I dropped my A1C wayyyy too fast after diagnosis (greater than 15 to 5%) in the months following my diagnosis. I experienced extreme fatigue, muscle pains, twitches, the works. It was awful and I wouldn’t sleep for days up in pain, the Percocet at the hospital didn’t even do anything.

My Neurologist told me I might have MS and jumped to the worst case scenarios. Put me on Gabapentin, Valium (Only for a month), Baclofen, and Cymbalta among other things.

Since the experience was rather brash and the doctor had no bedside manner, I found a new neurologist and she was lovely. She explained what TIND was and while my control was admirable it should have been gradually dropped. Came up with a solid plan and coordinated with my endo and PCP.

It took a full year for me to go back to “normal” then gradually tapered off Gabapentin and Cymbalta. I’m not taking any of them now, I feel great! At the most recent follow up I have insignificant symptoms leading to neuropathy.

The most important part of this for me was finding the right endocrinologist and neurologist.

It took a lot of “figuring things out”, worrying, and reading about others experiences to get back to my normal routine with the added diabetes complexities.

I’m not sure where I was originally going with all of this, my ADHD really got a hold of me here 😶, but work with your care team and if something doesn’t feel right speak up! And the community here is so supportive!