Thanks Rhonda. None of those menthol/eucalyptus things help me, and I think that myeamans said the same, but I've seen a lot of people here swear by them, so you're right!

So the nurse finally calls me today, and says that doc1 agrees with doc2 that I should try Topamax (doc2 had mentioned that as well when I saw him).

I said " I'm already on Amitriptyline, Gabapentin, and Carbamazepine...did he say that I have to start stepping down to eliminate one or more of those first? And what about the calcium channel blocker?"

Nurse: "Oh he didn't say anything about either of those...I'll have to ask and call you back."

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I guess I'm gonna go play with the stinkbugs now...they are so incredibly slow and stupid that I wonder how they've prospered as a species.