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Old 10-15-2015, 08:14 PM #11
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Gaba gets different results from different people so I will only relate my experience. I know that many go upward of 3000 mg/day so be ready if your Dr. suggests more dosage. I went up to 900 per day and had a little"brain fog" but no real issues. I quit it after a time because I thought it ineffective until I quit it. I realized that it had been doing a little good because the pins, needles,zaps increased without it. Being stubborn I am still off of it but would start back again if I became worse. I didn't get any sense of pulse changes. My stream of symptoms have changed over time so it's like the weather. The changes for me would cycle in and out about every six months. Ranging from pins, needles,zaps to deep muscle and lumbar,hip, knee pain. Medications that I am currently OFF are Hydrocodone-Gaba-Ambien. As far as your work, the less you think about PN the smaller it looms. Please don't quit because you THINK you have to. Good Luck, Ken in Texas.
Geez i already feel sick to my stomach on a couple of hundred mgs. I hope there's something else that works. How are you handling the pain since you're off the 3 mentioned meds?

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Old 10-15-2015, 11:52 PM #12
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Wow did the acupuncture give you decent relief? Sounds like you're able to do a lot despite the pain/numbness.

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Electro acapuncture is a very effective treatment for neurological pain not everybody Will benefit from it but most Will.
I did allot but there is no need for that 12-20 treatment should be enough for the wordt pain.
I still have soms pain or unrest in my feet and hand of i come out of bed
I crosfited for a couple of mounths before i had To stop becausr of a shoulder problem.
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Old 10-16-2015, 03:45 AM #13
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Electro acapuncture is a very effective treatment for neurological pain not everybody Will benefit from it but most Will.
I did allot but there is no need for that 12-20 treatment should be enough for the wordt pain.
I still have soms pain or unrest in my feet and hand of i come out of bed
I crosfited for a couple of mounths before i had To stop becausr of a shoulder problem.
Did you find the treatment painful? I read it's not recommended for heart patients so it's probably not for me. That said, it sounds like it worked great for you.

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Sure sometimes it was painfull but it is You that had the control over the volume button.
So You start with a low current and gradually You turn up the volume button in a way the current is numbing Your nerves and sometimes when i came home i had To take a nap because i was very tired of IT.
Secondly they treat patients normally for half a hout i would usually take a hout with no extra cost.
This treatment dient heal me but it made it in the begin stage more manageable
I dont know what my Life would have looked liked of i hadnt done this
It's impossible to make a claim what would happend or how bad it would turn out
But i think it helped me allot.
It al comes down on how motivated You are and hoe much You belief in what Your doing is right
To quote Arnold Schwarzenegger "no pain no gain"
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Not sure I'm going to continue with the Gaba because I was very nauseas this afternoon and that's on only 100 mg pill...once last night and this morning.

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Its one of the side effects, never hit me that way. Its not great stuff really, but it does take the edge off pain for me. Yet, still doesn't relieve it by any means. If I could be off it I would be. I am just someone who doesn't get a break from my nerve pain, its 24/7 without meds and none of the natural options have been of any real great help other than lidocaine cream, which is temporary at best.

Have you stopped completey at this point?
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Its one of the side effects, never hit me that way. Its not great stuff really, but it does take the edge off pain for me. Yet, still doesn't relieve it by any means. If I could be off it I would be. I am just someone who doesn't get a break from my nerve pain, its 24/7 without meds and none of the natural options have been of any real great help other than lidocaine cream, which is temporary at best.

Have you stopped completey at this point?
Yes, I stopped taking it already.

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I work at a building supply company as an inside sales person. I deal with customers for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. We have a place that sells lumber, doors, windows, plumbing electrical, paint, ect. I have a very good knowledge of the products and have sold just about anything in the store and ordered many things over the 18+ years there.
My PN started slowly about 4 years ago. I am on my feet almost all day and my PN in my feet is not like some folks. My feet do not burn, but are just numb and tingly. This past year or so my walking has gotten worse. I walk more flatfooted and my balance has is shot. I am taking Gaba and getting B12 shots monthly plus Meythl B-12 2500 mcg daily. I just bumped that up to 5000 mcg per day to see if that helps.
I just went through a deal with colon cancer, so I am hoping that maybe me immune system is a bit out a whack and will spring back now that I am back to normal :-)
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Geez i already feel sick to my stomach on a couple of hundred mgs. I hope there's something else that works. How are you handling the pain since you're off the 3 mentioned meds?

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first symptoms the pain is a lot more manageable. I still keep a RX of Tylenol with codiine to take on road trips. You might hang in there with the Gaba, maybe your stomach will get used to it. Good Luck, Ken in Texas.
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Have any of you tried benfotiamine? It's a form of B-1 that's available in the United States now. They've been using it in Japan for neuropathy pain for years. I know it's available from iHerb and Amazon, and I got a great deal of relief when I first tried it. I now use it twice a day, 150 mg each time. The brand I order is Doctors Best from iHerb.
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Yes, I stopped taking it already.

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I try to time my gabapentin at meals and if I forget, I eat a couple of crackers or something. If I take it on an empty stomach, I feel nauseous.
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