Is this Neuropathy?
 

Over past year my fingertips on both hands have become overly sensitive to repeatedly touching certain textures like clothes, cardboard, newspaper. This creates a lot of hand pain. Things like plastic, glass, leather, wood are fine. When I raise my heart rate when exercising they feel less sensitive. I was on .5-.25 klonipin for the past three years and went off c/t on 12/6/09. The sensitivity got a lot worse since then. It gets so bad I can't get thru the work day with out band aids on them. MRI of head, c spine and blood work normal. Out of desperation I wrapped athletic bandages around my upper arms quite tightly and that reduced the sensitivity a lot. My doctor is at a loss, I have an emg and neurology appointment scheduled. I have had anxiety disorders in the past, could this be one? If ayone has any ideas I would appreciate your input. Thank you.

Sorry for the crazy sounding post
 

To put things a different way, I feel like my nervous system is overexcited and this is causing oversensitivity in my fingertips. Is that a type of neuropathy? Thanks for your help.

I went off a bigger dose of klonopin than you did, back in Nov. You can expect all kinds of weird things for up to 6 months and even 2 years. Your nervous system is overexcited. Much of this should subside.

You are a good example of a patient who takes low dose benzodiazepines, over a long period, and has to endure a withdrawal. These are dangerous drugs. Many people are getting tested for dire diseases, and it is the stupid benzos and their interdose withdrawal or discontinuation syndromes.

Docs don't want to own up to this issue.

Anyway, you should feel better as the weeks go by. I have stopped counting the days since I quit. You are through the worst. You may find it best not to use any drugs at all, even NSAIDs for a while.

You may get additional information from this site.

http://benzowithdrawal.com/forum/

Good luck to you! You are a strong person to have made it this far.

I have seen many men with sore fingertips. Mostly this was due to some "thing" they were doing in their lives. It is most common in people who use defatting solvents to clean their hands.

Printers (solvents) and masons (lime in cement), often end up with sore fingertips. If you are not cleaning oil or anything else with solvents you might be exposing your fingers to a harsh cleaner, like Fantastik...or an oven cleaner. These have defatting agents in them too. Just doing dishes with the new concentrated DAWN will also defat the skin

People who work in banks can develop reactions to the carbonless carbon paper used for multiple copies of sales receipts, or checks.

If you suspect a defatting agent, you can rehydrate your fingers, with Eucerin original cream at night and wear cotton gloves, called Dermal gloves (available in most pharmacies). This is the typical dermatologist intervention.

Very dry fingertips can also reflect poor fatty acid levels in the diet. Dry heels also occur when people do not eat enough Omega-3 flax oil, which is used to make flexible skin.

Since you don't have this on your feet, I suspect something in your environment is causing this sensitivity.