Hello, thanks for the replies.

hope4thebest, what you described sounds similar to what I've experienced so far. About 6 months ago I had some of those electric type shocks in my feet and after that the burning really intensified. At the time my feet felt really cold as well as myself and the soles of my feet were really red. I've been taking Gabapentin since then and now things aren't quite as bad. What worries me though is that I'm having some symptoms in my arms and hands as well. I was curious how this started in your case, was it the result of some type of injury?

The only doctors I've seen is a pain doctor through worker's comp and he wouldn't help his own mother if she was injured on the job. I also saw this podiatrist who was pretty clueless. He recommended alcohol injections which he said might help the pain some but to me it sounded ridiculous. I'm going to see if he'll refer me to a specialist. I saw a general practitioner as well who told me my shoes were too tight, Ha Ha.

I really haven't helped myself as I've been pretty down and depressed. I'm single and don't really have any support system and I'm not self motivated. I was also injured on the job and I know this is the type of thing they will fight there hardest not to take responsibility for. I could be waiting forever to get help from them and yet I don't have the means to spend all this money on treatment myself.

The combination of arthritis and the burning isn't fun. My feet hurt when I walk around and then the moment I sit down they start burning. People don't realize how difficult having injuries to your feet can be. In away they never truly heal because of the pounding they take everyday, I still have tendinitis going on 3 years now.

I'm going to try and get a referral to a specialist this week and hopefully I can come here to talk and gain some motivation. I know there's a lot of people on here much worse off than myself.

Thanks for the suggestions, my ears are always open to what's helped others here.

fadedone