The symptoms I have are intense pain in both feet-pins and needles, numbness and a burning pain as though I have placed my feet in boiling water.I have got progressively worse in the past 14 yrs.
I am 44 and have been taking Gabapentin for almost 3 years, I take 4x600mgs per day alongside 8 x Cocodamol(30/500 strength) and
20mg of Imipramine. The pain is still with me, some nights I don't sleep until 4am and then I am up for work at 7.30-I still work full time but it' s getting increasingly more difficult as well as coping with my two children(although my husband is fantastic but sshh dont tell him). I dont have aproper family life now as I just sleep and rest at weekends
I also have Lignacaine Infusions every so often and they give me a few weeks respite at a time- I am trying to get this treatment more often but you need to be admitted to hospital and bed space is at a premium in my country.
If I walk for any length of time at all I pay for it in the days to follow - and I can identify with the lead weight feeling.
My advice would be wait until the testing is done and try to get referred to a Pain Management Specialist, also stay positive, once the pity party starts you will have lost - I just look around me and see there are others much worse off than me.
Mrs D from this forum has given me some of the best advice of my life-Alkaseltzer helps with the burning ( I have been using this for two weeks and so far so good) and steep regularly in Epsom Salts(this gives some pain relief also).
Good luck