Hi there R2C2! Have you tried Alpha Lipoic Acid? I was told by a podiatrist/foot surgeon that it is proven to help with neuropathy. I am taking it but keep forgetting the right dosage and I think I am taking too little. I did not notice any improvement in my feet when I quit smoking with Chantix. Since I started smoking again in about 2009 I have noticed a worsening of symptoms. They can just about drive a person crazy, can't they? Course for me , it is a really a short putt rather than a full out drive!
I have been taking a multi vitamin called Fibro Response, the alpha lipoic acid and just started the CoQ10 all from doctor's recommendations. I am hopeful. I must be better. Since Cymbalta I have really decreased some of my pain meds and still feel no worse than I did while taking them. This has been gradual but it is nice. I drive a truck and vicodin is a big no no. Tramadol has worked for me and ibuprofen is actually working again.
A really wonderful friend told me years ago: "life is not an endurance contest". I try so hard to take nothing for pain. I am a tough it out type of person. I am scared that I will become immune to the pain meds and have nothing to take when it gets REALLY bad as I age. So, I become a really nasty, short-tempered witch when I am hurting and I treat loved ones poorly. Not fair to them!!! Now I medicate with an ibuprofen once a day on average and a tramadol when necessary. One every night at bed time and maybe 6 times/month during the day.
I have rambled enough.
I am vaping a mixture of vanilla tobacco and fruity pear, coconut mixture this morning. Quite good, actually.
I've never heard of that but will do some googling on it. Thank you. Mine have been numb since 1994 and I have told every doctor I have gone to but no one seems to really care or think that it is a problem. Guess I have gotten use to it. I went to a podiatrist and he gave me shots in both feet for plantar fasciitis that really help that issue. I have recently started to have those problems again I guess due to the fact that I have started walking.
I have never tried that combination to vape but it sounds quite tasty. I'm getting up a flavoring order so thanks for the tip.