Melody,

I've heard great things about this stuff, although I haven't yet tried it. If you go to their website, they offer a $5 coupon towards the purchase.

http://www.neuragen.com/

Take care!

I have to wonder how effective something can be --2 drops when further diluted with olive oil for larger areas!

In my personal experience, putting ANYTHING on the feet changes the perception of air hitting the nerves and changes feeling. I found that plain Aquaphor worked like that for me.
I did some experiments with lotions/ointments years ago.

I'd try some plain olive oil without the costly Neuragen, and see what happens. Best to do this without Alan's knowledge, to minimize placebo effect results. You could open the bottle while doing it so he could "smell"it, but just don't put on the feet for one application. See if the plain olive oil works!

The thing that bothers me most about this product is the PRICE.

Or if its both feet you can include him in an 'experiment'
Tell him you're gonna put it on one, and not the other
but do it 'blind' so he doesn't know which, is which-
and see if he can tell the difference.

That is a great idea, Bob.

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE.

I returned the bottle this morning.

Alan walked into our bedroom last night and said "Return the bottle and get the money back, this thing is not doing enough of what it's supposed to do".

I said "Are you sure, let's see what happens up until you go to bed".

He came to bed at 5 a.m. (he wakes me up just because he walks in the room). I don't mind because I get up to make a small "wee" visit to the ladies room.

So when he got into bed, before I got up, I turned to him and said "do you still want me to bring back the Neuragen, it didn't work AT ALL??"

He said "nah, didn't do the trick, bring it back, I'll continue to use the bio-freeze and the tiger balm".

So this morning I brought it back and got my $29.99 refunded.

THANK GOODNESS.

And I'll do the experiment on Alan as you all suggested.

Tonight I'll tell him "Oh, guess what, I read on the internet how you can make a home-made solution using simple things we have in the kitchen".

He will say "oh yeah, go for it, what do I have to lose".

I will then take plain old olive oil and put it exactly where I put the Neuragen.

Let's see what happens.

Will update.

Melody

Hi Melody (and everyone else since I'm new here and haven't made my introduction yet),

I tried Neurogen about a year ago and like Alan, thought that it was helping at first. It's so hard to tell sometimes if something helps or not because the PN pain in itself is so inconsistent. And like Alan's experience, I find that some other variable can sometimes be in play.

Anyway, I found that it didn't really help. Plus there's the odor, while not bad if you don't mind that herbal kind of scent, seems to permeate everything. I never even considered going to work with it on because it's so pungent.

And as others mentioned before, there's the price, which I admit I would grudgingly pay if it actually worked.

I will make a formal introduction when I know a little more about my condition. I'm due for more bloodwork and waiting for a QSART test in a few weeks. You folks seem great (and very patient!) so I don't want to waste anyone's time here until I have a full story.

Joan

Hi Joan.

Guess what. YOU'VE JUST INTRODUCED YOURSELF.

lol

Nice meeting you.

And thanks for sharing your experience with Neuragen. Alan told me yesterday "the trouble with my feet is that everything works for a while but then it stops.

I really need to make him believe that whatever I apply, well, that there is MAGIC ingredients that will last and maybe that will have his endorphins kick in and he'll get relief for a while.

Couldn't do it last night because he was up much later than me.

Tonight I shall give it a try. I did mention to him "oh, guess what Mrs. Doubtfire has a simple home-based treatment that you just apply to the toes and it brings relief". He said "Really? what's in it".

I had to scramble around in my brain and I just said "Oh, things I have in my kitchen, things that are natural, calming and quiet the nerves". I also said "might work, might not work, but we have to give it a try, because it has HELPED SOME PEOPLE. See, I planted a seed in his mind.

Since he respects everyone on this message board and he knows how Methyl B-12 changed my mind, he is very open to trying ANYTHING.

Tonight I shall find something to add to a tablespoon of olive oil. Maybe I'll add a drop of coconut oil to the mixture. SOMETHING that will change the smell so that he'll think it's a new compound or something to that effect.

The mind is a wonderful thing. It goes places where no man has gone before.

I have to reach a portion of his mind that kicks out endorphins.

Will attempt this later.

Melody