dahlek,

I don't think we're in fundamental disagreement. I'm looking at and stressing one part of adjusting to getting PN, and urging the lady to learn, accept, and take action. That sounds like what you did.

As you point out, the supplements that help animals often help us, and visa versa. Some drugs can even promote healing, like Adequan for horses' and dogs' osteoarthritis (hopefully approved for people soon), but that's a side issue. I was trying to make the point that there are healing alternatives to drugs and used my dogs as an example.

Drugs can be an appropriate part of dealing with PN depending on the individual, the specific problems, and on the drug. My point is the danger of just accepting what a doctor says and prescribes at face value, and than not doing anything else for ourselves but hunt for the most pain relieving medication. Leaving it at that sells ourselves, our potential, and the rest of our lives short.

The stakes are a lot higher for us than for our doctors. Our experience are cases in point. My PN is self limiting and a lot of healing can take place if I do the right things, but that's not what any of the neuros told me. Had I started with Neurontin and gotten relief, I doubt if I would have pursued how to heal from PN and discovered the wide range of things that are demonstrated to help, both clinically and in the lab (the Braintalk forums were an important part of that discovery). I'm no longer decrepit and in extreme pain like the first couple of years after this started, have my balance back, and am very active. Horselover can have a similar outcome.