Over the past week I feel like I've been getting worse. Shooting pain up my feet/heel, the feeling that somebody just stood on my foot even though nothing touched it. A little pain up to my thigh.

Switched my med about a month ago to Oxcarbazepine because the Gabapentin was making me totally stupid. This one isn't making me so stupid, but I'm REALLY forgetful (but I'm hoping that it gets better as I get used to the medicine). I've been upping it by 150 mg each week, so yesterday I just added a 150mg dose in the morning, have been taking 600mg at night. The worse feelings started about a week ago.

I've also been fighting a cold, got it three days before Christmas. It seemed to get into my lymph nodes, I've been having night sweats for two weeks now, I know it's my body trying to get rid of the rest of this stupid cold. The way that I've been fighting it is very unusual for me, but everyhting else my body is doing lately is weird, so I'm not surprised.

Do I go back to the Neuro and tell him this isn't working? Or do I need to just tough it out a few more weeks until I get more meds in my system? I HATE taking all these meds, but without them I probably would want to chop off my legs.

I've also had some wrist pain. I was trying to cut fabric yesterday to make some pants for my husband. I had to stop a few times and come back to it later. Something I could have done in an afternoon will take me all week now Not sure if the wrist pain is the cold, new SFN symptoms, or something else. My grip isn't what it used to be though.