I take the same dosage, sometimes I go as high as 1500 becuase I take it with every meal. I find it really is very good for keeping blood sugar in check as I monitor often with a glucose tester. I don't have diabetes but i always like to see if when my blood sugar gets high if my pain raises which is usually the case because blood sugar stimulates nerves. I have found also that it is quite the fat burner. So, if you don't need to burn fat i would start out slow. It helps a bit with energy but i think you build up a tolerance to that aspect and it stops doing that. Supposedly ALCAR in conjunction with the R-Lipoic is very effective for neuropathy. I would give it a shot.