I have been searching this forum for months and have posted a couple of times about my increasingly worsening peripheral neuropathy. Like many of you, my doctors told me this was NOT alcoholic neuropathy. After reading everything the users have expressed on this site, I decided to quit gluten, simple sugars, alcohol, etc. since they seem to all make the symptoms worsen for you all. And I have been on a vitamin regime of B-complex, sublingual B12, Vitamin C, Alpha Lipoic Acid/L-Carnitine, and Benfotiamine.

Last Friday, I was out with friends and family who were all imbibing as usual. I decided to join in and had 3 vodka sodas (which is a lot for someone who has not been drinking and is fairly small). Needless to say, I was pretty buzzed and feeling good.

The next day I felt tired and a bit hungover but my neuropathy did not seem to be any different. Now it is 4 days later and I am a train wreck! The pain in my feet is just awful to the point it hurts to stand too long. My hands are sore and my legs feel like they are falling asleep half the time.

I am sure now that the alcohol combined with my excessive dieting has caused all of my problems. There is no other explanation as to why all of a sudden it has become so much worse right? Btw that is a rhetorical question!

What I want to know is could this one night have caused irreversible damage or could the nerves just be irritated??? I made an appointment with my doctor but it is not for several weeks and I am really scared .