Originally Posted by mrsD

I think you will need evaluation by a vascular specialist to show the decreased circulation in your legs. The neurologist is for nerves. Very specialized.

I would bypass that neuro and get another evaluation by a doctor
who can interpret the blood flow etc. If you do have PAD, you will need therapy from that specialist anyway.

I know it is a hassle, but that is how medicine is these days.

Originally Posted by JoanB

Yeah, this is a hassle. Doc1 is a neurologist who sent me to doc2 who is a physical medicine & rehabilitation specialist. Doc1 insisted that doc2 could, for sure, help me with my PN pain (even I know that's BS). So you can see where this is going, and OK, I'm going through the PT just to humor these geniuses so they can't say that I'm being uncooperative.

I'm not sure what to do at this point...I got that ABI test, and it seemed normal, so is there another test I need, or are you saying I need a re-interpretation of that test?

Thanks again mrsD.

Originally Posted by ouch123

I have been casually diagnosed as having peripheral neuropathy in my feet due to a cervical injury. I have been on Neurontin and now am on Lyrica. Nothing works. I slept 3 hours last night and have small children. When I walk I feel like I walking on glass. Any advice??

Originally Posted by myeamans

Hi. I ran across this website and I was wondering if anyone could offer me any advice. I have horrible burning foot pain. I went to my doctor got diabetes test, lupus, lyme disease, vitamin definicency, etc. went to a gastrointestinal doctor and had some kind of sugar test, and some scope thing to see if I had celiacs, then I went to a neurologist and had nerve conduction and EMG plus a MRI of my back. Tomorrow I see a vascular surgeon to see if he can offer some help. Some people say it's a neuropathy, some people say maybe its circulation issues. I changed socks, shoes, started vitamin B shots, lots of things and I get no relief. The neurologist says that they think its small fiber neuropathy and nothing came up on the nerve conduction or some other test they did. They will do a skin biopsy. I also get really dry mouth, lightheaded a lot, I bruise easily and I tend to get out of breath easily even though I don't smoke and I'm a runner. (These things may be unrelated, who knows) Anyway, I need some relief, I can't stand it anymore. Do you have any ideas on what I can do, or who I can talk to? By the way, I tried Neurontin and it's horrible side effects, I'm on cymbalta now but only for about a month so I don't know if that's been enough time to start working yet.

Thanks so much in advance for any advice!

Originally Posted by JoanB

It's not just the Topamax, Bob--it's the whole cocktail, which was already causing impairment. I'm not noticing the short-term memory loss so much yet, but I just started with this new addition. He started me on 25 mg 2x/day.