Hi,

I recently got over some peripheral neuropathy after a b6 overdose. I had the symptoms of the tingliging, loss of balance, feel like i was going to collapse or faint. The whole unsteadyness of it all. It was bad. I thought it was the end becuase i never felt anything like that before.

Now while i had it, I discovered that raisins and coq10 were making feel better after I ate them. I just thought I would share this with you. I dont know if it was the potassium from raisins or what. But somehow they were really helping and i dont have peripheral neuropathy anymore, but of course it could have been a mild case, but the beginning stages were scary. I just ask if someone could try the raisins. If youre a diabetic, you have to eat the raisins with bran flakes or oatmeal. Thats how I ate them, beause Im a diabetic. Just try the raisins and let me know if you felt anything from it. Here is my video with the remedy

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That is very interesting. Can you tell us what dose of B6 you were taking?

Here is a nice resource that explains what exactly is in various foods.

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...-juices/2050/2

Raisins are 96% sugar.
Can you tell us how many you ate a day?

While they can be good sources of iron, magnesium, and potassium you'd have to eat a cup of them to get appreciable amounts. And a cup would have 131 grams of carbohydrate in it, which would be too much for a diabetic.

The symptoms you describe could also be from low blood sugar attacks, which is very common in diabetics. This could point to the need to see your doctor, for adjustments to your treatment.

Low blood sugar is damaging to nerves in the long run.

I didn't know this. What would be the level to watch out for. My blood sugar was down to 77, but back up to 86 with my last blood work. I had been pre-diabetic, so 86 is very good. Just wondering.

There are studies out now suggesting that diabetics who get low blood sugar attacks, severe ones, can damage the brain. One severe attack can lead to dementia for them!

Low blood sugars in non-diabetics, but who may be pre-diabetic may not be low enough to affect the brain. I've heard some doctors say it is the DEGREE of drop within a short time that is the most damaging. So dropping suddenly from 200 to 100 is more severe with symptoms than dropping from 100 to 80.

What happens in diabetes is that the high sugar in the blood cannot get into cells. So those cells suffer. Low blood sugar is the same, sugar cannot get into cells if it isn't there in the first place.

When I was having fasting levels of 70, for testing, I could be very cold, twitching in calves, cold sweat, and feeling anxious and sometimes even dizzy.
When my thyroid was fixed, my fasting's went to 90. In fact when I had my GTTs both times I ended up in tears at the end, strung out, and frantic!

This is why having higher good fats in the diet help, and also taking acetyl carnitine to help transport fatty acids into the mitochondria to burn instead of glucose all the time helps too.

I find it amazing that doctors don't understand the biochem and physiology of glucose at all. If they did, they would pay more attention to low readings.

Were you checking your glucose while eating all the oatmeal, rasisins, and bran flakes?

Sounds to me like you were rebounding.

Some can pass out in the 30s. I've been fortunate, not to have gone below 36.

Yes, the thirties... can be deadly in fact.

Our neighbor's daughter, had her wisdom teeth out one day.
Back then the rule was fasting before the surgery---that has changed when my son had it done---- for this reason==

She came home and slept off the anesthetics and did not drink anything. (I had yogurt smoothies for my son all that day when his teeth were done recently).

Well, at dinnertime (around 7pm) her sister came running over screaming...
That J was having a seizure in the shower. I ran up there and she was in a bad way. Both parents had gone out to dinner with another couple. (J was about 15-16). So I called EMS and had the sister put a nightgown on J while we were waiting.
By the time EMS came she was unconscious. So the sister and I tried to find the parents...no easy task. The decision was made to take her to the ER...since the EMTs said her glucose was 35. They started an IV and took her away. Kept her for 10 hrs.

The upshot? The parents who were friends of ours, got mad at us for called EMS etc. They were mad that their dinner was spoiled etc! Can you imagine???? And even when explained to...didn't understand the deadly risk J was in! I rather stepped away from them over time, because of their silly mindsets about other things as well.

J could have hit her head when she fell and seized, and incurred a head injury...which is one thing the ER looked for. People die in their bathrooms this way. My husband's mother died at 45 by hitting her head in the bathroom!

This young healthy girl was not pre-diabetic but must have had some blood pressure problems in addition to the very low glucose. Mixed with the dental anesthetic...she had a severe reaction. When my son had his wisdom teeth out, they were very adamant to have a light breakfast before, and continued liquid or easy to eat food during the day after. So we had yogurt smoothies and ice cream, pudding for him that first day to keep his blood sugar up.

This is all darn frightening....I am really watching my diet now. I am trying really hard to curtail my carbos, and up my protein.

I am wondering how to manage nocturnal hypoglycemia....I wake up at night, feeling miserable. I am keeping juice on the nightstand now, just to treat this symptom. I am inclined to wonder now, if my issue has been hypoglycemia all along?

Again, I am not diabetic as far as I know. I will get a GGT....regardless, autonomic neuropathy will cause hypoglycemia...bummer. This gets harder and harder to manage. Daily life is a battle, but the option is unattractive.

I use a nutrition bar at night. (I have Zone strawberry bars). But I don't need it every night. I also have Nature Valley Sweet/salty nut bars ...they are about 170 cal and very nutty and hold me for hours.. a little less expensive than the Zone's. I get my Zone's at WalMart or Target.

If I eat a high protein dinner, with some fat in it, often I won't need the snack at 2-4 am.

If I skip dinner, which I sometimes do...I definitely need the snack. Anything sweet at this time, will throw you off during sleep. Waking up can be low blood sugar, but not always.

You can try some nuts or cheese before bedtime too. That can help.

I think people eat sweet things as a therapeutic intervention.
The sugar gives a quick lift, and unfortunately a crash later.
Where I used to work, the people there drank those huge Arizona teas, with all that sugar in them, Mountain Dews, and ate candy all day long! It was sickening to watch!

There are special diabetic bars made with cornstarch in them, to help with nocturnal hypoglycemia--they are digested SLOWLY-- and are called Glucerna. I'd avoid the juice....it will just rebound you.

Glucerna also comes in a liquid:

http://glucerna.com/

One internist I used to know well, who was taking both metformin and injectable insulin for her type II, really liked the Glucerna ... we always had 2 6pks of the liquid for her on hand. I find it a bit carby for myself, and have better luck with the balanced nutrition bars. Glucerna also costs more $$.