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Old 04-08-2012, 12:44 AM
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You are rather young for PN... so first I think you should screen for the most common causes. Alcohol is typically blamed, but in reality it is not a huge trigger for most. There are people who cannot metabolize it well, and byproducts build up and can
affect nerve functions. This is a genetic thing involving Vitamin B1 Thiamine which is a major cofactor in alcohol metabolism.
A newer more efficient form exists now called Benfotiamine, and trying this may help you.
Here is a post about it:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/post653193-4.html

Another cause may be low B12 levels. This can be very common, and also due to use of some drugs, RX and OTC.
Metformin for type II diabetes depletes this, as well as common acid reducing drugs like Zantac or Prilosec etc.
This is our B12 thread:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread85103.html

Also LOW blood sugars, happen when you drink. And low sugar levels are a sign of impaired glucose tolerance which precedes diabetes by several years. It is also called insulin resistance.
This can lead to starving nerves when the lows occur. If you have testing for diabetes, typically the doctor only looks for HIGHS...the lows are commonly ignored. But they do provoke symptoms and muscle twitching and tingling or burning are also signs. One has to watch sugar intake and starchy carbs therefore and sometimes this helps reduce these symptoms.
Also if you follow a sensible low carb diet,you may forstall diabetes in the future.

People can also be low in magnesium, because modern processed foods are low in this mineral. A quick test is epsom salt soaks for the feet, which often give fair relief of symptoms.
I'd try that. 6-8 oz in a bath tub of warm (not hot) water, or a foot pan with 3-4 oz once or twice a day, may reveal that you are low in magnesium and need to eat different foods, or decide to take a chelated supplement (not magnesium oxide).
This is our magnesium thread:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread1138.html
Low magnesium can cause muscle twitching.

So please study up and decide how you will proceed. Be aware that lab ranges for B12 are often low, and new levels are now recommended. If you have testing bring your results here and include the concentration of the test, as other countries use different scales. (US units pg/ml and others are pmol/L)

This is a beginning for you... as you study our information on the Subforum at the top of the page here at PN, you may decide to try other things. In the meantime, I'd do some detective work on yourself to see if there is a trigger in your environment that is causing this as well. Toxins, chemicals, vaccines, viral illnesses, dry cleaning fumes, autoimmune disease, can be culprits. There are genetic errors that cause Charcot Marie Tooth neuropathy, and this follows family lines, so relatives may have this too. Also some food intolerances, like gluten, and nightshade vegetables may cause chronic neuropathy symptoms. The nightshades (potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant) can cause burning feet or skin, and this may happen hours or days later after consuming. Doing some elimination testing may reveal food as a trigger for some people.
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