Well it's been confirmed (sort of) I have Idiopathic Peripheral Neuropathy.

I was recently in hospital to have an infected cyst removed from above the left eye and the district nurse has to come and change the dressing daily, she left me with my notes and there it was in black and white.

Symptoms had been waning a bit (cramps had gone at least) but since taking co-amoxiclav they seem to be back more especially in feet and fingers.

I'm on day three of a seven day coarse.

Do antibiotics affect PN?

"hair loss on shins"

I just checked my own shins just to see if there was hair there, never crossed my mind untill now.

I have had 3 full blown alcohol withdrawal seizures during 30 years of very heavy drinking and though they were terrifying I always decided to give alcohol another chance

its supposedly reversible but the progress at least can be stopped when abstaining for good.

Yes, it is, I am living and walking proof. Here is the thread that I have kinda hijacked...

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread104096.html

I just wanted to share my situation with my neuorologist with you. My doctor(recently switched) set me up an appointment with a neurologist and I went and every test came back negative. I was reading another site about PN and they suggested that you need to seek out a Neuromuscular Neurologist. I then went back and researched whtat my neurologist was and she is a sleep specialist or something like that. In that same source they suggested that people with PN are best to have a neurologist that have dealt with alot of MS patients.