Absolutely, be carefull Jack, you shouldn't just stop anti seizure meds without your doctors instructions.
Have you tried Tramadol slow release ? i think the normal limit is 200mg x 2 per day, we don't all react the same to drugs, but i found it very good without any noticeable side affects.
Sometimes it takes a while before the drug will work properly, side affects come with all drugs to some degree, my opinion is that if the side affects out weigh the benefits then its time to look for another, but under a doctors guidance.

How doctors just had out pills like candy, and don't give a rip as to how well one does. One doctor tells me to take 2400mgs a nite of neurontin...the PN doc says I should incorporate that with his little Lyrica pill....75mgs 3 times a day. I look in my medicine cabinet, and it looks like a pharmacy. It is absurd! I'm going to stay on the Lyrica....I don't like the drugged out feeling of neurontin....I never have. I have reduced the 2400 to 1600 a nite for the past couple weeks. I will continue on that until my next PN doc appointment. I never really gave the Lyrica a chance to work...maybe it was my denial of...if the Lyrica works....than that confirms that I do have PN. I just read posts of people not being able to wear shoes because of the leather irritating their feet....or the pain getting worse at nite....my "pain" is only on the bottom of my toes....only the tightness of shoes makes my feet worse. I can wear sandals all day long...Birks are great on my feet. I have trouble with tennis shoes with socks, because it seems to suffocate my feet.....oh well.....I wish I was 20 years younger again...the only thing I took was an occasional aspirin when I was running marathons and biking, playing hockey, tennis, etc. Oh well!

I miss ice skating and hockey,touck football,golf,but at my age and with
my pain i find myself loving a good book,watching a baby smile,looking
at a puppy barking for the first time,it's so funny when they scare them
selves. No i expected to travel more,go rock climbing with my kids.
Now i will be able still to see my grandson grow,and love it. You got
to find something to make you smile at least once a day. Get a camera
make a dark room,and set out to be famous. Or do what Mel's Alan did
be a champ,at the gym. Oh hug you wife and watch her smile and the
rest is up to youse. ha Sue

Hey Jack:

If you are wearing men's (dress) socks that even squeeze your feet slightly, this may contribute to pain in touchy sensory nerves. I looked at my husband's feet in his dress socks and they seem to squeeze the toes together a bit.

Cathie

I will take suggestions on my appearance at work. I do need to, occasionally dress appropriately for court.