I am disabled with peripheral neuropathy; I am on the highest doses of a series of medicine. We started at the lowest dose and each would work for a time and the pain would come back worse. Not just in my feet and legs although this is where it started. Mine is idiopathic neuropathy. For the last 2 months my feet swelled, mostly on the left side. Now they aren't swelling as much but the pain is unbearable and it is difficult to walk. The ankle on the left still swells, a lot of the time it feels like I have wide straps wrapped around the middle of the foot and pain shoots up and down the inside of toes and legs. I am under the care of a neurosurgeon and my family doctor. I just thought you might have some advice, since we seemed to be at the end of the rope.

I have peripheral neuropathy as the result of a nerve being compressed during a spinal fusion surgery. It has been a year now, and I still have the pins and needles, bee sting, electric shock and shooting pain sensations in my leg and foot as well as the loss of sensation and hyper sensation of the skin. I currently take 100 mgs of Lyrica three times a day. I will be undergoing a trial using a spinal stimulator that will hopefully lower the level of pain that I have. Then, if it helps, it will be permanently implanted in my spine.

Peripheral neuropathy can also be caused by mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus. My son was bitten when he was 7 and has demyelinating polyneuropathy.

I have had PN for over a decade. Cymbalta handles 50 percent of the burning (knees down) and hydrocodone/oxycodone handles most of the remaining burning and cuts the Voodoo doll lightning strikes in half. As I have built up a resistance to opioids, I've had to experiment even more for relief. I have found that using the Preparation H Wipes on a burning area gives about 15 to 20 minutes of relief. It's good to know when breakthrough burning is making you want to scream.

I have peripheral neuropathy and have been taking Lyrica (75 mg, three times a day) for three years. I am always tired and depressed because it is not going away. It is most prevalent in the months when I have to wear closed shoes. My family does not understand the pain and anxiety I go through every day. They cannot see it, so they don't believe it. I am currently going to a chiropractor and am hoping that he will align my spine and neck to bring me back to what I was before. He uses manual adjustments with the neck and spine.

It began to have problems about 5 years ago, my hands and feet tingling and muscle spasms, they came and went but never stayed long, then a year ago I had problems with my right leg going numb from the thigh down and not being able to stand or walk on it. That lessened and moved to my hands, then to my feet working its way up my legs all the way to my lower back, not in the joints mid muscle with loss of feeling and sensations. Then it went to my hands with weakness and cramping. At times the pain is overwhelming and I get no relief from any of the medications prescribed so far. I want it to end one way or the other.

I have pain mostly on my left side of body. It's sharp pain although it has an accompanied sensation which is very disturbing and hard to tolerate. This sensation is like the feeling you get when you scratch your finger nails on a black board. I also get pins and needles along my arms and burning sensation mostly on my palms but at times it is all over including my tongue. When I am depressed, stressed or worried the symptoms seems to increase. This is a problem because I am fatigued from the feeling. I am booked in to see a pain specialist and neurologist in the future but I need something now. Has anybody had same experience symptoms and what helped?