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Has anyone tried treatment for diabetic neuropathy?

Neuropathy | Last Active: Dec 6 4:09am | Replies (69)
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@yowchies

Early this year, after complaining of stabbing pains in my groin, I was found to be diabetic with an A1C value of >14%.
I changed my diet, started excercising, and began metformin 1000mg twice a day.
My A1C three months later was about 7%.
Apparently, this rapid shift in sugar levels can lead to extremely painful neuropathy.

Has anyone developed severe neuropathic pain as they made large, quick reductions in A1C values?

It seems uncommon, but this has destroyed my life, I am desperate for better relief than what I have found with Lyrica 75mg three times a day (swapped from 1200mg gabapentin three times a day) and 40mg Cymbalta once daily.

My body still burns, stabbing bolts shoot through me, sleep is hard, focus is bad, sitting is uncomfortable, etc.

Surely someone has navigated this awful pathway before me and can point me toward something, right?

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Ray Kemble | @ray666 | Aug 25, 2023

Good morning, yowchies (@yowchies),

My PN is not diabetes-linked, but I thought I'd ask if you've visited the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy's webpage, perhaps even more so the Foundation's YouTube page. On their YouTube page, under Videos, you'll find recordings of the Foundation's many hour-long webinars, a number of which (if I recall correctly) deal with diabetes-linked PN.

I would give you more precise information on finding these sites, but at the moment my computer's browser blocker prevents me from going anywhere on the Internet other than to Mayo Connect.

I wish you the best of success in finding a bucketload of useful help! –Ray (@ray666)

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