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Originally Posted by chaos
Everything looked normal. I think the doc was disappointed, he mentioned if it came up with carpal tunnel at least that would be easy to fix. He looked stumped. Said all large fibers looked good and no large fiber neuropathy. But he clearly saw the fact that my dominant thumb was having issues and suggested that I wear wrist braces at night to support them, as there is something going on. He said it has to be small fiber neuropathy.
I think next is getting tested for all autoimmune diseases. I'm kind of upset that my doc hasn't asked for them yet, I need to push him on it. This is just getting worse and worse everyday.  I know it's affecting my stomach. And I probably should take more meds, but I'm so tired all the time. I'm taking Oxcarbazepine 600mg 2xday. The Gabapentin made me stupid.
He also said it can't be hereditary because it's not affecting the large fibers. Is that true?
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I know that in my case it is true, that both the small and large fibers are affected, but I do not know if it is true in all cases.
I suspect that it is, because the large fiber deterioration is what causes the muscles to atrophy.