So glad to have found this forum. I am 40, Male, the only medical issue I have besides PN is Gout. I take 400mg a day of Allopurinol and watching what I eat have not had a gout attack in over a year with my uric acid levels in check. Problem is my PN. I have seen a couple of different neurologists among other specialists and can not find a cause for my PN. The pain of walking or standing has really impacted the lives of my wife and I. I constantly feel coldness/tingling/burning pain in both feet and sometime my hands, throw in the shooting pains in my feet, loss of balance (I now must use a cane to walk), and feeling of electrical shock in my feet. I am miserable. My wife and I can't do the things we used to do (hiking, skiing, snow shoeing). We recently moved to New Mexico and I get to start seeing another Neurologist at UNM.

Neurologists have prescribed Gabapentin. I was taking 900mg a day with no pain relief. I have since weened myself off with the knowledge of my previous neurologist. Not sure what to do for the pain. I can't take drugs during day since I need to function at work. In the evenings I have turned to Marijuana to help take the edge of the pain away so that I can sleep. I do not smoke...I prefer to bake.

I have started acupuncture and taking Alpha Lipoic Acid (400mg day). The acupuncture at times seems to be helping. I get less of the shooting pains but the tingling/cold/burning still persists. Only time will tell. Has anyone else received relief through acupuncture?

I just don't know where to turn. I feel as if I am 90 years old. Unable to walk, I am miserable. I feel terrible for my wife as I am not the man she married.

Had to put this down....don't really expect assistance here just wanted to vent.

Dewey