Sorry to hear about the return of your symptoms, Sara.

I can't provide any input on your specific questions, but I can tell you that my symptoms hit a month after going off the birth control pill which I'd been on for 22 years. My neuro completely blew off any connection which didn't sit right with me.

Here's what a Johns Hopkins page has to say about it, FWIW.

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healt...opathy_134,51/

"In many cases, a different type of medical problem, such as a kidney condition or a hormone imbalance, leads to peripheral neuropathy."