Hi all,
Apologies for being the person who signs up just to ask a question!
I've been Type 2 for a couple of years and have largely been free of any symptoms. However: just over a week ago I caved and had a slice of cake that was being passed around the office. This pretty quickly afterwards caused me to get quite a bad pins and needles/tingling in my feet - I've never really had anything like this before - I can occasionally feel it in my wrists a little bit if I've gone heavy on the sugar, but this was another level. This persisted at a low level over the following weekend but it then hit me really badly on the Monday - I can't remember what I'd eaten, but it was nothing absurd, but I have a standing desk and couldn't stand still, and I started to feel it in my shins and hands as well as my feet.
The more I read up on neuropathy, the more symptoms I thought I had (in classic hypochondriac style), including the sensation of burning.
I saw a Doctor a few days ago who confirmed what I did already think - that you don't just get this overnight, and that it was likely anxiety that had done it. She did the prod tests and I had no loss of feeling in my toes. Indeed, on the trip back from there almost all of the symptoms went away which made me think it *was* anxiety.
It's been a few days, now, however, and whenever I eat *any* food the tingling starts to come back. It's usually pretty quick to appear, within 10-20 minutes. I suppose this could be anxiety about it happening making it happen, but it seems like it would be unlikley that I could do it every time.
The doctor has sent me to do my bloods to check for vitamin deficiencies, but while I'm waiting on that I thought I would ask here to see if anyone gets anything similar?
Again, this did seem to come on over the course of one meal which as I understand neuropathy, isn't how it works, but then nor does anything else? My sugars when this happens aren't particularly high (in the 6-8 range 2hrs after eating), and it does fade a few hours after eating, so it's hard to see how this isn't connected to food. Generally speaking, moving around makes it easier to deal with than being still - if I'm being active I often can't feel it.
Is there anything I can do about this? I can live with the symptoms I suppose but learning to forgive myself for doing this to myself is much harder.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Apologies for being the person who signs up just to ask a question!
I've been Type 2 for a couple of years and have largely been free of any symptoms. However: just over a week ago I caved and had a slice of cake that was being passed around the office. This pretty quickly afterwards caused me to get quite a bad pins and needles/tingling in my feet - I've never really had anything like this before - I can occasionally feel it in my wrists a little bit if I've gone heavy on the sugar, but this was another level. This persisted at a low level over the following weekend but it then hit me really badly on the Monday - I can't remember what I'd eaten, but it was nothing absurd, but I have a standing desk and couldn't stand still, and I started to feel it in my shins and hands as well as my feet.
The more I read up on neuropathy, the more symptoms I thought I had (in classic hypochondriac style), including the sensation of burning.
I saw a Doctor a few days ago who confirmed what I did already think - that you don't just get this overnight, and that it was likely anxiety that had done it. She did the prod tests and I had no loss of feeling in my toes. Indeed, on the trip back from there almost all of the symptoms went away which made me think it *was* anxiety.
It's been a few days, now, however, and whenever I eat *any* food the tingling starts to come back. It's usually pretty quick to appear, within 10-20 minutes. I suppose this could be anxiety about it happening making it happen, but it seems like it would be unlikley that I could do it every time.
The doctor has sent me to do my bloods to check for vitamin deficiencies, but while I'm waiting on that I thought I would ask here to see if anyone gets anything similar?
Again, this did seem to come on over the course of one meal which as I understand neuropathy, isn't how it works, but then nor does anything else? My sugars when this happens aren't particularly high (in the 6-8 range 2hrs after eating), and it does fade a few hours after eating, so it's hard to see how this isn't connected to food. Generally speaking, moving around makes it easier to deal with than being still - if I'm being active I often can't feel it.
Is there anything I can do about this? I can live with the symptoms I suppose but learning to forgive myself for doing this to myself is much harder.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
