Hi friends,
As the weather is turning colder, i have had some VERY painful days. Normally, my feet feel numb first thing, I massage them and they begin to burn. Then as morning progresses, by around 10-11am (so 5-6 hours post getting up), they feel pretty good.
On days when I flare up from cold, I am prescribed 900mg gabapentim 3 times daily. But I often have to use 1200 mg to make it take effect. It is non habit forming and hard to OD on, so I wasn't too worried about taking one extra pill. Problem is my day is OVER after such a big dose. It's like being hit by a tranquilizer dart and causes- as my nuero describes it "a marijuana like high." So I also will not drive after taking it.

On Monday I called my dr asking if there anything else I can do other than wearing my boots, warm water, manual stimulation, and my DH just ordered one of those electrical stimulators....

He said he has success with many people taking an SSRI. It blocks pain receptors in brain! So today I am starting cymbal tin. It should take effect within a few weeks. Anyone else had this or heard of it being used this way?