Diabetic neuropathy or anxiety?

[Lunabell]

Hello, maybe someone here can help me. Well, I had a blood test done and it came back with a normal a1c but fasting blood glucose in the prediabetec range. Doctor wasn't worried and thinks it' a fluke. I had multiple tests done before then and it would come back normal. (I have pcos, so I have to get tested)

My diet has been really bad, lots of sugar and carbs. My stress levels have been through the roof. I take care of my disabled mom and combined with having anxiety, it's been a disaster. She needs a lot more care now which doesn't allow me to get out much anymore. I'm always stressed and always in a panic because of my anxiety, it causes me to stress eat. I'm sure I eat because of boredom too, I'm too tired to exercise and do much else after dealing with my mom.

Well, I have been having burning tingle feelings in my toes and fingers. This has made my anxiety worse, I can't tell if it' due to stress and anxiety or diabeties. I have been known to worry over any tiny symptom. Been to the doctors and having tests done thinking I have some form of cancer or kidney diease. I worry about diabeties because of my crap diet and being at an increased risk because of pcos. I know neuropathy normally happens from having out of control diabeties for years but can sometimes happen when someone is prediabetec.

I also have blurry vision, seeing things far away. It changes, bad some days, almost normal other days. Don't know if it' anxiety and stress or diabeties. I also stare at screens a lot. My doctor laughed it off and said nothing to worry about, he said it's not diabetes and people's vision can change as they age.

Does anyone experience these things with stress and anxiety? I have been so obsessed with diabetes because my mother in law has stage 4 kidney diasease from not managing her diabeties. I'm scared I will end up the same, watching her health decline is scary. I always try to eat right but I always fail when the stress and anxiety get bad, which is all the time. The longest I lasted was a few months when my mom was in the hospital and I got a break from her.

For anxiety, I have been on different types of meds. None of them worked, not even meds like Xanax for panic attacks. I just get the crappy side effects, increased heart rate, not being able to stay awake, severe constipation, etc. Counseling has not been effective.

I have no other diabetic symptoms, just the strange sensations in toes, fingers tips and blurry vision.


Thanks in advance.

 

[Rinka]

Welcome @Lunabell to the forum.
Diabetes is a b*tch.
Please listen to your doctor. People with diabetes loose their eye sight, because of blood clots in the eye.
Those are for your doctor, when he tests your eyes. So no worries about that please.
Get it checked regularly though.
Obviously poor diet is the main reason for typ 2 diabetics, so if possible for you try to avoid too much extra sugar.
Also in regards to any neurological damage due to diabetes, this usually occurs after quite some time living with the untreated condition.
You meantioned that you had tests done and they were ok.
Please be assured that if you had diabetes it would have shown in the tests.
For damage to occur your blood sugar needs to be high for quite some time. And that is something they are able to pick up, even with regular blood tests.

 

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[XmasCarol52]

Hello, maybe someone here can help me. Well, I had a blood test done and it came back with a normal a1c but fasting blood glucose in the prediabetec range. Doctor wasn't worried and thinks it' a fluke. I had multiple tests done before then and it would come back normal. (I have pcos, so I have to get tested)

My diet has been really bad, lots of sugar and carbs. My stress levels have been through the roof. I take care of my disabled mom and combined with having anxiety, it's been a disaster. She needs a lot more care now which doesn't allow me to get out much anymore. I'm always stressed and always in a panic because of my anxiety, it causes me to stress eat. I'm sure I eat because of boredom too, I'm too tired to exercise and do much else after dealing with my mom.

Well, I have been having burning tingle feelings in my toes and fingers. This has made my anxiety worse, I can't tell if it' due to stress and anxiety or diabeties. I have been known to worry over any tiny symptom. Been to the doctors and having tests done thinking I have some form of cancer or kidney diease. I worry about diabeties because of my crap diet and being at an increased risk because of pcos. I know neuropathy normally happens from having out of control diabeties for years but can sometimes happen when someone is prediabetec.

I also have blurry vision, seeing things far away. It changes, bad some days, almost normal other days. Don't know if it' anxiety and stress or diabeties. I also stare at screens a lot. My doctor laughed it off and said nothing to worry about, he said it's not diabetes and people's vision can change as they age.

Does anyone experience these things with stress and anxiety? I have been so obsessed with diabetes because my mother in law has stage 4 kidney diasease from not managing her diabeties. I'm scared I will end up the same, watching her health decline is scary. I always try to eat right but I always fail when the stress and anxiety get bad, which is all the time. The longest I lasted was a few months when my mom was in the hospital and I got a break from her.

For anxiety, I have been on different types of meds. None of them worked, not even meds like Xanax for panic attacks. I just get the crappy side effects, increased heart rate, not being able to stay awake, severe constipation, etc. Counseling has not been effective.

I have no other diabetic symptoms, just the strange sensations in toes, fingers tips and blurry vision.


Thanks in advance.

I am a diabetic and I can tell you that burning feeling in your feet and hands could be neuropathy i have that and believe me sometimes it feels like something is eating at my flesh.I also know that if your blood sugar is low you can shake and sweat too. I have to takre 2 glipizide a day and be so careful of my legs or i could lose them both because I have gotten so many infections on my legs it all starts out with dry skin and if the skin breaks it leaks which means it becomes infected so what you hav e to do is put some anit biotic cream on it wrap it up then elevate your legs.Tht will help cure the infection.I know hearing that you may have to have both of your legs cut off if the swellon doesnt go done is very scary.Sometimes I do get confused because I dont know if it is my anxieties which cause me to sweat and shake or it is my diabetes.it can be very confusing.Diabetes sucks.

 

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[ericgOC]

Hi there, I’m new here, but I too experienced the tingling and sometimes burning in my body a few years ago. I went crazy and went to the doctor and had everything checked out. Everything came back negative and eventually it just went away. It comes back once in a while, but it can definitely be a symptom of anxiety. They key for people like us is to refocus our attention. Right now I’m experiencing a tightness or squeezing feeling throughout my body. It caused me to go into a panic yesterday and I went to the ER. All tests came back fine but I still feel the squeezing/tightness. I know my challenge is to refocus, but again it’s so hard. I hope this helps you feel a little better. You aren’t alone!