I just have started experiencing neuropathy. There is a possible diagnosis of gastroparesis that I am going to be evaluated for in early October. I have trouble now sleeping at night due to pins and needles and numbness. It all just started happening at once. I had a vitamin b 12 deficiency I was unaware of, and I wonder if that is what caused it. I have been in the hospital dealing with my stomach pain and immobility twice in the last month. No one even mentioned neuropathy, etc, when I mentioned that I had pins and needles, not even my GP. My GI just mentioned it. I have had controlled type 2 diabetes for 8 years (A1Cs under 7.0 and mostly under 6.5). I took metforim for years (which causes B 12 deficiency but my doctor didn't test me for), but now they took me off all my meds and that has caused a lot of anxiety. I can't eat a lot, so that my sugars are ok, but not where they should be. All these doctors work in isolation, but I have now made an appointment to see a neurologist. I live in Philadelphia and am shocked at the low level of insight doctors have into diabetes. I am now also working with an endo and have an appointment with another. I wondered if anyone had this dramatic turn of events in their lives. Sleeping has become hard. I am only 48 and work and have kids. I am in kind of a panic state. Any insights, treatment ideas, advice. Thanks!

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