My husband has idiopathic poly peripheral neuropathy. It was diagnosed about eight years ago, but we feel it had been going on before that. He is on two narcotics for pain and Lyrica. Due to the sleepiness caused by drugs and continual waking up due to pain his sleep cycles are completely screwed up. He seldom gets more than four hours sleep at a a time. He has fallen asleep standing up three times in the past three months and by the grace of God did not break anything or severly hurt himself. On top of this, he has become diabetic (was not the problem in the begining) and is on metformin which seems to be controlling his blood sugar, but he can't seem to leave sweets alone. In fact it seems almost like an addiction. I watch him going downhill everyday and I'm scared. Has anyone had any experience with any of these problems with their neuropathy?