@heisenberg34
try alpha-lipoic acid - my acupuncture dr said it helps diabetics but I am NOT a diabetic so got it anyway - went to a nature store and good a good brand Source Naturals that is suppose to help with pain and burning but full relief could be a couple of months but may see some help in 3-4 weeks. So am going to try it and nature store was sold out - he takes it too so it must be very good - google it and read all about it. If it works what a miracle supplement. I will not take gabapentin - I took Lyrica a few days and that was it - I was so tired with the minimum dose I couldn't even walk to my car. Good luck to you.

@heisenberg34 yeah it’s definitely a buzz kill lol and the only reason why I’m getting worried is because the pain died down a lot, which you would think is a good thing now it could be because I was told the pain that I feel is because the nerves are dying and if it gets better, it’s because less nerves are dying, so I’m not sure if it’s that or if it’s because so much nerve damage has been done that’s why I came on here to try to get advice to see if anybody else experiences similar issues, but I did two different EMG tests and I never had any kind of response to it. I looked at my paperwork and there was a flat line. I know how the numbness in my feet have progressed over the years, which is why I feel like in five years they’re gonna be so numb. I’m not gonna be able to walk anymore some little scared. I don’t have any feeling at all in my feet. I could step on a nail and I wouldn’t know. I never really got any real answers from my doctors. I went to a foot Doctor Who handles the calluses on my feet because they get really bad and he said if my A1c is pretty much perfect because it’s a 5.4 it started out at 12.5 that’s how I found out because a new doctor that I started seeing did bloodwork so I fought real hard to get that down pretty quickly and it’s been where it’s at for a few years now, but anyhow, he told me that it wasn’t because of the diabetes and the only other thing I could think of was my back because I got lumbar spine problems with my discs along with some other issues I think when I had my MRI done, they said it was pushing on my spinal cord or something like that and then my family doctor she thinks it’s from diabetes pain management doctor said it’s not my back and he explained why so I never really got any answers to why I have this and I will, I heard if you fix what’s causing it that it could possibly not get any worse so I’m hoping if I start taking B12, that’ll correct it.