I am 60 years of age. I have been getting a bit of pain on my back. It is not skeletal and nothing to do with spine. It is like a prickly sensation inside my back ribs on the left side of my body. Full medical work-up / checkup was done with following tests: cbc, creatinine, electrolytes, glucose, lipid, liver function, tsh, ECG, chest x-ray, ultrasound of abdomen & pelvis, uric acid and vitamin b-12 serum. Doctor concluded that the sugar, thyroid and BP are borderline. Everything else was unremarkable. He thinks it is neuropathic pain and prescribed Vitamin B-12 pills 1 everyday in the morning. Gabapentin NT 1 a day and was not tolerated because it caused sleepiness, palpitations and low energy - hence discontinued. I just started B-12. Not sure it will work. Is neuropathic pain - the correct diagnosis?