Well, I decided to seek help here as the first doctor I went to seems, well a little quacky? I will get another doctor soon.

I guess I am a little young for this to have happened. My symptoms began a couple years ago in the hands and later the feet, mainly the toes. I am 50 years old now. I recently was diagnosed with neuropathy.

For whatever reasons my hands have improved to the point of not hardly noticing anything, My feet on the other hand are way worse. Especially the toes. Burning and numbness, stiffness. I also seem to get cramps really easy in my arches and toes.

When i ask the doctor the cause, he just shrugged and laughed and said it could be any number of things, who knows he says. Well, I want to know. My guess is a vitamin deficiency.

Over the next week or how ever long it takes, I am going to read through your sites and ask some questions.

Thanks for the site.

Rusty

Welcome,

Here's some links to get you started.

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum2.html

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum20.html

There's so much info and boards here.

Others will come along soon.

Keep in touch and don't hesitate to ask us for help and assistance in getting around on the board.

Just wanted to welcome you to the community!

I hope you find some answers here. Having a doctor who shrugs and laughs at my concerns would motivate me to consider a second opinion, at least!

cramping may indicate a magnesium def.; if you drink any alcohol,stop; go on a reduced carb diet...but before you do that have a glucose tolerance test.
check into benfotiamine-fat soluble thiamine.....good luck

I was once cautioned by a friend to remember that every other doctor graduated at the bottom half of his/her class. The friend who offered this wisdom was a doctor.

Good for you for seeking more competent care!

Thanks for the welcome and advice.

I recently had a full physical. Of which a blood and urine test was part. All levels came back with great numbers. My family physician said I was in remarkable condition for a 50 year old man. (I was quite active until 42 or so, played lots of full court basketball until the knees blew out)

I drink little. Maybe 2 beers a week if that.

My diet sucks though. One of the reason I suspect the vitamin deficiency. I hardly eat any fruit or veggies. And i eat way too many cheeseburgers and pizza. But, i do love my cheeseburgers and pizza.

Time for a food change I fear. "crys"

magnesium? What foods have that in it. Time to wiki and google.

This place is intimidating with the pages and pages of info. Hard to know where to start. lol Thanks for the links pointing in the right direction.

Rusty

Hello Rusty, and welcome to NeuroTalk! This is such a great place, but it is quite big. Feel free to call on any of us for help, if needed.

You definitely need to change your diet, and I hope you are at least taking multivitamins!

Junk food is so very tasty, but just a little once in awhile. You can do it!!

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Great to see you have come to be with us. As you can see we have a big family here to help out each other and especially new members coming into our flock. Just let us know if we can be of any help. We are all here to assist each other as possible.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene

The two vitamins most critical today are:

Vit B12 --- get tested for this---and get your exact number result, because doctors consider low numbers in this country as "normal" and they are NOT. Chronic low Vit B12 leads to nerve damage.

Vit D-- this is recently moving up to be a huge issue.

Both of these are testable, but not included in regular physicals.

This is a basic overview for B12:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread85103.html

And the most recent video for Vit D can be found here:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread92116.html

Approximately 70% of Americans do not get enough magnesium in the diet. This mineral is critical for many functions in the body-- muscles, bones, synthesis of neurotransmitters, heart function, etc.
Nuts (almonds), beans, figs, oatmeal are some sources.
Here is my magnesium thread:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/showthread.php?t=1138

Magnesium oxide (the most common form) is not really useful.
Choose another form if you decide to use supplements.