Is Neuropathic pain reversible?
 

Is Neuropathic pain reversible, If one's eleminate the cause for its NP?

Does it improve? (is there any scientific info that support this improvement)

Talk to your doctor about the diazepam. It takes about 6 months after the last dose to feel 'normal' again. It gets much better tho after the first month off. Once this drug is out of your system, then the doctors can accurately assess what is wrong with you.

Diazepam is not a treatment for neuropathy. Withdrawal does cause severe burning pain and many, many other symptoms.

Wishing you well.

hmmm! If I stop taking diazepan pain come back. I think Neurotin and Lyrica have more side effects, so it is better to take diazepan, right?

Diazepam is NOT a pain medication, it is used for a MUSCLE RELAXANT or an ANXIETY medication. Lyrica is FOR NERVE PAIN.


Read the "Neuropathy Does Improve" at the top of the page.

I would do anything I could to feel better.

All that taking diazepam does for you is relieve withdrawal which is remarkably like neuropathy, and also like some horrible disease which leads one to think they are terminally ill.

http://benzowithdrawal.com/forum/index.php?board=6.0

Again, I can not reinforce enough, benzodiazepine interdose withdrawal is a medical situation.

One must call one's doctor and get a schedule to withdraw.

The only option if interdose withdrawal is occuring it to up the dose and this starts the cycle of constant increasing dosages of diazepam to relieve the symptoms of withdrawal.

Once one is off the drug, then one can be assessed.

No, diazepam is not a treatment for neuropathy.

It is an anxiety medication and muscle relaxant.

It is highly addictive, as you found out when you tried to stop. It takes about 3 days to enter withdrawal which causes severe burning all over the body, severe headache, severe neck ache, nausea, vomitting, severe muscle pain, buzzing, severe insomnia, etc. You feel like you will die for 2 weeks. Also, withdrawal requires management of the hypertension that comes with it. It sucks. This is likely what is plaguing you.

All people on these drugs develop physical dependence. Not addiction, unless they get emotionally attached to the drug. Non-addictive personalities will dump the drug if they know it is making them sick.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diazepam

At some point, the doctor will stop prescribing it and you could find yourself doctor shopping. With negative medical tests, the doctors will get more and more reluctant to give out ever increasing doses of diazepam.

This is NOT a value judgment.

I have withdrawn from these drugs myself. I was given clonazepam for my restless leg syndrome, due to neuropathy from lupus, sjogrens, Lyme disease and a near fatal car accident. It is awful to be sick and then have to endure withdrawal to boot. A decade ago, I had to withdraw from xanax given for the same reason.

I am still sick, still in pain however, I don't have a drug making me sicker still.

People on this forum are trying to help you, but every one has to help themselves ultimately.

It takes great courage to face this. People get physically dependent on a variety of drugs given for medical reasons. For some people it is wiser to stay on the drug, for most, getting off of it is better.

Call a doctor willing to work with you. Not all docs want to deal with physically dependent patients, but most will help you get off, gladly.

No other drug will mitigate withdrawal, not neurontin, not SSRIs, Z drugs etc.

hmmm!!

Do you think my burning had to do with the withdraw of Diazepan? Is it realy true?

It is highly likely.

However, do not stop the drug. You have to be weaned off or you can cause severe problems.

Stopping abruptly can cause a medical emergency. I suggest you look at the websites I provided.

Again I can not emphasize enough, this is NOT a value judgment. I would love to see you normal again and enjoying your baby.

I experienced the WORST symptoms of my life coming off both xanax and klonopin. Valium is no different. Valium is the best drug to be on to wean, however. Again, do not stop this drug or you will be so sick you will curse the day you were born. You have to be weaned and supervised medically. Once you start the wean, do not take other drugs, except for blood pressure medication if you need it. You can not take ambien, lunesta or other sleep drugs. I went 7 days with only 45 minutes sleep the whole week. It is that bad. But you have to gut it out.

Please, please talk to your doctor before write yourself off as having PN.

Oh, and expect severe anxiety coming off this drug too. It is part of withdrawal. It goes away eventually. If not, there are other ways to control the anxiety.

One gets so physically sick and so anxious it is difficult to endure without support. There are support forums and groups. They offer a great service. Again, speak with your doctor for a withdrawal schedule. You can not just stop taking it.

I'm aing diazepan because my neuropathy increases if I get nervous. Is it normal. Does it varys with your nevous system?

Now it is hard to ascertain if your anxiety is real or due to interdose withdrawal. Withdrawal causes severe anxiety, and severe physical symptoms which also FEEL like anxiety. Sweating, nausea, shortness of breath etc.

There are other ways to control anxiety. Perhaps a counselor could help you.

My son was almost blown to bits by a bomb in the war in Iraq. He was in fire fights and 'behind' enemy line with snipers. He has severe PTSD, and severe physical injuries, and takes no meds. Meds all made him worse. He could find no happy medium other than life long physical dependency. He is working and has a baby 10 months old. His life is full.

It helps to talk to to a counselor.

If alll that stands between you and a healthy, full life is a pill, when the you can do something about it.

If you have emotional attachment to the medication, that is an addiction issue, and again, no value judgment is implied. The approach to addictions versus physical dependence is different.

Physically dependent people who discover the drug is causing withdrawal usually want off really fast. And you should not get off too fast. Getting physically dependent people off is more of a simple withdrawal....altho it is hideous physically, they are less likely to resume using the drug.

Addicted people won't give up the drug until they admit they have an addiction issue.

You can have a disease, be prescribed a benzo and get physically dependent or addicted, either one.

Now you have the facts. I won't try to persuade you.

Benzos are not treatment or palliative for neuropathy.

I get IVIG. That is given to try to 'treat' my condition which is inflammatory. I also take an antiparkinsonian drug. That is it, and I have profound PN. Yes, I hurt, bad. I don't sleep real well. Not taking a pill is my choice. I don't blame any one for taking pills.

I did. But pain medication is different and altho some things like opiates are hard to withdraw from, it is far easier than benzos. If a person has a chronic progressive disease, you can't deny them pain meds. I made a choice to endure the pain, and the pain sucks. I don't have a choice. I don't metabolize drugs normally.

Your tests are all negative at this point, thank God. This is GOOD news. You have a possible culprit for your ills, diazepam withdrawal issues. If after 6 months of discontinuation you are still in pain and numb and tingling, further studies may show you do have neuropathy. It isn't likely, but if you do have it, a skin biopsy will show it.

I am just saying, if a pill is causing you withdrawal, you have only two choices, take more or wean off.

Again talk to your doctor and tell him or her what you are experiencing. Hopefully he/she is wise about benzodiazepines.