Hey, this is what I was taking. I have cut it down to just the Centrum after a full year and feel great!

Centrum Men Under 50, Multivitamin, 200-Count Bottle
Doctor's Best Benfotiamine (150 mg), Vegetable Capsules, 120-Count
Jarrow Formulations Jarrow B-right Complex, 100 Capsules

Of course, this is just ME and your mileage may vary.

Thanks Icehouse!! I notice no Alpha Lipoic Acid. I am giving that a shot in additon to what you listed. I will keep all posted.

Since I have only been a member here a few days, I thought I would provide a few details so I (and anyone else) can track my progress, if any, as I will post my results. I was diagnosed with "mild peripheral neuropathy probably due to alcohol use" in February , 2013. I was advised to "limit drinking" or to avoid alcohol completely. I continued to drink, tho not quite as much, and my symptoms are somewhat worse now. So I have embraced ABSTINENCE for the umpteenth time. I don't "limit drinking" real well, I "avoid drinking" better.

(Although, I did read somewhere that PN typically gets worse before it gets better because the dymyelinating process continues for a time. I have no idea where exactly I read that, and don't know if it's true. Does anyone have a take on that? In any event, it is Abstinence for this guy, and posting here will help with that.)

My major complaint is numbness in the feet, and fatigue. I feel best in the morning up awakening, when the numbness is usually limited to the soles of my feet. But it doesn't take much time and much movement for the numbness to spread throughout my feet and up the lower leg. Some days, especially if my day at work has been full of stress, my upper legs are very "uncomfortable", but I wouldn't exactly call it pain. More like "discomfort." I find it somewhat difficult to explain. I take Ibuprofen but am concerned about the effects that has on my stomach. Fortunately, I don't have any serious, debilitating pain and I am not limited much in movement. Less than a year ago I actually participated in a Zumba class tho I doubt if I could do that now. At the present time, it is not uncommon for me to come home from work and collapse on the couch, sleep a few hours, and then go to bed. I try to walk for exercise, but frankly, it seems that actually makes me more fatigued. I walk a flight of about 20 stairs many times a day at work, and that may be all the exercise I need at the moment.

I have started to take Doctor's Best Benfotiamine, Alpha Lipoic Acid, Co-Q10, and Turmeric. Any and all thoughts will be appreciated.

I love the similarities between you and I. Not really pain, but discomfort, fatigue, slow progress, abstinence.

Keep up the walking, keep off the booze if you can and if you are anything like me then it WILL get better.

There sure do seem to be similarities, and I especially hope that applies to it all getting better, Icehouse. !!

In my case, yes. I hope the same for you.

761 days sober or 26 months or 2 years +

1) Its wonderful
2) I have found love again, someone who accepts me just the way I am.
3) After 4 years, my kids *may* be back in my life.
4) Walked the entire Charlotte airport with my luggage and NO CANE!!!

This is totally awesome!

30 days sober
 

and congrats to you Icehouse!!

As noted above, I was diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy earlier in the year--alcohol related. At 30 days sober, I can say that I have some modest improvement in my symptoms. I have a little less numbness and what little pain I had --an occasional "stabbing" sensation--has not made an appearance in a couple of weeks. I still have fatigue though not quite as much.

I don't know how much of this modest improvement is actually reversal of PN or just the benefits of getting booze out of my system, but I grateful either way. From what I have read, it takes a long time to reverse PN.

I take alpha lipoic acid, doctor's best benfotiamine, co enzyme 10, and tumeric.

Good for you!

judi

It is wonderful to return from a long vacation and see new
successes on this thread! Congrats to all who are doing so well!