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Can Sugar increase symptoms of neuropathy
I am 51 & was diagnosed with PN in July of last year. I am diabetic, but my A1C has never been over 8.9 &...
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: Mar 11, 2025
SFN, CRPS, POTS, CMT?
My leg from hell,that's how I refer to my left leg. I have had pain in my left leg since falling off a loading dock...
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: Jun 14, 2025
Anyone had experience of using Finasteride causing neuropathy?
I have been using Finasteride for several years to control an enlarged prostrate and it seems to have worked according to my PSA results.Unfortunately I...
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: Aug 29, 2025
Did stopping vitamin B6 make a difference to your symptoms?
The neuropathy in my feet may have been triggered by excess vitamin B6. Since I've stopped taking it, the symptom progression has slowed quite a...
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: Jan 16, 2025
Doctor says I have a granuloma on catheter tip of my pain pump implant
Has anyone had success with intravenous saline dissolving granulomas ? Doctor has halted start of spinal cord stimulator trial yet again for third time as...
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: Apr 3, 2023
Anyone suffering hypersensitive skin with a diagnosed SFN?
I was diagnosed with immune mediated Small Fibre Neuropathy in my early 60s following worsening burning sensations in my feet. I hadn’t associated it with...
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: Mar 7, 2023
Acetyl L-Carnitine and neuropathy
A retired dr. Recommended 3 grams daily. For my heart and diabetes. Have been taking liquid form for 3 months. Have reduced my insulin units...
Last active: Aug 14, 2023
Has anyone used the MIKO Foot Massager and found it helped?
I'm a little worried about trying I purchased it two years ago. (MIKO MAS II) I don't know where to go for the neuropathy ..rediculopathy.....
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: May 10, 2025
Numbness comes and goes
Does anyone have numbness along the calf and ankle on one leg one day and the other another day? I find when I elevate the...
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: Jun 16, 2023
SPR Peripheral Nerve Stimulator (SPRINT)
Hi everyone! The Sprint implant was recently recommended my son (17 years old) who suffers from severe pain on the bottoms of both feet from...
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: Nov 15, 2025
Twitching in upper body (biceps) after axonal, length dependent diagno
Hello, recently diagnosed (Feb 20th) after EMG on left leg with axonal, length-dependent, peripheral neuropathy. Experienced numbness in both feet and twitching in thigh just...
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: Mar 10, 2023
Is there a way to test neuropathy w/o sticking needles in your veins?
I have neuropathy from Hansen’s Disease (leprosy). It was actually the first symptom for 18 months until others started manifesting in my joints which led...
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: Jun 16, 2023
Severe pain in upper inner thigh
I’ve had SFN, i.e. PN in my feet for ~2.5 years, taking Oxycodone and Methadone for severe pain. Yesterday, I had an attack of severe...
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: Apr 1, 2022
I have seen 3 neurologist all have suggested I have physical therapy w
I have seen 3 neurologist all have suggested I have physical therapy for balance, but this has not relieved my numbness in my feet and...
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: Sep 25, 2023
Benedryl effect?
Yesterday morning I could barely stand putting on shoes. Last night I took two benedryl (diphenhydramine) to help fall asleep. This morning my feet, while...
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: Feb 1 11:56pm
Carbamezatine for small fiber neuropathy
I just started on Carbamezatine (100mg twice a day) and it seems to be helping with my small fiber neuropathy pain. I have had neuropathy...
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: Jul 25, 2025
Anyone using Amitriptyline HCL for Neuropathy instead of Gaba or Lyric
A doctor has prescribed Amitriptyline HCL for my Neurapathy pain in my feet instead of Gaba or Lyrica. Does anyone have any experience with this....
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: Dec 6, 2023
Raynauds Syndrome and Prudential Nerve damage related to Neurology?
I have been treated for Neuropathy in feet and legs using a newer laser treatment to regenerate nerves. Worked while in treatment, pain and throbbing...
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: Jul 24, 2023
Nerve damage and pain that isn’t neuropathy but feels like it.
Hello. For over three years I thought I had diabetic neuropathy. All the signs and symptoms, burning, stinging, numb areas, boring sensation. I was told...
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: Nov 7, 2025
Body-wide pressure induced numbness despite normal MRI/EMG/Biopsy
For the last six months, mild pressure on my arms/legs/hands/feet has been causing them to go numb. That numbness then goes away when pressure is...
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: Nov 25, 2025