Does anyone find that a type of shoe helps your foot neuropathy?

I have both, numb feet and pain on the sides of my feet,so bad that I cannot walk on them when they get really painful.
This happens in the evening around dinner time.
This is when none of my shoes work, and I can’t walk barefoot either.

I have one word- CROCS! My feet do best in them.

When my feet were really bad at the beginning of this journey, 8 years ago, I somehow discovered Dawgs Original Z sandals. I still wear them all the time. When it’s cold, I wear them with socks. My burning foot pain is mostly gone with the seizure medicine Tegretol. But I don’t want anything with ridges or bumps in the footbed - it’s irritating when my nerves are overly fired up. And no women’s sandals that require “gripping” with my toes. That will cause pain that just intensifies. The Z pattern of these keeps them in place.
I am able to wear normal shoes these days - mostly Merrells, Skechers, Clark’s - no cheap “fashion” brands. But I will have my Dawgs on for most casual wear! I have the fleece lined clogs as well.
http://www.dawgsusa.com

I have decided to use the Grand Attack shoes as my water shoe. They felt best in the house with just my foot, no orthotics, in them, but my arches weren't happy with no arch support, particularly the left foot which has a partially torn PTT. When I added the OTC orthotic, the arches felt better, but then the shoe didn't seem as comfortable/efficient? as without them. In the pool, for my water exercising, they are very good. I have been wearing (more expensive) Columbia water shoes, sneaker style, but the toe box is too narrow and they don't offer anything wider.
I am still planning to try on the Altra zero drop athletic shoe with the Original Shape that has the same shape as the Grand Attack when I feel my feet are more recovered. Amazon sells these, but you have to make sure the model is the Original Shape, and I need to try a shoe on in a store.

Hi, I don't know if this will help as we're all physically different and have foot neuropathy is different for everyone, but in my quest, partly because I'm a complete Adidas snob and have been since the 70s lol, I did some searching using "best Adidas for diabetic neuropathy" as my search. Didn't expect much but time and time again "Adidas Cloudfoam" kept popping up, so went on the Adidas site, looked up their Cloudfoam line, picked a pair that I liked the look of, and ordered them. Usually I don't buy shoes without trying them on, but I'm in a very small town and options locally are minimal so I was so fed up with the pain I just said screw it. I got them and they didn't completely get rid of the pain, but night and day, so much better. My days are now bearable. I was looking at getting a second pair, but these things, over 2 years later, still like new. I hope this helps somebody. Side note, randomly found "diabetic socks" by Dr Scholls at Walmart, and they also helped considerably, especially as we're a house that doesn't do shoes in the house. And the combo of them and the Cloudfoams is pretty great. Sadly they stopped selling them and I don't have the wrapper so I don't know which "model" they are so that's my current quest lol.

I have found that Skechers shoes work very well. They have various insole designs so work on getting the right one.

These are my favorite. Skechers, BOBS, extra wide, foam, 70 dollars, very comfortable!

Sorry, almost forgot the most important thing, they are slip ons. No more bending or having to tie shoe strings!!!!

Fitflop—sandals, boots, walking shoes have all been a lifesaver for me.

I have good luck with Hoka Clifton 8 and Orthofeet Francis. Orthofeet also has insoles for different issues, I particularly appreciate the anti-supination inserts which is another issue I deal with in one of my feet. They are pricy but really do help me a lot.