Hi @micha, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I'm happy you figured out how to start a new discussion. I just saw your first post and was going to recommend that you do a search of discussions on Connect before starting a new one. Sometimes you will find one that has symptoms similar to yours with more members. When you do find one that fits and post your question, you will have more members that will see your post and be able to share their story and what works for them. It's easy to do a search on Connect. You just have to click on the small magnifying glass at the top of any Connect screen and type your search word or phrase. I'm glad you are asking questions and learning as much as you can about your health conditions. We all need to be our own advocate when it comes to our health. Learning as much as we can and asking questions will help us communicate better with our doctors and hopefully come up with a better treatment plan.

I have no medical background or training but I have learned a lot about neuropathy since being diagnosed with idiopathic small fiber peripheral neuropathy. Simply put neuropathy is caused by nerve damage of some sort, including pinched or compressed nerves. So to answer your question, the symptoms you are describing could be coming from your back but only a medical professional or specialist can provide the diagnosis and possible treatment that will help you. I'm happy to see that you have taken a really important first step for your health -- eating extremely healthy.

I'm tagging our moderator @JustinMcClanahan to see if we should move your post to the following discussion for more visibility where you can meet many other members who share some of your symptoms.

Groups > Neuropathy > Living with Neuropathy - Welcome to the group
-- https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/living-with-neuropathy-welcome-to-the-group/

I'm also tagging other members who have discussed back pain in previous posts to see if they are able to offer any recommendations for you. @grandmar, @jenniferhunter, @lioness, @artscaping, @steeldove do you have any recommendations for @micha?

John

Hello @micha. As @johnbishop recommended, I did move your discussion to the welcome group so that more members would see your post. There is also another very active discussion titled, "anyone here dealing with peripheral neuropathy?" that you may want to check out, https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/anyone-here-dealing-with-peripheral-neuropathy/.

However, if you would like to start a new discussion on peripheral neuropathy, I recommend making it a specific discussion focused a specific issue as that can be really helpful for the group overall. For example, Peripheral Neuropathy: Do diet or vitamins help? or Peripheral Neuropathy: Suffering at different times of the day. Or any other particular topic of interest. Here is how to do that:

- Click on the group that you would like to start a new discussion in (i.e. Neuropathy)
- From the Group’s homepage, click on the grey box that reads START A DISCUSSION.
- Type a brief title, but be descriptive (as mentioned above)
- Type your message. This is where you can type in more detail about what you are experiencing or have questions about.
- In the bottom right corner from where you just typed your message, click the grey CREATE DISCUSSION box.

@micha, do you have any future tests or appointments on the calendar to address your concerns with your back?