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Originally Posted by Sheltiemom
Hi, All -
Thanks so much for these replies and the good advice - sorry that all of you have to deal with neuropathy in any form. Yet it's quite helpful to read your stories and how you handle your neuropathies.
It's very encouraging to read that one of you is POST-PN, even though it took some years. Wow. How great is that!
Have had to deal cold turkey - couldn't tolerate even low-dose neurontin, let alone Lyrica after just one 75 mg capsule. Pamelor did nothing. Flat-out refused Cymbalta after reading the drug manufacturer's ton of material about it and its possible side effects/contraindications.
Just continue to test one article of former clothing at a time to see if it's become tolerable. One or two things have, so that's progress! The day I can take a shower again without feeling as if hundreds of needles are sticking me, will know that there's a light at the end of this tunnel.
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I hope I can pass along another tidbit of information that helps. Although I don't have the same type of neuropathy, I recently experienced a day of exactly what you described. I'm dealing with failed back surgery and sever osteoporosis in my lumbar region. Lidoderm patches on my lower back do seem to releve some of the sensativity in my leg. Oddly enough so does ice. Ice on the lumbar region seems to for lack of a better way to put it tone down the sensativity in my leg. Lyrica has also been helpful.
I wish you all the best in your quest for releif. I wish us all the best. It's difficult to explain to someone that's never had it and it's even more difficult as there is no visible external sympton like a rash. Most people just don't comprehend how painful it can be.