I may have told you previously about the cheap chinese slippers that I attribute the original cause of my foot problems. I wore them a lot & going up & down stairs (I weigh 230#) I think with the poor padding I may have caused it. I know my feet were pretty painful by evening, but didn't really associate it. I also discovered since wearing the NB shoes (which allow my feet to spread out), that the little toes, particularly on the right foot, are kind of tucking themselves under the 4th toe, if you can understand what I'm getting at.

That makes me guess that my old athletic shoes were crowding my feet (regular width) & making me associate the pain with Mortons Neuroma & perhaps causing some of the pain. I really never noticed it before, and I went to the Podiatrist in the AM, so maybe it wasn't "hiding" early in the day. Anyway, the metatarsal pads I discovered seem to help. It may take time to undo what's been done. I'm sticking a chunk of foam between the 2 outside toes on my right foot, during the day to get the little toe out of the habit of tucking under.

The cut glass feeling has been with me since it started over 2 years ago. It doesn't feel that way initially, but as I use my feet, the irritation grows, & cut glass is about the only description that fits, although my Navy buddy has the FSS, which he claims doesn't bother him, but has also mentioned that at times it felt like he was walking on broken glass. It's hard to convey exactly what one is experiencing. Soft foam insoles (including memory foam), aggravate the feeling, as there is always the mild pressure on the area, which is at the base of my toes.

Aniti-oxidents? ALA is one I continue to take. I just started the natural vitamin E a couple of months ago. That's about it, other than my "Centrum Silver" equivalent, which contains C & perhaps something else.

BTW: Didn't you tell me some time back that you also took 10mg daily of Nortryptiline?

I know about feet & toes; -- worn E-EEE since I was a kid.

I thought I had read that there was some question about the antioxidant value of ALA, but I cannot find the mention, so nevermind. FWIW, NAC is another good one one I take (and ester c, e).

Not nori - ami -- at bedtime, to help sleep through the pain. Knocks me out pretty quick even when I'm not sleepy.

Doc