--almost anything that is a neuroexcitant can cause upticks in neuropathy symptoms, especially if the nerve damage is such that the firing regulation of the nerves is dysfunctional--i.e., the nerve signals cannot "shut off" easily due to damage (often to the membrane mechanism that regulates ionic exchange, as often happens in small fiber syndromes).

People have reported that caffeine, sugar, acidic foods, etc., have all produced "flares" in symptoms.

I get a 'flare-up' if I drink alcohol. Wine, beer-it doesn't matter.
My feet tell me about an hour, or so- after I have one, or two drinks.

Hello,

Well, I definitely cut back on my caffeine intake to abruptly, as well as sugar, and since I am so susceptible migraines as it is, the withdrawal headache, turned to migraine, as I stated in a previous post.

I regret to say that I "fell of the wagon" and probably consumed even more caffeine and sugar to feel better.

Yikes, until I really took a close look, coffee and food is such a HUGE part of daily life for me.

Before my father passed away my parents daily routine included Tim Horton's. Now that I care for my mother, my two sisters live out of town, she still enjoys me taking her for coffee. I could order, huum juice, but at Tim Horton's, that would seem ungodly. Maybe tea with less caffeine at some point in time.

Its habit as well as addiction for me.

Then the meals out, when my daughter and her husband come to visit, dinner parties, well you all probably know what I am talking about. Oh dear, its not easy to change these habits.

I really need a way to stay committed and stick to daily ways of being healthier, since I have not been successful at all.

Due to several life obstacles, such as employment changes, caring for my elderly mother, since my father passed away, and my husband's in the GM mess, causing our health insurance to become so limited, in addition to my neuropathy and migraine's, I am seeing a therapist today.

I appear to obsess, not be able to make decisions, worry all the time, and even though I still enjoy life, (at times) I think I might be depressed.

I don't want to drive you folks away, so I am going to get some professional guidance that might aide me, since I also am terrible phobic of taking medication, even vitamins.

Patty