Geez - you have an awful lot of pain/discomfort. Were you tested for small fiber neuropathy, because it sounds like you might have it, and cycleclops is no doubt right that your neuropathy happened as a post-infectious reaction. I had post-shingles neuropathy in 2003, but it went completely away after 5 - 6 months.

If not, the only definitive test for that is skin punch biopsy. Not EMG, because it won't pick up small fiber neuropathy. That could be why clothing feels like shards of glass.

I have small fiber sensory neuropathy, but most of my clothing only feels like sandpaper, not to the extreme yours does. And showers feel like needles into the skin. Every doc has assured me it has nothing to do with post-shingles neuropathy.

If a Dx is what you're after, then maybe a skin punch biopsy? It's a piece of cake - just be very careful with at home care so as not to get an infection.

Hope you find a combination of things to afford some relief.

Best wishes,

Sheltiemom