver is in perfect condition even though I have been drinking for 30 years non stop including binging most weekends. I have also had several alcohol withdrawal seizures over that time.I handle my my booze very well and most cant tell when Im drunk. Im 46y male. Am going to see a neuro in Australia next month and will take a copy of my reports. In the meantime Im taking the following supplements and would like to know if I should be taking anything else
Vitamin b group inc thiamine
Neuromet is Mecobalamin, each 1 ml ampoule contain 500mcg mecobalamin and each tablet contains 500 mcg mecobalamin. Neuromet is indicated in peripheral neuropathies, megaloblastic anemia due to vitamin B12 deficiciences
magnesium,Calcium, vitamin D,fish oil, folic acid
I have scaled back the pain killers to just 75mg of Lyrica/day
I also had chronic gout in both legs whilst in hospital and am taking 300mg puride per day. They also gave me oral steroids to take for a week to stop the swelling
The most annoying problem is the constant minor swelling of my right foot giving me permanent stabbing pain when walking and dont think its gout but neuro related. The steroids help but don't think I should be taking them to often right? The burning is annoying and the lyrica helps but don't like the spaced out feeling
Anything else I should be doing for this? many thanks for any responses
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Hi zorro13. My PN started the same as yours, soles of feet tingling. It felt like I was standing in a tub of hot water which was gradually filling up and covering my feet and then going up my legs. I thought it was caused by smoking, so I quit (5 years and holding!), but it didn't improve. I had blood tests, MRI, etc., no explanation. Then along came Google and I found all my symptoms by typing "fried nerve endings", what a relief, at least I knew what I had now. By then my two smallest fingers on each hand, and down arm, had the "numb tinglies" too, and the legs were numb up to the knees. Walking was very difficult, flat shoes that enclosed whole foot were a necessity. No more 3" highheel sandels.
Since then I FINALLY gave up my beloved wine because I managed to stop for 3 months and the improvement was impossible to ignore. Just to test it, I drank about 3 glasses on the anniversary of the 3rd month. Oh boy. Right back to Square One the next day, along with tingly cheek and a twitch under my left eye. Then last Sun. I woke up with double vision. That was pretty scary and went on for 4 days. I had a CT Scan yesterday bc the doctor thinks it was a stroke, but I think it's the PN somehow. We'll find out. I also noticed that stress makes it worse even if I'm sober as a judge, so looks like I'll need to find another job too.
I hope you have good luck on your PN road, it seems the symptoms are pretty varied as to pain. I don't have pain at all; well, now and then a sharp pain like a pin stabbing somewhere, but really nothing to complain about. If it never got worse than this, I could live the rest of my life very happily (exscept for the lack of wine). STOP DRINKING! It WILL help. And any stress in your life, get rid of it. Good luck ~
Rosy