I was on Gabapentin for Fibromyalgia, all it did for me was put on 35 lbs of unwanted weight. I sis research & Savella is new to conquer nerve pain. It is expensive but if you have good insurance it is a wonder drug. No Side Effects at all. I weaned myself off Gabapentin & too 1/25mg of Savella & didn't have any nerve pain for about 4 hrs. I am now taking 2/25mg in the morning & 2/25mg at night. I have not had nerve pain in the past 2& half years. I am having to play doctor myself by researching everything. The physicians here in Arizona are 👎I know I'm having other bodily pain & am thinking its RA I have gone to 2 Rheumatologists now & are both a piece of **** So here I go again diagnosing myself according to reading everything from this group. I started with the electricity in my shoulders, elbows, legs & feet. There wasnt one physician, even a Rheumatologist had any idea what I was talking about. I now know it was an RA symptom after read reading about it in this group. i will definitely be on here more often.

This is all so interesting, I've complained for years that the bottom of my feet feel like they are sunburned, but only at night. I can't sleep and the pain is unbelievable. At first, I tried ice baths for my feet and nothing, either I don't notice or it doesn't act up during the day. No answer from the doctors other than it's something else. Why or why, when my joints feel ok, it's something else. I just want to feel normal for a lengthy span of time.

I have the burning sensation beginning from my wrists and up my arms. It stays in that area at first and it has started traveling up my arms and across my shoulders and back. It is very uncomfortable. My Dr gave me a cream to help but it is made from a pepper and very hot if you touch your eyes or anything. I work with food, and cannot wear it at work. And I can't wear it around my pets or grandchildren. I just wait it out for now. I have RA and Fibromyalgia.

I have burning in my back and it feels like when you have a bad toothache and cold air hits you. I get this feeling all over my back. Nobody can touch me. I have been like this for years now. I too thought it was fibro but now reading your experiences I realize that RA does that too.
My Dr. doesn't want to put me on new meds cause I have tried them all except the pill which i cannot take because of my stomach and nothing seems to work for me. The only one I haven't' tried is Rimacaide and he won't start me on it
I am on Prednisone and Plaquenil and Cymbalta. It doesn't work too much for pain. I have alot of medical problems and they don't know what to give me cause they say I am very hard to treat. Thank you all for your info.

I guess it really is a symptom of RA. I forgot to mention that sometimes I use a Salonpas-like (store brand) 4% lidocaine roll-on on the area that burns and it helps some.