1800 days. 5 years next month. That's all for now!

Appreciate the update.
Keep up the good work.



Gerry

Hello All,
While I started the antidepressant and anxiety drug, it will take a while for it to work, if it will at all. I just have to hang in there til it does. It took a few days to get back on wagon but I am back and it is very uncool to drink on the med.

The pins and needles are the same, weakness is same but the burning is intensified. I guess that period of abstinence had done me some good afterall and now I am back to where I was 3 months ago. I had maybe 16 beers total but guess that was enough to do it, plus major stress and poor eating.

Doc says he can't fix my ****** life but hopefully the med will help me cope better. I hope to god I get some relief. The anxiety and depression has been too much to bare.

And how is life treating you guys?

SecondChances, you could consider taking taurine as a supplement. I have been taking it at 1 g/day for some time. It is the only supplement that I take. This (courtesy of mrsD) provides some background Benefits of Taurine | Life Extension.

Recently I developed painful osteoarthritis in one shoulder. Based on the anti-inflammatory properties of taurine (Taurine and inflammatory diseases) I increased the dose to 3 g/day and it is working well.

I don't know if what you have described has an inflammatory component but it might help.

I doubt that it will interact with your prescription drugs but obviously check with your doctor about this first.

Oh wow Kiwi, thanks much. I have read up on Taurine and believe that could be a wonderful option for me. Ironically I recently had some lab tests done and I was alarmed to find that the blood sample revealed elevated inflamation
properties but no doctor can tell me if this is a result of my multitude of old injuries and back problems or something else. I will definately try the Taurine. Much thanks.

Taurine...interesting.

One of my wise friends here said that for the more advanced neuropathy, improvement cannot be assessed daily or weekly but more like every 6 months. That is excellent advise for me. I will say however that for whatever reason, I had a remarkably good night last night. While I am back to my "norm" this morning, I am more determined than ever and will welcome any good nights to come. Wish it was not so rainy and miserable as a walk or a stumble around the block would do me good.

I wish more members would join or post. I would love to hear of other's journeys with this crappy disease.