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Old 08-21-2012, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by byrner45 View Post
i have had the gammet of testing done, blood work, nerve conduction, MRI's etc - b12 was relatively low high 200's low 300's and vitamin d was low - working on that via supplements - sublingual b12 and one a week vitamin d pills - other than that dr says i am healthy - eventhough i feel like crap -but the vitamins dont seem to be raising the levels - prob due to malabsorbtion - started having digestive problems after 3 months of antibiotics due to bronchitis that turned into pneumonia, then sinus infection that lasted for 8 weeks - once i started feeling better the numbness started - been almost a year of feeling like crap - wished i knew of a specialist who believed in natural healing instead of throwing prescription meds my way which only create more symptoms to try and figure out - i've done enough research to warrant a doctorate in PN - i am hoping things will eventually start subsiding - psychologically i am a wreck because of this which is like pooring gas on a fire - just trying to take it one day at a time - i cant imagine how people deal with PN for years

What was the antibiotic you took? Cipro and Levaquin (and many others) are known to cause neuropathy. Are you saying that your PN problems started after taking these for 3 months? You might be interested in reading some of MrsD's posts on this subject. If you search the forum using Cipro or Levaquin I'm sure you'll run across many of your comments. Here's one:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...ighlight=cipro
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