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[calumnia]

Does anyone have any experience with natural remedies or vitamins for calming neuropathy? The best way I can describe it is that my nerves are over sensitive. If I bang my knee I get referred nerve pain shooting up my arm or behind my ear. If I forget to wear my nightguard the pain in my face and neck is excruciating. I get migraines, but I keep my

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[goldoyster]

I know for MS, fish oil and vitamin D is beneficial. I used to work with women that had MS, and one was some sort of scientist that took a lot of shark fin cartilage capsules(?) Maybe someone else knows more about that.

[calumnia]

Vitamin D is definitely supposed enhance the body's ability to delete T cells that threaten to attack your own cells if you have genetic predisposition to MS.

[rocza]

Neuropathy bites, my sympathies

[calumnia]

Brilliant, thank you. Vitamin B6 and 12, Magnesium and Zinc it is! I do know these things but I've been dropping all the spoons lately. What dosage do you take for Vitamin B?

I've also had some success with 5HTP (using it in the same manner you use St J's Wort). Most of the perscription medicine given for neuralgia and CRPS seems to play with your seratonine and dopamine levels so elevating them without all the extra stuff that comes with pain perscriptions seems like a good idea.

[rocza]

I'm taking a basic B-100 from Trader Joe's. You don't want to go over, because the flip side is that too much can cause neuralgia. I try to eat a relatively healthy diet with a range of produce to give me vitamins there, as well.

Most of the perscription medicine given for neuralgia and CRPS seems to play with your seratonine and dopamine levels so elevating them without all the extra stuff that comes with pain perscriptions seems like a good idea.

Ayup! I went with St. John's Wort over 5-HTP largely because there was more supporting evidence, and I responded very well, pain-wise, to wellbutrin, which is closer to how SJW functions. But I do know other folks who have better luck with 5-HTP. (I know some studies indicate fish oils help, too - I take those for other reasons, but hey, who knows!)

Oh, I also drink a buckload of tulsi (holy basil). I typically mix it with mint, and then just leave it icing in my fridge. Tulsi is a natural COX-2 inhibitor without the heart attack and death side effects of Vioxx et al., and it definitely

[calumnia]

Hi Rocza,

I don't know if you'll get this, since it is an old post. But can I ask how much St John's Wort you take? I'm back in a bad spell and looking at gathering more spoons.

Calumnia

[shesfearless]

Have you had a food allergy test or done an elimination diet? I developed neuropathic pain after mono (I've been subsequently diagnosed with FMS and ME/CFS) and found that I was allergic to dairy and gluten, among other things, and had a significant drop in my neuropathy after cutting them out of my diet. There could be so many things going on with you, but it's just an idea of something to look into. Getting myofascial trigger points palpated and/or injected can also help sometimes.

Sorry I don't have any other recommendations- I didn't find any supplements or pharmaceuticals that helped in my own search for relief- just the above. Good luck!

[calumnia]

Hmm..that's an interesting idea.

[rainbow]

Seconding diet; one of the msny bonuses I got after going gluten free was the end of my peripheral neuropathy.

B12 (methylcobalamin, not cyanocobalamin) and magnesium malate were helpful to me before that.

[calumnia]

I don't even know where to begin with finding out if I'm gluten-sensitive. What has glutten in it?

[tautriadelta]

FWIW, I've been diagnosed with MS for five years now, but I rarely get pains like you're describing. Its either an all over ache due to spasticity, or random shooting pains. To treat the first, I live on a steady diet of Aleve (with dr's permission), and a tincture of pot as needed for the latter (without his knowledge). I also use an arnica rub for general aches, as I remember it. ;-) Oh, and a heating pad