You can reverse your prediabetic state by eating the right foods, exercising loosing any excess weight and keeping it off.

If you have not got a glucose meter yet I would get one and test your reactions to differant foods 2 hours after the first bite of food of every meal until you get the idea of what & how much food you can eat to keep your sugars at moderate level, never skip meals as low sugars also damage the nerves as well.
I know that a lot prediabetics & diabetics count carbs but I personaly don't, I just know what foods are high GI and just don't have much of them and fill myself more with protein and other low gi foods... soft drinks, fruit juices etc, are full of sugar and will really spike your sugars, there is plenty of info on the net about what foods you can eat.

Its can be a bit over whelming when changing your diet at first but it doesn't take long to get used to it all, one thing that helped my post meal sugar levels was just a 15 minute walk after each meal.

Okay, Thanks- I will be getting prescription for meter soon, From what I hear strips are covered by insurance. Has anyone heard of burning symptoms spiking when you start to get glucose leves down or are my symptons just accelerating from initial onset?

As you mentioned in your initial post " worry and stress " can certainly aggravate your symptoms.

a diet that has a proven track record is The Zone.

it uses the glycemic index, meal size, protein and good fats well.

It is important to control meal sizes to keep sugars after meals under
high levels. consumption of good fats keep the stomach from emptying
too fast and spiking your sugars.

I think you should also track your A1c levels which
give a good way to guide you.

I'm typing on my son's tiny netbook,and just can't get the hang of it I'll be back tomorrow

Okay Thanks, What are AIC levels and how do I track them?

An A1C test measures how much glucose has been sticking during the past 3-4 months to hemoglobin, the substance in the red blood cells that carries oxygen to the cells of the body, just gives an average reading over that time, your doc can order this test.

Okay I will check with my gp on that. The things I read on the internet in the states say over 200 reading on ogtt test indicate DM. Of course all of this is probably semantics if it has caused my problem and it seems that is the case. Brian if you don't mind me asking where all did you have small fiber problems? Thanks to everyone for the help and information.

Sorry mate no sleep last night [ the old brain was playing tricks on me lol ], it is 200 as you said, but getting a bit close for comfort though all the same.

Mine started in feet then pretty quickly went up my legs.
I had the burning and electric like jabbing also numbness mostly around the soles of my feet.
I was low in B12 so that probably explains the large nerve nerve damage found on the emg.

Yes 180 is way too close! I am thinking about going ahead and getting meter b4 I get prescription. I really want to see quickly how my last 1.5 weeks of low carb etc. is impacting my#'s. Also did you take gabapentin or neurontin or can anyone else tell me is it possible to confuse symptoms w/ effects of med? I am feeling so many different little hot & cold sensations in feet and legs that i wonder if some can be from med and confusing me.

I just re-read your first post and that score of 180 seems well above the pre-diabetic range of under 126, more like frank diabetes 2, our glucose measurements are differant than the USA measurements, so someone correct me if I am wrong, maybe speak to your doctor about some metformin to help.