I think a systematic approach can take most of the luck out of it.

I've been on two lifestyle change diets: the SCD (Specific Carbohydrate Diet) for IBDs (Inflammatory Bowel Diseases) and the Intractable Pain Diet. Both effectively removed all the triggers, and by slow experimentation, things can be tried/added back in one at a time, or identified as triggers and avoided like allergens.

The same method works with supplements, adding only one at a time. If, after a reasonable time, there's an improvement, keep it; if not, stop it and try another.

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":The same method works with supplements, adding only one at a time. If, after a reasonable time, there's an improvement, keep it; if not, stop it and try another."

Im grateful that we even know where to start looking thanks to the site. My only regret is that I didn't take action sooner

Ive tried reducing my meds to see how far improvement has gone but the daggers came back straight away .200mg tramadol, 150mg lyrica, and 20mg Amytriptlyne is what it takes to keep me on a pain level of 1 or 2

lot of work to do yet and a few years of nerve regrowth to go me thinks. But I could happily live like this and its the first time I have though about the future in 3 years

My meds arrive today from I.herbs, mostly doctors best brands, will list them here.

Congrats on all that. As the nerves regrow, I think/hope you'll find you can reduce the meds. Nerve regrowth, I'm finding, is one of those "hurry up & wait"/"three steps forward and two steps back" processes - very frustrating at times, so my advice is to not try and put it on any kind of schedule/time table.

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I'm starting to think the inflammation I've got is a vascular response to damaged cells. The damage was done by oxidative stress.

The reason why I haven't suspected it was inflammation until now is because there was neither redness nor swelling.