I suffer from diabetic peripheral neuropathy and the pain is unbearable at times. I have been on Gabapentin to treat the pain but with it I have gained 30 pounds. Is there anything else out there to help reduce the pain? Or any OTC medicines or at home remedies? Thank You So Much!

8 years ago I was diagnosed as diabetic and concurrent with that there surfaced a numbness in my feet. Since then my feet have never pained me but I am always aware of the numbness which increases and decreases from time to time throughout the day. My blood sugar is fairly well maintained at this time but I am concerned that sometime in the future my feet will get worse and I will have to undergo some sort of treatment which might cause me to be a cripple the rest of my life!