Well, it took me a while to bite the bullet and accept that the burning problem is not in my imagination and is not going away on its own, so I better take charge of things.
I'm a 40 year old woman, mother of two, with a family history of early onset diabetes and diabetic neuropathy.
According to my labs at the time the neuropathy appeared out of nowhere I'm prediabetic, with a tendency for hyperreactive hypoglycemia after a glucose load.
Doctor's advice was: "watch what you eat, do more exercise, if the tingling keeps bothering you maybe weŽll try gabapentin, NEXT!".
So, after careful research I decided to devise a plan to follow for the next three months so I could get a sense of how the disease really is going to manifest under a more sensible set of conditions.
I'm posting it so that
1) people with a similar situation could find it helpful and
2) I feel commited to the board community and therefore do my very best to keep it
These are my resolutions:
-Eat reasonably 3 times a day, no complex carbohydrates unless I'm having proteins too.
-Avoid sucrose and fructose altogether, except in fruit.
-Avoid elevators (I work in a 8th floor).
-Take vitamin D, B12 and ALA.

Yeah, I know, it doesn't sound like much but, hey, it is quite a change from my former "eat-nothing-but-a-twinky-all-day" lifestyle habits. I know there are more supplements that could help but I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible and then add things if needed. I've been doing the first three plus vitamin D for a month and I think I do feel better.

I'll let you know how it goes. It is good to be here.

sUsY