Type 2 diabetes and peripheral neuropathy are they connected

I developed Type 2 diabetes from taking a cholesterol drug and then came Type 2 diabetes. That’s what caused my PN. I have no pain just numbness in my feet and legs. Metformin did zero for me. I take zero drugs for PN because nothing works. I learned to live with PN.

Metformin might help you control your diabetes with diet change. Probably if you have already developed PN. The damage is done. You can help control it with diet. But hardly ever eliminate it .

I should add. I have taken metformin. I was pre diabetic. I have brought my AIC. Down through diet and exercise. I do not take metformin now Still have PN

If you have high or low blood sugars on a regular basis that will damage your nerves. It is also damaging your brain. Learning how to control your blood sugar with lifestyle and diet , and perhaps medication as well . Keeping your sugars in that narrow optimum range making sure it is not too high nor too low will go a long way at preventing any further damage and will give your nerves a fighting chance to regenerate.

PN was part of the original diagnosis of my type 2 Diabetes. I had planted a thousand Black Walnut seedlings the summer before and the balls of my feet were still numb in March the next year (1991). My first A1c was 16. It was easy to get it down to 7.5 but harder to get much further down. Today my feet are to half way up my calf. Two years ago I went to the Blue Lagoon (Iceland) on a family outing to Scotland. (Iceland Air breaks the flying time from ten hours to two five-hour flights.) While at the Blue Lagoon, I caught/picked up an infection and I spent the last days in Scotland in the Hospital. When I came home, my right big toe tip bone was removed by Mayo. Now I have pain in my right foot whenever I walk too much. It feels like someone is beating on my arch with a knife. Two 650 Tylenol will most of the time override the pain.