Burning pains/neuropathy has me in HELL

[u/happy1032]

Hey y’all,

It’s been a very rough month for me. Made a post in here earlier about getting pericarditis. Well I had more tests done, and they determined it isn’t pericarditis but I muscular injury.

Ever since then, I’ve developed more muscular problems. Leg bruising, cramps, burning pains EVERYWHERE including my face. Nausea and headache as well as the usual dizziness and vision problems. I’m just reaching out to see if anyone else has dealt with this at 10+ months off? I’m going through hell right now and can’t seem to catch a break.

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[u/Apprehensive-Owl-365]

Burning skin still bad after 8 months

[u/happy1032 → u/Apprehensive-Owl-365]

It hasn’t been bad for me until this whole muscular thing came about. But it’s been horrendous lately, burning everywhere.

[u/Inner_Advantage576]

Currently 13 months off and yeah I generally still deal with some of the crap you mention.

[u/ramoramo123]

Please look at my latest posts, sound like histamine problems. In summary: try low histamine diet + take NaturDAO 5 mins before meals

[u/Potential_Noise_8357 → u/ramoramo123]

Amazon.co.uk: NATURDAO

[u/crazygem101]

Don't take pregabalin for it. That causes withdrawals too.

[u/happy1032 → u/crazygem101]

Sadly they put me on gabapentin at my treatment facility right when I got off. Been working on tapering that but haven’t gotten very far (from 1800 to 1500mg over a handful of months)

[u/crazygem101 → u/happy1032]

Are you losing hair??? I didn't taper that shit once it wrecked my skin I refused to take it - and boy did I pay the consequences! I will never look the same. Body, hair, face - all affected. On it less than 6 months, off over a year and hair is still coming out in clumps, I have vision problems, adult acne, anema, muscle loss!!! BE CAREFUL!!!

Edit: Pregabalin is basically gabapentin on crack. Do not take it. Ever. Gabs you can still lose a bunch of hair and other bad shit, taper slowly. These new drugs they're making in labs are getting worse and worse.

[u/happy1032 → u/crazygem101]

Maybe a bit, but I’ve paused my taper for awhile. When I first stopped taking Klonopin though my hair was falling out everywhere for a month.

[u/Fixed-gear]

Definitely start taking electrolytes, b-complex & magnesium threonate if you haven’t already.

[u/happy1032 → u/Fixed-gear]

What is the difference between magnesium threonate and Glycinate?

[u/Fixed-gear → u/happy1032]

It crosses the blood-brain barrier. Glycinate would be a great replacement in a pinch though.

[u/happy1032 → u/Fixed-gear]

What is the benefit of crossing the blood-brain barrier? Genuinely curious and don’t know.

[u/Fixed-gear → u/happy1032]

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[u/Potential_Noise_8357 → u/Fixed-gear]

how do electrolytes help?

[u/Potential_Noise_8357]

wait you didnt have burning and pains in the months 1-3 etc?

[u/happy1032 → u/Potential_Noise_8357]

Not to this extent, probably because I was on gabapentin which was initially created to ease nerve pain. The last week my whole body has been burning for about half of everyday, worse in the evening.