Allergic to Insulin
 

I was just wondering if any of you have had allergic problems with the taking of insulin. I'm having a horrible time trying to adjust my body to take it. This is the 3rd time I have been on it and the outcome is always the same. I can take small amounts and then in about 3 weeks my body can't take anymore.

My feet and hands become seriously stiff and the muscles in the bottom of my feet constrict horribly. I am a person that has been allergic to many pain meds for neuropathy but when taking the insulin its the same problem I get when I take meds that make me sick.

To make matters worse when I stop taking the insulin the condition I have remains to be worse than before I started the insulin. Nothing clears up in the way of the pain worsening after I stop taking the insulin.

I have done some research to find people are allergic to insulin and all they are left with to control their diabetes is dieting. My diabetes is out of control as I also have gastroparesis. Can anyone let me know if they have a problem like this and what to do.

As I mentioned this is the 3rd time I have gotten to this point with the insulin doing horrible things to me. My doctor insist I keep taking the insulin. I can't make it through another session like this.

Welcome to NeuroTalk:

Sorry you are having this reaction.

Have you tried another brand of insulin? There are many new
types now, and each may have a different allergic profile.

Are you type I or type II?

Do you get reactions from other injections? bug bites?
Swelling in hands, feet, stomach with no warning?
Do you take an ACE inhibitor like lisinopril, vasotec etc?

These questions are for people who may have angioedema.
This is a separate thing and causes vasodilation independently of the drug you may be injecting.

Diabetics can get very low in magnesium...they lose it in the urine. If you don't eat specific foods to provide for this loss, then
muscle stiffness and foot pain may occur. If it gets low enough it will affect the heart.

Try soaking in an epsom salt bath (8oz to a bath tub of warm water)...and see if this helps. If you notice some improvement you need to start eating more magnesium rich foods, and or take a supplement. There is even a Morton's Epsom lotion now, available to help ...Amazon and WalMart carries it.