[Majorcut]

I just got diagnosed with this disease in March of this year but have been battling this for the past 5 years. Been going to see a pain management doc who is treating me like human guinea pig with meds that interact badly with the other meds I am taking. I am 40 years old and do have some back problems due to my military service 20 years ago. I know what it's not linked to diabetes since my blood sugar has been in the normal range.

I am wondering if there is any real cures for this because I don't want to live like many of you who have suffered with this for years. Don't mean to sound disrespectful to anyone here. I am suffering from intense itching and burning on both feet, also my toes are beginning to go numb and at times I am up for more than 24 hrs at a time when I have a major attack during the night.

[Brian]

Hi Majorcut & welcome to the forum, to get more exposure it's really best to post a new thread, but anyway, there are over 200 known causes for PN, it might help if you give more information, like what test's have been done so far besides Diabete's, have you been tested for prediabete's ? what was your b12 levels when tested ?, are you seeing a Neuro that is a PN specialist ? spinal taps, had an MRI on your back ? stuff like that may help.

[Majorcut]

No neuro at all just a pain management doc who got ****** that I went to my primary care doc for some pain meds when she couldn't be reached after I had a severe attack that last for 2 days. I haven't had a spinal tap and I have been tested for diabetes. So far I am not a diabetic or in pre-diabetic stage. What I have is idiopathic PN which means the docs have no idea on what caused it.

[Silverlady]

Majorcut,
Please post in a new thread giving your health history. Give us your symptoms, medications, what tests you have had done, etc. There are a lot of extremely knowledgeable people on this forum and we have a huge amount of combined knowledge. Just telling us you are idiopathic isn't going to get you real answers. I was labeled idiopathic until the proper testing was done. I now know what is causing my neuropathy, but it took the proper testing and the right type of doctor to find this cause. There are some answers out there but you have to help us with more than you have given us.

Oh..welcome to the forum. There are good people here.
Billye