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Almost 1 year sober. 4 more days to go. No neuropathic symptoms today. I just did an incredible e-mountain bike ride of 50 kilometers. My new addiction is much better than drinking and keeps me healthy.
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Almost 1 year sober. 4 more days to go. No neuropathic symptoms today. I just did an incredible e-mountain bike ride of 50 kilometers. My new addiction is much better than drinking and keeps me healthy.
Awesome, congrats!
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With regards to the Zaldiar, is that as needed for say flare ups or do you take it everyday? I am hoping to find something that works but that I don't need to be on constantly. A lot of hoping these days...

I take it every day.


I used to just take it when the pain came up, but that's basically punishing yourself. Taking a reasonable dose prevents this circular dance.



Take your time, and you will find a way to handle it.
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Almost 1 year sober. 4 more days to go. No neuropathic symptoms today. I just did an incredible e-mountain bike ride of 50 kilometers. My new addiction is much better than drinking and keeps me healthy.

Awesome stuff, you rock!
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Thanks. I wonder why it is so difficult to find information on the Internet about cases when alcoholic neuropathy was cured or reduced to a very low level. I am 1 year and 7 days sober. I suffered terribly from this illness for at least 10 months. All I could read is that this state is permanent. Still now, my symptoms are so mild, that I can even enjoy sweets these days. If I do sport or work in the garden I can even eat chocolate, ice cream and get away with a very light, almost unnoticeable numbness, but nothing compared to the state I was in just 6 months ago, when my back got stiff and numb on its right side after I ate something sweet. Out of a week, 5-6 days I don't even notice much symptoms, other than some occasional muscle movements and some slight temporal numbness here and there. Nothing that freaks me out as before. My false heat senses are gone since months now, also pins and needles, false air movement sensations, waterdrops on my skin, pain in my right hand. I also sleep like never before, but I guess that is due to 0% alcohol consumption.

Also, where are you from? I am from Hungary, but I live in Costa Rica. When I got sick, I had to go home for better treatment and I spent 1 year in my country, which was nice. Now I am back and enjoy being able to function again.
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To me it sounds like you "caught" it just in time, and most sensations will subside - or just be annoying x days a year.


Yes, there's only the "It's forever, go home, you are done" message out there. I don't know, I first thought it perhaps was about shame (alcohol addiction), but people get neuropathy for about 800 reasons - I think Mrs D. who used to help out here a lot once made a list of all the potential causes, on this site.


I'm from Belgium BTW, but I got the exact same treatment from my doctors until I started reading up here in the Neuropathy section, and decided to find out for myself what worked and what didn't.



Then this thread (or part 1 at least) became quite popular - as there's a lot of info in here, but it's scattered around a bit.


My ex-wife used to travel to Budapest a lot for work. Many multinational HQ's and admin backoffices are moving there (or have already done so) it seems.
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Yes, I think this forum is very useful. There must be a lot people suffering from this. Whoever wants to come to Costa Rica suffering with neuropathy and wants to relax and forget this s..t, let me know. I have a house on the beach close to the jungle. Went through the same, or almost. So there is much to share.
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I'm from Belgium BTW, but I got the exact same treatment from my doctors until I started reading up here in the Neuropathy section, and decided to find out for myself what worked and what didn't.

My ex-wife used to travel to Budapest a lot for work. Many multinational HQ's and admin backoffices are moving there (or have already done so) it seems.
Same here, I had to go through like 20 doctors, finally I ended up "curing" myself thanks to this source.

Budapest is beautiful.
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4170 days sober!

Weather here is a rollercoaster (2F one day and 68F the next) so it was time for my annual cold. Only sinus this time, which was good, as I just had minor surgery and took a couple weeks off. We were hoping to get to Canada for Christmas but nobody in their right mind would go to Toronto when its -16C.... LOL

Well, my job ended back in December and now I have the opportunity to do what I want to do until I retire! SO excited! I have three meetings this week and and I debating some real estate flipping....hmmm.

Stay warm out there!
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Hello Everyone,

I am guessing this is the right place to make an introductory post ?


I was never officially diagnosed with PN, I went to a hospital in 2014, after being on a LONG drunken bender, a half gallon of vodka a day. My feet were cold, and they burned all the time, I was having gait problems.

Anyway, doctor told me I had alcohol neuropathy. No examination, just shrugged and said that was it.


So I went sober. I stayed sober for three years, and like a fool, got drunk again.


Each time it happens, the burning, the flaring, the sex dysfunction, and all of it comes back, but always gets better after I sober up.


So, after two and a half years of feeling great, being athletic, and having my life back,I slipped last month,

I tend to go on benders. Bad benders. I have been on one for about a month now.


It is going to sound counter-productive, but since the hospitals and treatment centers will not take me, I went to two ER rooms and told them I needed a detox, and they gave me an IV bag and let me loose on the streets at 2 am, shaking violently. I decided to reduce my way out of this.

I wait until the cold shakes and withdrawals hit, and drink enough, JUST to stop it, I wait again, force myself to time it, and wait.


I have gone from a half gallon of vodka a day, to drinking 24 tall cans a day, to drinking small small cans, about 17 a day. I am almost detoxed, but I am worried, and had a question, have other people that have had BAD relapses, had their neuropathy improve ?

While waiting and withdrawing, I keep reading page after page that says I can never get better. Page after page saying it will get worse. I know part of this is alcohol withdrawal and anxiety. But I would love to hear if people who have had continnued relapses were able to get better ?


My whole body burns off and on.


Like, I have deliberately tried to excercise while I wait , in between drinks, I deliberately take vitamin supplements, I deliberately force myself to eat (though it is hard with the withdrawals ) but I am realy afraid and alone right now. I was just wondering if anyone had feedback about it ?


I really just want to get my life back together. I realy just want to go back to being old me. I am just afraid I have done too much damage to my body and afraid of being disabled.


I was making a lot of money as a driver, had a fiance, and life was great. In just one month, it is all gone. I am sitting alone and trying to put myself back together. Any support would be appreciated
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