UC and Peripheral Neuropathy

My neurologist put me on cymbalta. It is often used for chronic pain and diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

My neuropathy comes and goes and manifests itself as numbness in face/extremities/mouth, buzzing, vibrating and muscle twitching. I don't know if it is officially "peripheral neuropathy" but more of a mix of neuropathy/neuralgia that comes and goes. I started medication when I began getting pain in my jaw and teeth as well as genital area although I'm not sure if those pains were related to the neuropathy or not. I can have weeks or months where I don't have it then it starts up again.

I don't have pain anymore. For me, physical activity makes it better. If I get a good workout in the morning, the rest of the day it may not be noticable at all. I work with power tools all the time and lift weights without fear but mine has not affected coordination or strength. I doubt the vibration from tools will hurt you. I have read that alcohol is a big no-no and sleep is important. Otherwise it is individual just like UC.

You need to have your B vitamin levels checked. My husband has severe diabetic neuropathy. It has affected his hands & feet something fierce. He drops just about everything he picks up. He has very, very little feeling in his feet, except he says when he walks it feels like he is walking on glass. He has finally realized he must wear shoes all of the time. He has had bad cuts on his feet & did not know it because his feet are numb. I caught it because he would walk in bleeding everywhere. In diabetics long before there were medications available to treat neuropathy they were put on B12. Even if your levels are good, get some otc B12, 2500mcg taken daily.

He is on Gabapentin & it helps some. Gabapentin like some other medications are used off label to treat nerve pain. I have never heard of anyone being rx'd klonopin for neuropathy. I completely agree with you on not going that route.The Mayo Clinic's website has some great information about PN, along with treatment options including medications. I suggest you read their info.

The activities you described should not have any affect on this. Take care.

Interested I have similar feelings on my skin, I was wondering if mesalamine could be a cause?

Uniform charlie thats exactly why i did not want to be on klonapin or any other med for this neuropathy problem. Theres got to be some kind of alternative then always taking differnet medications for every little ailment that we get. I went to the dr yesterday cause ive been having problems with my throat. I feel like i want to get sick but i never do. My voice has been getting raspy lately and wanted to find out whats going on. Well there was nothing viral and he suspected , maybe allergies. He was going to prescribe me a 8 day course of 6 pills a day of some sort of steroid to see if it helps. Well his exact words were, maybe it will help. I told him you are not even sure if anything is wrong yet you are gonna prescribe me some steroids and maybe it will work. I said no thank you. So he said well maybe your right and then went ahead and set me up with an appt with an ear, nose, and throat specialist. Man they treat us like guinea pigs and it gets old. If i listened to everything they said id be on 2 anti anxiety meds, 1 depression med, 2 sleeping aid pills, Klopnipin, and a steroid for my uc. On top of the rowasa, penatasa, and canasa im on right now. Im doing just fine with those mesalamines. Im not depressed and my anxiety was not out of control that i needed meds for it. Honestly im tired of being in the medical system. I went from never going to the drs office to now living there. Its gets old man. Well thats my new journey, im gonna try and find a different alternative to help calm down these symptoms even if its just a little.

Man uniform charlie we are like peas in a pod, lol. I was thinking it could be that too and the dr did suggest that. What are your symptoms with your throat?

Unoform Charlie i ended up with the diagnosis of LPR reflux. darn i cant catch a break with this autoimmune disease. They prescribed be PPIs but i im not gonna take them. Everyone says they do more harm than good qnd dont help with this kind of reflux. I started drinking alkaline water, eating more slowly ( bad habit of scarfing food down) , and sleeping elevated. Was having a hoarse voice or loss my voice more than once for atleast 2 weeks. Finally getting my voice back. Going to go get an eddoscopy this week to see if anythjng is going on in there.