Neuralgia

[Kelly-c98]

Hello, I've just joined and was hoping I could communicate with others who suffer Neuralgia? I am keen to find out if anyone has found relief through yoga or other forms of exercise and if anyone is using Turmeric for this condition?

Best regards

[Dunkdl]

Hi there I suffer from inguinal neuropathy / neuralgia and have just started taking turmeric after reading lots of cool stuff about it.

Neuropathy/neuralgia- trying to explain what it feels like to people who don't suffer, is difficult. I think that the one of the best ways to explain the pain is to imagine holding a lit candle under their leg or arm for half an hour.

I am hopeful that turmeric might help.

D

[Ponywoman in reply to Dunkdl]

I have studied the use of herbs since around 1960, had severe crippling rheumatoid arthritis since 1972. My knees are completely destroyed then I was hit a year ago with the worst yet: neuropathy. So I now have Rheumatoid Vasculitis and am unable to walk outside & enjoy my horse farm in Kansas. Getting first knee replacement in August so of course wondering what neuropathy will do to new knee.... Of course I have severe pain but the opoids I've used for 10 years are failing me now as the Doctor has never increased the strenghth for 5 years due to the hype & fear surrounding their use.

That said as a background, for all the folks exploring the use of turmeric as a natural pain killer: sadly I, personly, have found the use of turmeric to be worthless. So please, do not waste too much time testing turmeric before moving on to other avenues of help. Also, please please use a standardized turmeric-- especially sticking to a patented standardized product that is 95% standard pure. Just taking turmeric powder that is not standardized or an extract will surely be of no help.

[Fusion83 in reply to Dunkdl]

If that doesn't help you may be eligible for a morphine pump that is basically a small catheter that goes into your spine it doesn't hurt after awhile pain goes away there's a pump that has a timer and is filled with medication and what it does is at certain times it releases the morphine directly into your spinal cord you can be able to use 1/300 of this medication if used by a pain pump it greatly reduces the amount a pain medication needed you don't have to take pills you just have to go to the doctor every once awhile for them to refill it and check the programming on it to make sure it's functioning properly or change the programming to see if they need to add more medication its the best thing I found after years and years taking pills that didn't help

[Dunkdl]

I am hoping to have more nerve blocks and pulsed radiofrequency denervation. Getting fed up with the wait though.

Thank you all for the advice.

D