Hi I am new to this forum and learning how great it is to have poeple validate your pain and educate you on conditionis. I have learned a lot in just the few days I have been here.

I have been diagnosed with ganglioneuritis, and I am learning it is VERY much like SFN. I too, and on cymbalta and amytriptyline. These were both prescribed by my neurologist becuase they interfer with the pain flow to brain pathways and can help reduce pain. They have halped reduce the severity of my pain a little.

At one time I was on nuerontin but refused it after a while. It made me so rediculously empty headed and absentminded I couldn't remember my own name. My short-term memory did not exist. Topamx does that to, but not to such a degree.

I have also noticed that cymbalta(or one of the other of my many meds) has recently (past couple of months) been making me nausious(HOW DO YOU SPELL THIS _ MY BRAIN WONT WORK TODAY)(thank you topamax!) - strangly enough, grapfuit makes me feel batter - which conficlts with amytriptiline.

I hope you get help - I too am now having insurance probalems and went from being active, too live and a couch - I have ruined the cushions And pets are the only things that get sane some days. In fact, yeterday when i found we may have to find a new insurance, I was devested. I went into my living room and pepper, my ferret who was out of kennel for play time, LAUNCHED herself at my leg then spun off of me and ran under the couch. It was that one moment of humor that kept me going for the rest of the day.