Well...the feet were feeling awfully good the last two days. I had 3 bottles of beer last night. I also didn't take my nightly Lyrica. (Probably should not have done both at the same time). However, today the feet are NOT doing well. Burning...stabbing pain. I'm going to stay on the Lyrica, and avoid all alcohol for a month, and see what happens.

Please take either pain pills tale Lyicra,dom't take to much of anything
and please no meds/ with beer or any boose with the meds,you burning
feet and everything else that makes you hurt,well your faimly loves you.
That Dr. is losing a nerve or 2. Hugs Sue

Thanks for the support. I will take your advice.

Jack,
I tole ya......I tell ya....ya don' listen!

Gotta keep Lyrica working 24/7.
(do not miss doses)
It is not an... 'as needed' med.
(Aspirin for headaches, is an 'as needed' med)

Hooch'll make them tootsies talk to ya ....... loud !

Yes you did. I'm just trying to pinpoint the X-factor for turning my feet into a burning funeral pyre. My wife even though that diet soda may be a contributing factor. I usually drink two cans a day. I skipped my dose at lunch and dinner last night (Lyrica). No alcohol....this morning? You could toast marshmellows on those two or three toes. It has never progressed beyond the point where I had the surgery. In fact, from the heel of my feet up to the ball of my feet...they are fine. But from the toes to the tips....yeow! Now, I took my Lyrica this morning.....they've settled down. I just would like to know if I stay off any substance going into my body, would the pain subside without the Lyrica. So frustrating.

I'd have to agree with your wife about the diet soda. However isn't Lyrica the med they say to NOT consume any alcohol?

I've been aspartame free for nearly a year now & am amazed how much my health has improved....especially the hair loss!

Curious to know if you take B12?

aspartic acid (from nutrasweet) and glutamate from MSG, both stimulate the nervous system, the receptors called NMDA receptors. These receptors report PAIN.

Magnesium is a antagonist.
Zinc also, and now melatonin, are also active in blocking this pain receptor:
http://www.ionchannels.org/showabstr...ium+NMDA+block

Ah yes, Aspartame. I do not tell this story in most circles, as I get "strange looks" from the people listening..........

I had severe lower back injuries when rear-ended in the fall of 1986. So bad I could not fly the last year of active duty in the Air Force. Fast forward ten years and I was drinking a lot of diet drinks. Two 44 ounce cokes a day (or Pepsi, whatever was available) and it caught up with me. I think it was a Friday when it felt like metal jaws were tearing the flesh off of my thigh bones (is that the Femoral Bone??). I called my Orthopod and told him what was going on, I could be ready for surgery in fifteen minutes. Never mind the operating room, I knew it would be booked, the back of my Chevy truck would be fine. Heck, the parking lot was ok by me. He told me it was not possible on such short notice and asked me several questions about my diet. DIET?? Holy Mother of God doctor, we have incredible pain here and YOU want to discuss my lunch menu??? Long story short, he told me Aspartame could cause such problems and if I were drinking a couple of 44 ounce drinks a day, that might do it. QUIT the aspartame. Under my breath I traced his ancestors to Darwin's "missing link" and was sure he got his license to practice medicine from a Wheaties box. My son-in-law runs a lab for a major Cancer Center and is into health food. He faxed me page after page of problems caused by Aspartame and convinced me to quit diet drinks all together. Aspartame was all that was available at that time. At least all I could find at a 7-11, etc.

By Tuesday the pain had went away and I quietly canceled my request for surgery. Heck, at its worst, amputation was becoming a thought...... now we all know I am exaggerating a little to make a point, but not as much exaggeration as you might think.

That was about ten years ago and I now drink Diet-Rite Soda, made my RC Cola (or whoever owns them by now). Other than that, I don't drink diet sodas. Period. I drink iced tea (no Equal) or I drink water.

I abused Aspartame and take the responsibility for it. Had I drank a couple of 12 ounce cans a day I might still be using it. I don't know. Every single one of us reacts differently to the environment around us. But if you have any doubts, research Aspartame and don't get blind sided. I don't trust any manufacturers of anything artificial. Anyone on this forum had darned well better start being a skeptic about anything we put into our bodies.
My personal problem is memory. I can't remember things very well, so when mrsD suggests some vitamin, I have to go back and read the thread a few times, write it down and then buy it. Frustrating for both of us, but if my body and brain were functioning normally I would not be perusing these threads for info.

I guess the old saying of, "We are what we eat (consume?)" was never more true.