Or should I say, anxiety, dipression and irratability. I am Mere and have posted before. Thank you for your support.

I am in the process of having a neurologist figure out what is causing small fiber neuropathy - peripheral and autonomic. The skin biopsies were taken last week.

I would be very interested to know if any of you affected with neuropathy suffer mental disturbances as a direct result of the neuropathy. My symptoms wax and wane and when they become severe, I seem to have a lot of mental instability. And while I understand that feeling this way will bum anyone out, this seems somehow different... it is definitely a pattern as I have been ill with this for about 20 years.

I become extremely anxious, even during sleep and commonly wake up from anxiety and/or sadness. This feeling stays with me during the waking hours.

These feelings dissipate when the physical symptoms stabilize (somewhat).

Could it be from high levels of catacholemines in my body from my autonomic system? It is so very difficult to deal with as the physical symptoms are terrible and I do not want to start the antidepressants again if I can help it... Just one more medication...

Mere

P.S. Hope you all are staying warm.